Independent Bill Review
Sep 3, 2025
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...
Aug 19, 2025
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...
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Aug 12, 2025
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...
Jun 16, 2025
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...
May 12, 2025
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 ...
Feb 24, 2025
CA: IBR Fee Increase - DWC Web Page Lists Wrong Amount
In 2025, California providers must pay more to file for Independent Bill Review (IBR) to dispute improper reimbursements from payers, due to an increased IBR filing fee. ...
Sep 19, 2023
daisyBill Account Analytics: Appeal Payments!
If no one tracks your workers’ comp bills, you’re probably missing critically important information about your practice’s revenue.The sad fact is that between i...
Sep 14, 2023
FYI: Inaccurate DWC IBR Form May Cost Your Practice
California’s Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) has strict and specific requirements for providers who wish to dispute incorrect payment amounts through Independent Bill...
Jul 20, 2023
CA IBR: Why Are Claims Admins Redacted From Decisions?
Accountability is critical to the functioning of any system, especially one upon which the health of injured workers depends. So we’re compelled to ask a question that’s been...
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Jul 18, 2023
Untimely IBR Decisions - DWC Ignores CA Law
Recently, we shared the numbers demonstrating the absurd (and unlawful) lengths of time for which the Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) forces providers to wait for an ...
Jun 15, 2023
DWC Repeatedly Violates CA IBR Law
California fails to maintain a workers’ comp environment that’s fair and navigable for providers (you know, the people who treat the injured workers). Prime example: the Divi...
Jul 27, 2022
SCIF: Med-Legal IBR Chicken Champion
Welcome to another round of IBR Chicken, where California claims administrators (falsely) deny payment for the treatment of injured workers for implausible reasons — and keep...