California Workers' Comp
Dec 8, 2022
CA QME Calls Out Cannon Cochran "Abuse and Insults"
A California Qualified Medical Evaluator (QME) has had quite enough nonsensical reimbursement games from Cannon Cochran Management Services, Inc. (CCMSI).The Third-Par...
Dec 8, 2022
Providers Respond: How to Fix CA Workers' Comp
In advance of the public meeting recently held by the Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC), daisyBill offered a few suggestions for improving California’s workers’ comp sy...
Dec 5, 2022
CA Providers Unite! Suggestions for the DWC
On December 6, 2022, California’s Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) invites stakeholders to a public meeting to share “ideas to improve the State’s worker...
Dec 1, 2022
MPN Chaos: Trader Joe's Employee Denied QME Treatment
Third-Party Administrator (TPA) Sedgwick Claims Management Services, acting on behalf of ACE American Insurance Company, refused to consider authorizing care recommend...
Dec 1, 2022
Sedgwick Uses Terminated ACE American MPN to Deny Payment
The Medical Provider Network (MPN) system in California is so chaotic, even the adjusters can’t keep up.For example: Third-Party Administrator (TPA) Sedgwick Claims Ma...
Dec 1, 2022
MPN Chaos: Sedgwick Denies QME Payment - Lowe's Home Center
The Medical Provider Network (MPN) system in California is out of whack — to the point that it breeds the kind of improper payment denials that make it impossible not to ask ...
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Nov 29, 2022
CA: Sedgwick Stiffs Doctor Who Treated Injured Honda Worker
The Medical Provider Network (MPN) system in California is chaos — and chaos breeds the kind of abuse that is currently crippling workers’ comp.Case in p...
Nov 8, 2022
CA Med-Legal: Q&A for Confused Physicians
Recently, a physician evaluator reached out to us with questions regarding Medical-Legal services for California workers’ comp. Rather than share the answers with this physic...
Nov 8, 2022
Midwest Insurance Fails to Pay QME
If there’s any doubt regarding why California workers’ comp is facing a shortage of Qualified Medical Evaluators (QMEs), look no further than Midwest Insurance. Midwest has b...
Nov 8, 2022
ALERT: Municipal Pooling Authority Bounces QME Check (Twice)
The Municipal Pooling Authority (MPA) recently bounced a check to a California Qualified Medical Evaluator (QME) — not once, but twice. According to MPA representative...
Nov 2, 2022
MPNs: How to Detect Dubious Payment Denials
In California workers’ comp, one of the biggest — but least talked about — challenges for providers is navigating the Medical Provider Network (MPN) system. MPNs were ...
Nov 2, 2022
Sedgwick Stiffs QME With False MPN Denial (Again)
It’s been said that insanity is best defined by doing the same thing repeatedly, but expecting different results. If that’s the case, Sedgwick Claims Management Services has ...