California Workers' Comp

Video: 30-Second RFAs for CA Workers' Comp
Apr 26, 2023
Video: 30-Second RFAs for CA Workers' Comp
Let’s face facts: treating injured workers is a massive administrative pain for California providers and their staff. And that pain starts with the mandated employer authoriz...
CA: AB-1278 Gives Networks Control of Workers' Comp
Apr 25, 2023
CA: AB-1278 Gives Networks Control of Workers' Comp
California's Medical Provider Network (MPN) system is an absolute debacle, leaving workers' comp doctors and injured workers in perpetual uncertainty. The system fails to all...
Sedgwick Loses IBR (But Still Wins "IBR Chicken")
Apr 21, 2023
Sedgwick Loses IBR (But Still Wins "IBR Chicken")
You can’t say we didn’t try.Earlier this month, we offered Third-Party Administrator (TPA) Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc. 100% free use of our daisyWizard f...
CA Bill Strips Workers’ Choice of Doctor
Apr 19, 2023
CA Bill Strips Workers’ Choice of Doctor
California Assembly Bill 1278, if passed, will severely limit an injured worker’s choice of physician — and force physicians into low-paying networks.Currently, a Medi...
Sedgwick: Sham MPN Impedes Care?
Apr 18, 2023
Sedgwick: Sham MPN Impedes Care?
If you need proof that California’s Medical Provider Network (MPN) system is catastrophically flawed, look no further than the case of the injured worker below.Third-P...
Coventry: Fine Print Reveals MPN Mirage
Apr 17, 2023
Coventry: Fine Print Reveals MPN Mirage
Last week, we exposed the empty promise of Medical Provider Networks (MPNs), as evidenced by damning emails between a California doctor and Coventry. In one of its emails, Co...
Coventry Emails Expose PPO/MPN Mirage
Apr 14, 2023
Coventry Emails Expose PPO/MPN Mirage
A series of emails between a California doctor and Coventry expose the unvarnished truth about Preferred Provider Organizations (PPOs) and Medical Provider Networks (MPNs). <...
How Networks & MPNs Decimated CA Physical Therapists
Apr 13, 2023
How Networks & MPNs Decimated CA Physical Therapists
To grasp just how ruinous Medical Provider Networks (MPNs) can be for California providers and injured workers, look no further than the tragic situation of physical therapis...
Marriott - Networks Pocket Doctors' Pay
Apr 12, 2023
Marriott - Networks Pocket Doctors' Pay
Does the Marriott hotel chain know where the money really goes when it pays for its employees’ medical treatment?Self-insured and with its own in-house claims administ...
MPNs: CA Assembly Bill 1278 Guarantees Delayed Care
Apr 10, 2023
MPNs: CA Assembly Bill 1278 Guarantees Delayed Care
California Assembly Bill 1278, apparently designed to improve the disastrous Medical Provider Network (MPN) system, is nothing but a continued abdication of California...
Sedgwick, Please Accept a Free Gift From daisyBill
Apr 6, 2023
Sedgwick, Please Accept a Free Gift From daisyBill
Sedgwick Claims Management Services, daisyBill is here for you.We notice that you struggle mightily with correctly calculating reimbursements under California’s...
Defense Attorney: "MPNs Benefit No One"
Apr 5, 2023
Defense Attorney: "MPNs Benefit No One"
An attorney who represents workers’ comp payers felt compelled to share his viewpoint on Medical Provider Networks (MPNs) with daisyBill. His take: MPNs are useless to employ...