MLFS
Feb 7, 2022
CA Med-Legal Reports: REQUIRED Physician Verification
Last spring, California introduced a new Medical-Legal Fee Schedule (MLFS). Since April 2021, daisyBill clients have submitted over 80,000 medical-legal bills where the new M...
Jan 21, 2022
Med-Legal Data: MLPRR Charges Continue to Climb
California Medical-Legal record review expenses soared into the wide blue yonder after the Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) updated the Medical Legal Fee...
Dec 8, 2021
Download: Med-Legal "Superbill"
Medical-Legal billing for California workers’ comp is like…well, anything in California workers’ comp: a big mess.It’s convoluted, and physicians get nearly zero help ...
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Sep 23, 2021
MLFS Billing Tip: CA Med-Legal Deadlines Extended
As providers continue to grapple with COVID-19’s impact on healthcare systems, California Medical-Legal examiners (and workers’ comp claims administrators) are reminded: the ...
Sep 16, 2021
Med-Legal Reports: Always Include Page Count Verification!
California’s new Medical-Legal Fee Schedule (MLFS), effective from April 2021, brought with it new rules for reporting, billing, and payment. Among those rules: when submitti...
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...
Aug 2, 2021
CA Med-Legal: ML200 Missed Appointment Payable
An Independent Bill Review (IBR) case affirmed one of the biggest changes to California’s Medical-Legal Fee Schedule (MLFS): an established reimbursement for missed Medical-L...
May 13, 2021
Download: Med-Legal Graphic Workflow (With Modifiers)
Effective April 1, 2021, the Division of Workers’ Compensation adopted an all-new Medical-Legal Fee Schedule, complete with new billing codes and modifiers. Like many things ...
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...
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...
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...
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...