California Workers' Comp
Jun 13, 2025
Diabolical Discounts: CA Employers Are Getting Ripped Off
In California, doctors who treat injured workers are seeing their revenue collapse due to exploitative discount reimbursement schemes. California Senate Bill 863, whic...
Jun 10, 2025
Report: CA DIR Director Hagen Resigning
According to Workers’ Comp Executive, California Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) Director Katrina Hagen is stepping down after five years. The Californ...
Jun 9, 2025
Liberty Mutual Relents After Doctor Shares daisyNews Article
Good things can happen when providers stand up for themselves.Recently, Liberty Mutual and its Third-Party Administrator (TPA), Helmsman, demanded a refund from a Cali...
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Jun 2, 2025
Helmsman & Liberty Mutual Threaten CA Ortho With Collections
Insurer Liberty Mutual and its Third-Party Administrator (TPA), Helmsman Management Services LLC, need to brush up on California law regarding refunds.More importantly...
May 30, 2025
CA Employers: Your Premiums Fuel Private Equity Profits, Not Care
This week’s Diabolical Discount exposes MedRisk—the private equity-backed network infamous for siphoning off provider reimbursements while delivering zero care or services to...
May 20, 2025
Comp Is a Cash Cow—But CA Insurers Want Higher Rates?
The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau (WCIRB) just voted to ask California’s Insurance Commissioner to increase workers’ comp insurance rates by 11.2%.Tha...
May 16, 2025
Diabolical Discounts: Ralphs Pays MD $44 to Treat Injured Worker
Our weekly “Diabolical Discounts” features the most atrocious examples of the low reimbursements doctors receive for treating California’s injured workers.<...
May 13, 2025
Long Beach Pays CA Doctors Less Than Interpreters (and Plumbers)
Last week’s Diabolical Discounts revealed that the City of Long Beach paid a doctor just over $32 to treat an injured municipal employee. The article provoked outrage–and com...
May 12, 2025
Sedgwick Stiffs Doctors, County of LA Taxpayers Pick Up the Tab
Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc. has made it a business practice to defy California workers’ compensation laws, and public entities like the County of ...
May 9, 2025
Diabolical Discounts: Long Beach Pays Doctor $32 to Treat Injured Employee
Across the nation, providers struggle to treat injured workers without financially damaging their practices. The problem is especially ugly in California, where extrem...
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May 8, 2025
Helmsman Botches NBC Injury Claim—Underpays Doctor, Demands Refund Anyway (Part 2)
As daisyNews reported yesterday, Helmsman Management Services, LLC attempted to claw back payment from a California provider for plainly bogus reasons. We debunked those reas...
May 6, 2025
AmeriTrust Rejects Compliant e-Bills Over...Spacing?
Just when we think we’ve seen it all, California claims administrators find new ways to create obstacles to payment.AmeriTrust is rejecting valid electronic bills (e-b...