MPN
Feb 16, 2024
CA Provider Breaks MPN Shackles (and You Can Too)
The Medical Provider Network (MPN) system is the bane of California workers’ comp — a system so convoluted, dysfunctional, and inimical to properly providing care to injured ...
Jan 18, 2024
Obituary: Palomar Urgent Care (for Injured Workers)
California workers’ comp has lost yet another sizable medical practice, in another unmistakable sign of the ongoing breakdown of the system.Palomar Health Medical Grou...
Jan 8, 2024
daisyNews: 2023 Top 10 Articles
In 2023, daisyNews tackled the stories, trends, and issues that had the biggest impact on providers who treat injured workers. Below, we share the 10 most-read articles of th...
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Oct 30, 2023
DWC's New MPN List Helps No One
California’s Medical Provider Network (MPN) system is an unmitigated disaster — and the latest “solution” from the Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) is laughable in its...
Oct 26, 2023
Why Does CA DWC 1 Form Fail to Mention Mandated MAAs?
The DWC 1 form, created by California’s Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) to satisfy its legal mandate to inform newly injured workers of their rights and benefits, fai...
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Oct 23, 2023
DWC 1 Does Not Help Injured Workers Navigate MPNs
As California considers desperately needed reforms of the Medical Provider Network (MPN) system, one reform is arguably more necessary and easily achievable than most: fully ...
Oct 19, 2023
CA DWC 1 Form Throws Wounded Workers to Wolves
California law requires the Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) to provide clear and concise explanations of workers’ comp benefits to injured workers. This is a sensible...
Oct 17, 2023
CA DWC Fails to Support Injured Workers' Rights Under MPNs
When a California employee sustains a work-related injury, and the employer maintains a Medical Provider Network (MPN), it is the employer’s legal responsibility to (within o...
Oct 4, 2023
Obituary: Major CA Practice Quits Workers' Comp Treatment
RIP RehabOne Medical Group, 2004-2023California workers’ comp will lose a pillar of the provider community, effective at the close of this year. RehabOne will have pro...
Sep 26, 2023
ProPublica/NPR: Fees & Discounts Gutting Provider Revenue
ProPublica and NPR recently published an exposé on entities that impose fees on doctors who accept electronic funds transfer (EFT) payments. These fees c...
Aug 30, 2023
EK Health MPN Propaganda Reveals Ugly Truth
In a moment of self-serving honesty, EK Health acknowledged what providers already suspect: that MPNs are a cash-grab for “entities that provide physician network services” —...
Jun 20, 2023
Medical Director: CA Workers' Comp "Subsidizes Corruption"
Recently, the Medical Director of a large medical group sent an email to daisyBill, explaining their decision to "opt out" of treating injured workers in California. T...