Independent Bill Review

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 ...

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. ...

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...

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...

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...