California Workers' Comp
Oct 23, 2014
Chubb Claims That Are Now Gallagher Bassett Claims
Many of you know that Gallagher Bassett will be administering some workers’ comp claims that were formerly Chubb claims. Needless to say, this has caused some confusion about...
Oct 16, 2014
New RFA Workflow
We had a great Request for Authorization webinar last week and our workflow was a big hit.I think the workflows are so popular because, as we all know, workers' comp is incre...
Oct 9, 2014
UR & RFA: Still Important for Work Comp
I read about a recent Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board ruling about utilization review (UR) with a lot of interest. I won’t get into technical and legislative details abou...
Oct 6, 2014
Webinar Materials on Our FAQ
I really love our webinars (and I’m not being at all biased). I think they impart a lot of really good useful information while helping everybody in the workers’ comp communi...
Oct 2, 2014
MUEs Don't Apply to DME for Workers' Comp
There’s been a fair amount of confusion so let’s make this plain: medically unlikely edits (MUEs) do NOT apply to work comp durable medical equipment (DME) bills.On 9/...
Sep 25, 2014
Warning: The DWC's Pharmacy Fee Schedule Is Not Always Accurate
Every Wednesday the DWC updates the reimbursement amounts listed in the DWC’s Workers’ compensation pharmacy fee schedule - Simple prescription (Pharmacy Fee Schedule). Each ...
Sep 20, 2014
Providers, File Those Independent Bill Reviews (IBRs)!
Recently I heard Dr. Rupali Das speak at the CWC & Risk Conference--she’s the DWC Executive Medical Director. Her very interesting presentation started me thinking about work...
Sep 15, 2014
Correct Electronic Bill Processing, Part II: Second Bill Review
A couple of weeks ago I posted a walk-through of correct workers’ comp electronic bill processing, starting from the original electronic bill submission to rece...
Sep 6, 2014
Why Can't Broadspire Accept Electronic Second Bill Reviews?
The workers’ comp community has now had time to work its way through a substantial number of Second Bill Reviews (SBRs). Unfortunately, we here at DaisyBill find that some cl...
Sep 4, 2014
The Essential Guide to Correct Electronic Billing Processing
In advance of today’s webinar on electronic billing, I’m posting an example of electronic bill processing that we will be using in the webinar. This is the second time we’re ...
Aug 29, 2014
27 Claims Administrators That Still Require Faxing of Electronic Bills
California’s electronic billing mandate went into effect on October 18, 2012. This means that for over a year and a half, the DWC has required that claims administrators mus...
Aug 27, 2014
Workflow - Palooza! Request for Authorization and Second Bill Review
The workflows on here seem to be popular, so I’m posting a couple more from the webinars for Request for Authorization (RFA) and Second Bill Review (SBR). We have a lot of f...