med-legal
Jun 17, 2025
CA Advances New Med-Legal Law. Will CA DWC Ignore It?
On June 2, the California Assembly unanimously passed Assembly Bill 1293, which aims to improve the state’s Medical-Legal process for resolving disputes between injure...
Sep 10, 2024
CA Employers: Broken Workers' Comp Costs 2X National Median
In California, the frictional administrative expenses of caring for an injured worker cost employers almost twice the national median.According to a report from the Wo...
May 31, 2024
CA Appeals: Sutter Health Pays for Frankenreport
In our previous article, daisyNews detailed how Sutter Health authorized a California provider to create a strange combination of a Permanent and Stationary (P&S) report and ...
May 9, 2024
CA DWC Deletes Med-Legal FAQ From Website
California’s Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) is supposed to have a critical role in enforcing state laws and regulations. Just as critically, the DWC has a duty to
May 8, 2024
Costco/Helmsman: Improper $5K Payment Denial
For California physicians, too much time, effort, and revenue are at stake to accept ludicrous payment denials for Medical-Legal evaluations. Unfortunately, California...
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Apr 24, 2024
The Hartford Reimbursement Goose Chase
California workers’ comp is losing doctors. The underlying issues are manifold, from payer non-compliance to network discount schemes to Medical Provider Network (MPN) chaos....