California Workers' Comp

CA: Maximus Indicates "IBR Chicken" Is Real

Maximus, the private company that the state of California contracts to conduct Independent Bill Review (IBR) to resolve workers' comp payment disputes, h...

CA DWC to Enact Useless New UR Regulations

The California Division of Workers’ Compensation (CA DWC) will enact new regulations to (theoretically) streamline authorization for injured workers’ care, effective April 1,...

CA Fee Schedule Update: Physician Services (Q2 2026)

The California Division of Workers’ Compensation (CA DWC) issued a second-quarter update to the Physician and Non-Physician Practitioner Fee Schedule for workers’ compensatio...

CA Billing Update: FUSD Hires TPA Athens

Public employer Fontana Unified School District (FUSD) has hired Third-Party Administrator (TPA) Athens Administrators to handle its workers’ comp claims, effective January 1...

accūrō Solutions: Proactive Bill Review Improves Compliance for Payers

It’s not all bad news in the world of workers’ comp billing. While daisyNews regularly holds payers and their vendors accountable for their failures, some companies de...

CA Interpreters: Credential Confusion Can Harm Employers and Injured Workers

Millions of California workers speak a primary language other than English. To receive appropriate treatment and benefits in the event of an injury, those workers need to com...

Does CA Workers’ Comp Cause Secondary Psych Injuries?

New research illuminates a serious problem for injured workers: secondary psychological injuries resulting from the sheer hardship of navigating workers’ comp systems....

CA's "Cost Control" Mechanisms May Be the Most Expensive Parts of the Claim

Employers in California pay more for workers' comp coverage than in almost every other state, and the gap is widening. In our view, thereason isn't provider or ...

Join daisyBill at the 2026 EWC&R Conference

One of California's most consequential workers' comp conferences is around the corner. daisyBill will be there.The Executives in Workers' Comp & Risk (EWC&R) Co...

CA's Fee Schedule Increase Was a Raise for PPOs, Not So Much for Physicians

The California Division of Workers’ Compensation (CA DWC) raised Physician Fee Schedule rates effective March 1, 2026. The agency increased the Conversion Factor used to calc...

As Most States Cut Comp Rates, CA Raised Them. That Makes No Sense.

Last year, California hit employers with an 8.7% increase in workers' comp premium rates. Meanwhile, almost every other state is cutting rates, in some cases, for more than a...

Join daisyBill at the 2026 CA DWC Annual Conference

The second round of the California Division of Workers’ Compensation (CA DWC)’s 2026 Educational Conference takes place on March 19 and 20 in Los Angeles.