California Workers' Comp
Sep 11, 2023
UR: An Open Letter to CA Residents
Dear California Readers,One of your neighbors experienced a significant head injury while repairing California highways. This individual has diminished cognitive abili...
Sep 7, 2023
daisyBill Account Analytics: EOR Count & Source Report
If no one is tracking your workers’ comp bills, you’re probably missing something critically important to your practice’s revenue.The sad fact is, between impro...
Sep 6, 2023
SCIF: Inept Utilization Review Delays Care for Injured Worker
We write often about the systemic issues surrounding Utilization Review (UR) in California and the constant struggle of providers to obtain authorization to tre...
Aug 25, 2023
Sedgwick Roundup: TPA Remains Non-Compliant
We write a lot here and elsewhere about California’s failure to adequately enforce workers’ comp payment laws and regulations. This failure has created an environment that’s ...
Aug 23, 2023
Account Analytics: Average Days to Payment
If no one tracks payment analytics for your workers’ comp bills, you’re probably missing critical information about your practice’s revenue from treating injured workers....
Aug 22, 2023
Provider UR Data Belies Rosy Insurer Claims
At a recent California Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) meeting, a representative from the California Workers’ Compensation Institute (CWCI) — an insurers’ organizatio...
Aug 15, 2023
RFA: UR Decision Data 2023
On Friday, a California Workers’ Compensation Institute (CWCI) representative reportedly cited a 95% approval rate for medical treatments requested by California providers. T...
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Aug 14, 2023
Workers' Comp Providers Critical to First Responders
Consumed as we are by the minutiae of fee schedules, technical requirements, compliance, and everything else it takes to make workers’ comp e-billing work, even daisyBill can...
Aug 9, 2023
How to Stop Credit Card Fees for Workers' Comp Treatment
We’ve said it many times before, and we’ll keep saying it: providers should never accept credit cards as payment for the treatment of injured workers.Why not? Because ...
Aug 8, 2023
TRPN: How to Fight the Network's Discounts
We’ve warned providers about the disturbing practices of Three Rivers Provider Network (TRPN).* We’ve also written about how providers may be able to demand that TRPN termina...
Aug 7, 2023
TRPN: How to Terminate Discount Contract
Three Rivers Provider Network (TRPN) has a deservedly terrible reputation for the duplicitous way in which TRPN ropes providers into its noxious discount reimbursement...
Aug 3, 2023
TRPN: Doctor Escapes Discount Contract
Recently, we’ve sounded the national alarm regarding Three Rivers Provider Network (TRPN).*As one provider learned the hard way, TRPN sends checks to practices that, <...