MPN
Jan 27, 2025
CA DWC MPN List Vanishes Again, Again & Again
The California Division of Workers’ Compensation (CA DWC), as we’ve argued (and shown) repeatedly, has long been the poster child for bureaucratic ineptitude. Its handling of...
Oct 22, 2024
Sedgwick Stiffs CA Practice for Over $300,000
In California, claims administrators can siphon staggering amounts of revenue from practices using invalid Preferred Provider Organization (PPO) discounts—and doctors have no...
Oct 11, 2024
Over 2,500 CA MPNs Vanish (Again)
By now, we’ve grown accustomed to the California Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) utterly failing to manage the state’s Medical Provider Network (MPN) sy...
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...
Aug 14, 2024
Signature Networks Can't Hide Truth About PPOs
Marketing material from Signature Networks Plus, an organization that peddles access to and membership in Medical Provider Networks (MPNs), crosses the line between awkward c...
Aug 1, 2024
Gallagher Bassett Shows MPNs Are a Painful Waste
A recent exchange between a provider and Gallagher Bassett offers a perfect example of why California’s Medical Provider Network (MPN) system is a pointless, convoluted, unna...
Jul 25, 2024
CA Workers' Comp: Broken by Design?
In response to our recent report on new, burdensome regulatory changes proposed by California’s Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC), a California provider sent us an impa...
Jun 28, 2024
Anthem's THM Network Closes, Stiffs Providers
Workers’ comp providers—in particular ancillary providers like physical therapists (PTs)—take note: if you have treated injured workers through Anthem’s Transparent Health Ma...
Jun 27, 2024
DWC MPN Meeting Accomplishes Nothing
Last week, California’s Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) held an informal stakeholder meeting to discuss its proposed changes to the regulations governing Medical Prov...
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Jun 25, 2024
Zurich - An Example of California's MPN Shell Game
Where opacity and obfuscation reign, injustice thrives. There may be no better example of this than California’s Medical Provider Network (MPN) system. T...
Jun 19, 2024
CA MPNs Harm Employers, Injured Workers & Providers
California’s Medical Provider Network (MPN) system is an unmitigated failure, causing genuine harm to injured workers, health care providers, and employers. The Divisi...
Jun 18, 2024
AmTrust MPN Magic Denies Payment
Welcome to California workers’ comp, where claims administrators can use even the most demonstrably, objectively, provably untrue assertions to deny payment to a provider—wit...