medical-legal

Introducing: CA Med-Legal Fee Schedule Report Cards
Apr 29, 2021
Introducing: CA Med-Legal Fee Schedule Report Cards
At DaisyBill, we strive to help providers and their staff navigate the complexities of workers’ comp billing and payment, to ensure proper reimbursement. To that end, we’re d...
2021 CA Med-Legal Billing Codes Pocket Guide
Apr 8, 2021
2021 CA Med-Legal Billing Codes Pocket Guide
California has a new Medical-Legal Fee Schedule (MLFS), effective April 1. To help medical-legal evaluators and their staff navigate these (drastic) changes, we created a dow...
Medical-Legal Cheat Sheet for CA Workers' Comp
Apr 1, 2021
Medical-Legal Cheat Sheet for CA Workers' Comp
It’s official: California workers’ compensation has a new Medical-Legal Fee Schedule (MLFS). The updated MLFS is effective for dates of service on or after April 1, 20...
New CA Med-Legal Fee Schedule Effective April 1
Mar 31, 2021
New CA Med-Legal Fee Schedule Effective April 1
California’s Office of Administrative Law (OAL) issued final approval of the revamped Medical-Legal Fee Schedule (MLFS) for workers’ compensation, effective for dates of serv...
CA: New Med-Legal Fee Schedule Pending
Mar 30, 2021
CA: New Med-Legal Fee Schedule Pending
A reimagined Medical-Legal Fee Schedule is on the way.Following the required public hearing and comment period, California’s Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) fi...
IBR Hall of Shame: Employers
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...
CA DWC: 2021 Fee Schedule Updates as of 1/5/2021
Jan 5, 2021
CA DWC: 2021 Fee Schedule Updates as of 1/5/2021
California workers’ comp fee schedules change on a regular basis, though not always on a precise schedule. This article sums up the late 2020 and early 2021 updates thus far ...
Zoom Privacy, Security Issues May Affect Telehealth
Apr 8, 2020
Zoom Privacy, Security Issues May Affect Telehealth
Health care providers using (or considering) teleconferencing software Zoom, heed this important warning: serious security, privacy, and data protection issues reportedly pla...
DWC Will Hold Meeting on Controversial Medical-Legal Rule Proposals
Sep 26, 2018
DWC Will Hold Meeting on Controversial Medical-Legal Rule Proposals
In May of this year, California’s Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) announced proposed changes to the state Medical-Legal Fee Schedule (MLFS), and welcomed public comme...
Med-Legal Misconceptions: 4 Ways NOT to Use Billing Code ML106
Sep 21, 2018
Med-Legal Misconceptions: 4 Ways NOT to Use Billing Code ML106
In California, physicians use code ML106 to bill for supplemental medical-legal examinations. However, what constitutes a supplemental medical-legal exam for billing purposes...
No Response? How to Deal with Ignored Bills
May 17, 2018
No Response? How to Deal with Ignored Bills
It happens far too often: providers treat an injured worker for a California employer, send the bill to the claims administrator, and then...nothing. Workers’ comp is ...
Medical-Legal Complexity Factors: Provider Requirements
May 9, 2018
Medical-Legal Complexity Factors: Provider Requirements
Recently, a DaisyBill client faced unreasonable demands from a bill review regarding complexity factors for medical-legal billing code ML104. Fortunately, our client’s refusa...