California Workers' Comp
Mar 11, 2024
EAMS: An Open Letter to the CA Assembly Budget Subcommittee
The California Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) asked the State Assembly Budget Subcommittee on State Administration for an additional $22 million to update its Elect...
Mar 5, 2024
PPOs Undermine CA Physician Fee Schedule Increase
California’s Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) increased reimbursement rates under the Physician and Non-Physician Practitioner portion of the Official Medical Fee Sche...
Mar 1, 2024
CA: CorVel Increases PR-2 Payments Following daisyBill Webinar
Workers’ comp is messy. But it works much better when providers, claims admins, employers, and all other stakeholders understand that we’re in this mess togethe...
Feb 29, 2024
CA Med-Legal Billing: 3 Tips to Win IBR Disputes
Statistically, California Medical-Legal evaluators are highly likely to prevail at Independent Bill Review (IBR) — but that doesn’t mean physician evaluators can’t benefit fr...
Feb 28, 2024
CA Med-Legal MDs: Don't Accept Denials or Adjustments - IBR Works!
California Medical-Legal physician evaluators, Independent Bill Review (IBR) is your friend.According to data from the Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC), 96% of ...
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Feb 26, 2024
CA Physician Fee Schedule Webinar Replay Available
Last week, hundreds of providers, claims administrators, attorneys, and employers gathered to learn about 2024 updates to California’s Physician Fee Schedule for workers’ com...
Feb 16, 2024
CA Provider Breaks MPN Shackles (and You Can Too)
The Medical Provider Network (MPN) system is the bane of California workers’ comp — a system so convoluted, dysfunctional, and inimical to properly providing care to injured ...
Feb 14, 2024
CA Interpreters: Request IBR!
Interpreters are vital to California workers' comp. Without them, doctors could not treat injured workers with whom they don’t share a common language.But sadly, inter...
Feb 9, 2024
Will CA Clean Up Authorization/UR Issues?
When it comes to payer abuse of the authorization process in healthcare, the jig isn’t exactly up yet — but federal legislators and regulators seem to be catching on to priva...
Feb 8, 2024
CA Authorization & UR Confusion Reigns
Last week, we reported on the California Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC)’s decision to delete an important FAQ from its website. Until the deletion, the FAQ affirmed ...
Feb 6, 2024
Free 2024 CA Physician Fee Schedule Webinar!
Update: This webinar is over — but we’ll post access to the recording and presentation slides soon!Are you billing (or paying) accurately for workers’ comp treatment? ...
Feb 2, 2024
2024 CA Physician Fee Schedule Changes
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 ...