Warning: Do Not Accept Credit Cards as Payment
Feb 23, 2021
In the past we have written a number of posts (including one about Broadspire) warning providers to not accept credit card payments issued by payers such as claims administra...
Payer Defies Clear Law and Refuses to Send Electronic EORs
Feb 11, 2021
The California law regarding electronic explanations of review (EORs) is crystal clear and completely unambiguous -- at least to the vast majority of the workers’ comp commun...
Department of Labor: 2021 Electronic Billing Nirvana Continues
Jan 11, 2021
Welcome to 2021 and improved workers’ compensation e-billing. Recent data shows that providers continue to benefit from the electronic billing upgrades that the Department of...
AIG: 11,000+ Violations and Counting
Nov 12, 2020
Earlier this year, AIG Claims, Inc. (AIG) made the switch to Carisk as its workers’ compensation electronic clearinghouse. However, and unfortunately, this change had no impa...
Data PROVES Electronic Billing for Workers' Comp Works
Nov 10, 2020
COVID-19 and our recent elections highlight the flaws, delays, and increasing creakiness of the US postal system. In 2020, as mail fails, electronic bill transmission offers ...
Broadspire Employers: Audit Complaint Filed With DWC
Oct 21, 2020
In a recent article, Broadspire Defies CA Law and Denies Appeals Sent by Providers, we described Broadspires’ success in defying California workers’ comp laws without consequ...
WorkCompEDI: Clearinghouse Fails Claims Administrators
Oct 12, 2020
On Friday, DaisyBill took the unusual step of directly contacting dozens of California claims administrators. We wanted to enlist these organizations’ assistance to resolve a...
Dept of Labor Billing Utopia: e-Bills Processed in ONE Day
Oct 8, 2020
The new U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) electronic billing system is workers’ comp e-billing utopia. Earlier this year, the DOL replaced its designated clearinghouse wi...
Hanover –> What the H*llover is Going On?
Nov 21, 2019
We have yet another tale of a payer flagrantly ignoring its duty to compliantly process provider bills for treatment of injured workers. This account of payer friction highli...
City of Los Angeles Neglects Its Duty
Nov 14, 2019
The City of Los Angeles (LA) is a self-insured, self-administered employer. This means that the city assumes all of the responsibilities of a claims administrator to complian...
New York & the CMS-1500: The Big Day Approaches, But When?
Oct 15, 2019
The New York State Workers’ Compensation Board (WCB) is in love. The regulatory body fell hard for the CMS-1500 (sometimes called a ‘HCFA’), and is currently moving toward a ...
Fresno USD Fails to Comply with Electronic Billing Regulations
Sep 17, 2019
For providers treating injured workers, electronic billing is by far the best billing option. For claims administrators in California, it’s not optional at all; accepting ele...