Fee Schedule

Provider Alert: Do Not (Not!) Sign PhysNet Discount “Agreement”

A California provider narrowly avoided financial pain when their office signed (but thankfully never delivered) a reimbursement discount agreement PhysNet sent to the practic...

Deranged Zenith “Offers” Doctor 31% State Fee Schedule for DME

Workers’ comp has plummeted to a new low in payers’ relentless attempts to deny fair payment to the doctors who treat injured workers.The Zenith’s recent effort to pay...

CA Fee Schedule Update: Physician Services (Q4 2025)

California’s Division of Workers’ Compensation (CA DWC) issued an update to the Physician and Non-Physician Practitioner portion of the state fee schedule for workers’ compen...

CA: “Unlisted" Codes - Same Old Blame-the-Thieving-Doctor Trope

To understand what truly drives workers’ comp costs, California must stop relying on insurer-produced “research” that misleads employers and scapegoats doctors.Califor...

MedRisk’s 2025 Industry Trends Report: Every Accusation Is a Confession

In its 2025 Industry Trends Report, MedRisk assumes the role of an objective industry observer in the workers’ compensation sector—and blames providers for rising costs.<...

CA Physical Therapist Pushes Back: Providers Not the “Bad Guys”

Recently, daisyNews pushed back against Managed Care Matters’ (absurd) accusation that providers will respond to Republican healthcare cuts by “jacking up” the prices of inju...

daisyWizard: A $49 Subscription Makes Workers' Comp (Way) Easier

Ask any California provider, biller, claims administrator, bill review service, or attorney: one of the most exhausting challenges of workers’ comp is calculating the correct...

daisyDefamation? Farmers Is Wrecking Workers' Comp

Workers’ comp fee schedules are complex, convoluted, and subject to update—but they are not subjective. Do the arithmetic correctly, and the proper reimbursement amount is a ...

Santa Monica & Lien on Me Improperly Reimburse MDs

In California workers’ comp, claims administrators often suffer from a troubling payment syndrome we call “Fee Schedule Lag.” The symptoms of Fee Schedul...

Sedgwick Stiffs Doctors With Outdated Fee Schedule Rates

The California Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) increased reimbursements for physician services for dates of service on or after April 1, 2024. Yet Third-Party Adminis...

Why Attorneys (and Providers) Can Trust daisyBill Fee Schedule Calculations

Recently, daisyNews addressed an unfounded and spurious accusation: that the reimbursement calculations provided by our Fee Schedule Calculator are unreliable due to some sor...

Defense Lien Rep Tries, Fails to Challenge daisyBill Fee Schedule Calculations

At daisyNews, we don’t shy away from offering opinions on controversial aspects of workers’ comp. But some things are not controversies or matters of opinion; they’re<...