IBR

CA IBR Chicken 3.0: Sedgwick’s New Way to Contort Dispute Process

Leave it to Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc. to pioneer yet another way to contort Independent Bill Review (IBR), the process by which California providers enlist th...

CA IBR Chicken 2.0: Gallagher Bassett and JPMorgan Turn IBR Into a Provider Trap

Gallagher Bassett, one of the largest Third-Party Administrators (TPAs) in the country, and its vendor, JPMorgan, may be derailing California providers' ...

CA: Vast Majority of IBR Requests Involve Interpreter Services

Interpreterservices are vital to California workers’ comp. Unfortunately, Independent Bill Review (IBR) data suggest that interpreters face seriou...

CA: Maximus Indicates "IBR Chicken" Is Real

Maximus, the private company that the state of California contracts to conduct Independent Bill Review (IBR) to resolve workers' comp payment disputes, h...

CA Employers: Who Profits When the CA DWC Ignores the Law?

It's time to confront a fundamental problem with California's workers' compensation system.California employers are paying higher workers' comp premiums, even as rates...

CA DWC Broke the Law in 96% of 2025 IBR Cases

A daisyBill analysis of state records shows that the California Division of Workers' Compensation (CA DWC) violated state law in 96% of Independent Bill Review (IBR) cases in...

CA DWC Ignores IBR Law, Leaves Practice Short $75K+

Independent Bill Review (IBR) is supposed to protect California providers when payers refuse to correctly reimburse for injured workers’ treatment. Yet the Cali...

IBR Chicken: ESIS Denies Common CPT Codes as "Invalid"

Third-Party Administrator (TPA) ESIS’s apparent lack of basic knowledge about California workers’ comp billing should concern insurers like Safety National Casualty Corporati...

CA DWC Ignores Law and Leaves Ortho Practice Unpaid

In California, when a provider pays $195 to request Independent Bill Review (IBR) to dispute an incorrect payment, the California Division of Workers’ Compensation (CA DWC) h...

CA DWC: Routinely Violating IBR Law - Failing to Protect Doctors

Statewide records show that the California Division of Workers’ Compensation (CA DWC) routinely and brazenly violates a critical law legislators put in place to protect provi...

CA DWC Ignores IBR Law That Protects Doctors

California’s Division of Workers’ Compensation (CA DWC) is violating state law daily by failing to timely assign payment disputes to Independent Bill Review (IBR).Maxi...

Sedgwick Stiffs Doctors, County of LA Taxpayers Pick Up the Tab

Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc. has made it a business practice to defy California workers’ compensation laws, and public entities like the County of ...