IBR
Mar 24, 2021
IBR Hall of Shame: Employers
Employers Holdings set a shameful new standard of indifference with regard to promptly and correctly reimbursing providers. The insurer incorrectly denied payment, disregarde...
Oct 20, 2020
When Zurich Speaks, Garbled Noncompliance Comes Out
We are writing about Zurich again, as the claims administrator’s conduct continues to be a symptom of the deep unfairness that permeates California’s workers’ comp system. Th...
Sep 21, 2020
Gallagher Bassett Sinks Second Review Appeals
For California workers’ comp providers, we encourage submitting Second Review appeals when the claims administrator incorrectly adjusts or denies payment. Below we sho...
Sep 15, 2020
AmTrust - IBR Hall of Shame
Below, we document the flouting of workers’ compensation law by AmTrust North America (AmTrust), and its continued refusal to reimburse a provider despite being ordered to do...
Feb 26, 2020
Benihana AND Broadspire Join IBR Hall of Shame
In this entry in the IBR Hall of Shame, we surface still another example of a workers’ comp claims administrator clearly not understanding, or not complying with, and/or just...
Jan 17, 2020
Sedgwick – IBR Hall of Shame
All too often, insurance companies and claims administrators find unfair ways to deny, delay, and otherwise wiggle out of paying the workers’ compensation reimbursements that...
Oct 22, 2019
Maximus & DWC Drop Ball on IBR Eligibility
California workers’ comp billing and payment regulations are a minefield of complications. That said, some rules are fairly simple, and should be immutable. For exampl...