California Workers' Comp
Sep 12, 2024
DWC's Failed WCIS Taints CHSWC Reports
With 49 cents spent on administrative expenses for every dollar spent on actual benefits (over absurdly stretched 7-year claim durations) California workers’ comp is in a fou...
Sep 11, 2024
Carlyle: How Private Equity Feeds on CA Workers' Comp
California workers’ comp has a problem: investment in administrative entities by private equity firms.When private equity owns significant stakes in businesses special...
Sep 10, 2024
CA Employers: Broken Workers' Comp Costs 2X National Median
In California, the frictional administrative expenses of caring for an injured worker cost employers almost twice the national median.According to a report from the Wo...
Sep 9, 2024
Sedgwick: Private Equity Makes Obscene Profits
In California, injured workers stay injured longer and incur more administrative expenses to treat than in the rest of the nation. That’s bad news for injured workers ...
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...
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...
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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...
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”...
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...
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: ...
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...
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...