California Workers' Comp

Broken CA Workers' Comp Takes 7 Years to Close Claims
Sep 5, 2024
Broken CA Workers' Comp Takes 7 Years to Close Claims
In California, closing an injured worker’s claim takes over twice as long as the national median. According to a report from the Workers’ Compensation Insurance...
The $10,000 Lie California Tells Injured Workers
Sep 4, 2024
The $10,000 Lie California Tells Injured Workers
Lie: California workers receive immediate and continued treatment (up to $10,000) when they file a work injury claim.Fact: California allows claims administrato...
CA Interpreter Service DOUBLES Revenue With Second Review Appeals
Aug 26, 2024
CA Interpreter Service DOUBLES Revenue With Second Review Appeals
For California workers’ comp providers, no billing strategy produces more revenue with less effort than consistently submitting Second Review appeals. This is especial...
WCIRB's Shocking Admission About  Workers' Comp Data
Aug 15, 2024
WCIRB's Shocking Admission About Workers' Comp Data
The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau (WCIRB) is the leading data source for California legislators, regulators, and others. But in its 2024 “State of the System”...
Signature Networks Can't Hide Truth About PPOs
Aug 14, 2024
Signature Networks Can't Hide Truth About PPOs
Marketing material from Signature Networks Plus, an organization that peddles access to and membership in Medical Provider Networks (MPNs), crosses the line between awkward c...
WCIRB Smoke & Mirrors Misinform CA Employers, Stakeholders
Aug 12, 2024
WCIRB Smoke & Mirrors Misinform CA Employers, Stakeholders
As daisyNews has long argued (and Workers’ Comp Executive recently pointed out), California has a major problem with how it assesses the challenges of workers' compensation: ...
daisyData: CA RFA & Utilization Review 2024 Data
Aug 8, 2024
daisyData: CA RFA & Utilization Review 2024 Data
In California, Utilization Review (UR) is the mandatory process by which claims administrators decide whether or not to approve treatment requests submitted by doctors treati...
CA DWC Defies Law, Botches WCIS
Aug 7, 2024
CA DWC Defies Law, Botches WCIS
Without reliable data, no government can understand—let alone solve—the problems of any major system. Yet California’s Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) has openly defi...
Medata Harrasses CA Provider for Requesting IBR
Aug 6, 2024
Medata Harrasses CA Provider for Requesting IBR
Medata, which conducts bill review for the City of Los Angeles, just gave a master class in how claims administrators’ vendors bully providers who are simply trying to receiv...
EK Health: Denying Care Helps Injured Workers
Aug 5, 2024
EK Health: Denying Care Helps Injured Workers
EK Health wants you to know that Utilization Review (UR) is not a soulless tool that payers use to deny injured workers the care recommended by their treating physicians....
Workers' Comp Exec: WCIRB "Skews Statistics"
Jul 31, 2024
Workers' Comp Exec: WCIRB "Skews Statistics"
Widely-respected industry journal Workers’ Comp Executive recently offered a powerful, public criticism of the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau (WCIRB).
CA Workers' Comp: Broken by Design?
Jul 25, 2024
CA Workers' Comp: Broken by Design?
In response to our recent report on new, burdensome regulatory changes proposed by California’s Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC), a California provider sent us an impa...