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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Orange County/Sedgwick Inflict MPN Mayhem

How much of California workers’ comp dysfunction directly results from the effectively ungoverned Medical Provider Network (MPN) system? California does not furnish an...

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 ...

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...

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...