Liberty Mutual

Alert: Mitchell Hustles Providers for Liberty Mutual
Apr 21, 2022
Alert: Mitchell Hustles Providers for Liberty Mutual
Providers, be warned: Mitchell International, a company offering “workers’ compensation bill review & claims management services,” seems to be playing the hustler on behalf o...
Liberty Mutual Stiffs QME - Attorneys Required
Sep 22, 2021
Liberty Mutual Stiffs QME - Attorneys Required
Hello California Workers’ Comp Attorneys,  Medical-Legal physicians in this state need your help. Payers like Liberty Mutual have found a way to skirt the Independent ...
Med-Legal ML106: IBRs Leave No Doubt
Aug 12, 2021
Med-Legal ML106: IBRs Leave No Doubt
If it wasn’t clear before, it certainly is now. Physicians should bill for supplemental Medical-Legal reports requested before April 1, 2021 with billing code ML106, regardle...
ML106: Liberty Mutual Must Learn the Rules
Jul 9, 2021
ML106: Liberty Mutual Must Learn the Rules
California’s all-new Medical-Legal Fee Schedule (MLFS) debuted back in April, but some claims administrators are still a few steps behind. To bill for supplemental Med...
Med-Legal Bill Denied for Liability? Request IBR
Jun 29, 2021
Med-Legal Bill Denied for Liability? Request IBR
Certain California workers’ comp payers deny reimbursement for Medical-Legal evaluations by claiming lack of liability for the initial injury. With this twisted, circular log...
Data PROVES Electronic Billing for Workers' Comp Works
Nov 10, 2020
Data PROVES Electronic Billing for Workers' Comp Works
COVID-19 and our recent elections highlight the flaws, delays, and increasing creakiness of the US postal system. In 2020, as mail fails, electronic bill transmission offers ...
Liberty Mutual Sued by Employer
Nov 6, 2019
Liberty Mutual Sued by Employer
According to a federal lawsuit filed in October, Liberty Mutual Insurance may be playing its workers’ comp cards a little too close to the chest.The lawsuit, Valley Co...
Liberty Mutual and a Cautionary Tale of Payment Woes
Oct 3, 2019
Liberty Mutual and a Cautionary Tale of Payment Woes
Today we’re sharing a maddening and all-too-common story of payment woes, this time featuring Liberty Mutual as the miscreant that just won’t pay a bill correctly -- despite ...
Liberty Mutual, Gallagher Bassett, Chubb Scoff at CA IBR Rules
Sep 4, 2019
Liberty Mutual, Gallagher Bassett, Chubb Scoff at CA IBR Rules
It’s still happening: claims administrators including Liberty Mutual, Gallagher Bassett, and Chubb are ignoring the rules regarding Independent Bill Review (IBR), brazenly re...
Costco, Home Depot, & Other Employers Should Be Mad as HEL*
Jul 29, 2019
Costco, Home Depot, & Other Employers Should Be Mad as HEL*
Recently a provider shared a letter, apparently meant to intimidate, that it received from a Liberty Mutual Network Specialist, Peter Spalding. The letter threatened to kick ...