California Workers' Comp
Jan 5, 2022
2022 Telehealth: 10 Important Billing Rules for CA Workers' Comp
As the COVID-19 pandemic drags on, telehealth remains a viable alternative to in-person treatment for California workers’ comp providers. Below are the most important ...
Jan 4, 2022
CA OMFS Update: 2022 'WC' Billing Codes
California’s Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) announced reimbursement updates to the Physician and Non-Physician Practitioner Services section of the Official M...
Jan 3, 2022
CA OMFS: 2022 Reimbursements Increase
As announced in a recent Newsline, California’s Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) issued an update to the Physician and Non-Physician Practitioner portion of the...
Jan 2, 2022
Changes to 2022 CA OMFS WC Physician Fee Schedule
California’s Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) issued an update to the Physician and Non-Physician Practitioner portion of the Official Medical Fee Schedule (OMFS) for ...
Dec 9, 2021
New! DaisyBill Cover Sheet for Workers' Comp Bills
In an effort to reduce the friction that typifies the workers’ comp billing and payment process, all bills for medical treatment sent by DaisyBill include a helpful updated c...
Dec 8, 2021
Download: Med-Legal "Superbill"
Medical-Legal billing for California workers’ comp is like…well, anything in California workers’ comp: a big mess.It’s convoluted, and physicians get nearly zero help ...
Dec 7, 2021
Berkshire Hathaway Refuses 892 Second Review Appeals
Berkshire Hathaway hath a way of defying California workers’ comp regulations, and refusing to pay doctors for authorized treatment provided to in...
Dec 6, 2021
JT2 Plays IBR Chicken (and Wins)
As we often point out, it can seem as if payers play a twisted game of IBR Chicken with doctors, reflexively denying bills and Second Review appeals only to change their mind...
Nov 30, 2021
10 Ways to Fix CA Workers' Comp
Today, the California Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) will host a virtual public meeting “to hear ideas to improve the efficiency and quality of care provided to inju...
Nov 17, 2021
Lien Chaos Returns: DWC Rules for Anthem (Part III)
California’s Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) has a duplicity problem. In the third chapter of our series on The Zenith and Anthem Blue Cross, we discover that ...
Nov 11, 2021
The Hartford Ignores TWO California Laws
By insisting The Hartford owed no payment for authorized treatment provided outside the Medical Provider Network (MPN), The Hartford pooh-poohed a clear-cut Cal...
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Nov 10, 2021
PPO vs Network: Who's Taking Your Money?
We’ve told the story many times: a doctor signs a discount contract, hoping to bring in more patients. Almost immediately, revenue for treating injured workers is down across...