Discount Contracts
Apr 20, 2021
Provider Warning: Prime Health Services (Part II)
Prime Health Services (PHS) provided an unbelievable example of just how far PHS will go to secure unearned PPO discounts for their “clients”, including producing a missing s...
Mar 22, 2021
How To Stop A Network From Taking Your Revenue
Recently, a DaisyBill provider contacted us to discuss a disturbing network contract, one that expands its net well beyond what this provider initially believed...
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...
May 11, 2018
Discount Dangers: The Provider’s Bill of Rights (Rights VI and VII)
Discount Dangers is a DaisyBill series on the ways discount contracts unscrupulously lower work comp providers’ reimbursements. With this series, we shine a light on the wors...
Mar 20, 2018
Discount Dangers: The CA Provider’s Bill of Rights (Right V)
Discount Dangers is a DaisyBill series on the ways some discount contracts unscrupulously reduce providers’ reimbursements. With this series we shine a light on the worst pra...
Mar 6, 2018
Discount Dangers: The Provider’s Bill of Rights (Rights III and IV)
Discount Dangers is a daisyBill series on the ways discount contracts incorrectly reduce providers’ reimbursements. With this series, we shine a light on the worst discount p...
Aug 29, 2017
Discount Dangers: The CA Provider's Bill of Rights (Rights I and II)
Discount Dangers is a daisyBill series on the various ways discount contracts incorrectly reduce providers’ reimbursements. With this series, we shine a light on the worst di...
Aug 18, 2017
Discount Dangers, Part I: The Silent PPO
Discount Dangers is a DaisyBill series on the various ways discount contracts cheat workers’ comp providers out of reimbursement. With this series, we shine a light on the wo...
Jun 28, 2017
Combat Discount Contract Reimbursements
Many California work comp providers believe that signing discount contracts is the only way to participate in a network. While that’s not actually true, most providers still ...
Jun 9, 2017
Align Networks Contract Reveals Source of Surprise Discounts
Last month in this space, we analyzed a few of the potential pitfalls of signing a discount contract with Align Networks. Align has been subject to controversy lately – first...
May 12, 2017
Lost in the Fax: An Align Networks Contract Investigation
When news broke of the Independent Physical Therapists of California (iPTCA) lawsuit against Align Networks, we were hesitant to judge, but quick to point out that we ...
Feb 2, 2016
Uncovering the Cost of Unknown Work Comp Discounts Pt 1
If you’re a provider, chances are you’ve signed a discount contract for worker’s comp services or you’ve been approached about signing one. These contracts are tempting, beca...