California Workers' Comp
Feb 27, 2019
2018 Average Med-Legal Days to Pay
In 2018, for California medical-legal bills submitted using DaisyBill software, the average processing time is 13 business days to receive payment for the top 20 claims admin...
Feb 26, 2019
Co-Surgery vs. Team Surgery: All You Need to Know
Surgery in workers’ compensation cases opens a Pandora’s box: reserves go up, nurse case managers get involved, and surgeons need to justify every detail of their billing to ...
Feb 22, 2019
2018 Average Days to Payment for Medical Treatment Bills
In 2018, for California medical treatment bills submitted using DaisyBill software, the average processing time is 11 days for the top 20 claims administrators by volume. We’...
Feb 20, 2019
SCIF (CA) Incorrectly Paying 2018 Fee Schedule for 2019 DOS
It’s SCIF’s turn. The California State Compensation Insurance Fund (SCIF) is also incorrectly reimbursing providers using the 2018 Physician Fee Schedule instead of the corre...
Feb 14, 2019
Reminder: Timely Bills Are Mandatory
Late bills will not be paid. Period. Timely billing has been in effect in California workers’ compensation since January 1, 2017, but we still see providers missing th...
Feb 12, 2019
Maximus Confirms Using Second Review Appeals to Correct Billing Errors
Correcting a coding error is as simple as submitting a Second Review appeal explaining the error. Last year, we discussed the convoluted process to correct billing err...
Feb 8, 2019
The Payment Chaos Continues: Sedgwick Denies Appeal for Correct 2019 Reimbursements
Sedgwick’s payment mistakes multiply. First, Sedgwick incorrectly paid California providers by applying an old workers’ comp fee schedule. Now Sedgwick compounds its error by...
Feb 6, 2019
2019 Splinting & Casting Reimbursement Update
When navigating the seas of change, it’s refreshing to find an island of relative stability. Like California’s state-specific codes, the splinting and casting codes group (co...
Feb 5, 2019
State Farm Workers’ Comp Claims Moved to Sedgwick CMS
Time to start counting your poultry -- State Farm’s workers’ compensation henhouse is now guarded by the third-party administrator (TPA) Sedgwick, effective October 21, 2018....
Feb 4, 2019
California-Specific Codes Updated for 2019
With the flurry of new year fee schedule changes, California updated the Physician Fee Schedule reimbursement for its state-specific codes. These codes are explained in 8 CCR...
Feb 1, 2019
Sedgwick Still Reimbursing at 2018 Rates for California
Since the beginning of 2019, Sedgwick CMS has incorrectly used the 2018 Physician Fee Schedule to reimburse providers. Our data indicates that Sedgwick is consistently and in...
Feb 1, 2019
2019 CA Workers’ Comp Evaluation & Management Cheat Sheet
The 2019 changes to California’s reimbursements got your head spinning? Here’s a handy reimbursement cheat sheet for the most frequently used Evaluation & Management codes.