California Workers' Comp
May 9, 2019
SB 537: Arbitrary Medicare Reimbursement Hurts Physicians
SB 537 incorrectly presumes there is an analogy between workers’ comp and Medicare. While the assumption seems understandable, it reflects a common misunderstanding that work...
May 2, 2019
SB 537: Say NO to Medicare Reimbursements
A proposed California bill, though seemingly benign, may establish Medicare rates as a standard for workers’ comp reimbursements, which would be a mistake. The bill, w...
Apr 26, 2019
Crum & Forster Switches Bill Review Vendor
According to a notice received from Crum and Forster, the insurer is no longer using Corvel for processing medical bills.Effective 4/24/2019, Conduent will be handling...
Apr 10, 2019
Updates to California's Guidelines for the Medical Treatment Utilization Schedule (MTUS)
The California Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) recently made two important announcements concerning the Medical Treatment Utilization Schedule (MTUS).First, th...
Apr 8, 2019
One Beacon Switches Bill Review to Genex
Effective April 1, 2019, One Beacon Insurance Group changed the company that serves as its bill review to Genex.One Beacon employs Jopari as its clearinghouse. Electro...
Apr 5, 2019
8 Minute How-To: Multiple Procedure Payment Reduction (MPPR)
This short, free, and super-useful video demystifies Multiple Procedure Payment Reductions (MPPRs) for Physician and Non-Physician Practitioner Services in California.
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Mar 28, 2019
SCIF to Correct Payment Errors
California’s State Compensation Insurance Fund (SCIF) stepped up and promised to fix all bills affected by its mistaken use of the 2018 Official Medical Fee Schedule. ...
Mar 27, 2019
Second Review Loopholes Hurt Providers
Our previous articles highlighted claims administrators’ processing speed for original bill submissions. Now, we turn our attention to average days to process Second Review a...
Mar 21, 2019
El Super Markets Replaces York Risk Services Group
DaisyBill tracks California claims administrators and their respective clients to ensure that electronic bills are consistently routed to the correct payer for processing.
Mar 18, 2019
4 Minute How-To: Employer Responsibilities in California Workers' Comp
Watch the second installment in DaisyBill’s free educational video series on workers’ compensation billing.This short video explains the different ways that an employe...
Mar 12, 2019
2018 Average Days to Payment for Facility Bills
Last year, for facility bills submitted through daisyBill payment was received, on average, in 17 days for the top 20 California workers’ comp claims administrators. U...
Mar 8, 2019
6 Minute How-To: Completing a CMS 1500 for California Workers’ Comp
DaisyBill is all about making workers’ comp billing easier and more understandable. To that end, we launched a new video series aimed at mastering the ins and outs of this co...