California Workers' Comp

IBR Chicken: SCIF Blinks Too Late

You win some, you lose some. That’s the lesson the State Compensation Insurance Fund (SCIF) must take from the latest round of California workers’ comp claims administ...

Intact Insurance Plays (Double) IBR Chicken

Welcome to another round of IBR Chicken! The rules are simple. To avoid reimbursing a doctor for authorized workers’ comp services, a California claims administrator m...

2022 E/M Reimbursement Rates for CA Workers' Comp - Facility

California’s Division of Workers’ Compensation recently posted new reimbursement rates for Evaluation and Management (E/M) services. Below we list the new facility reimbursem...

2022 E/M Reimbursement for CA Workers' Comp - Non-Facility

California’s Division of Workers’ Compensation recently posted new reimbursement rates for Evaluation and Management (E/M) services. Below we list the new non-facility reimbu...

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 ...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...