MPN
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...
Jun 8, 2023
How to Navigate CA's MPN Horror Show (and Get Paid)
As we’ve demonstrated repeatedly, California’s Medical Provider Network (MPN) system is a providers’ biggest obstacle to securing reimbursement for treating injured workers. ...
May 30, 2023
Doctor Calls MPN Bluff, Gets 100% OMFS
Recently, a daisyCollect client demonstrated how California providers can shake up — and potentially shake off — the bloated, crippling, and largely illusory Medical Provider...
May 24, 2023
ALERT: Disastrous MPN Bill May Be Revived
California State Assembly Bill 1278, which would grant network entities unprecedented control over Medical Provider Networks (MPNs), is on the shelf for now — but the fight f...
May 18, 2023
CA Makes Treating Injured Workers Unsustainable
Why are doctors unwilling to treat injured workers?In California, injured workers often struggle to find doctors willing to provide treatment. The main reason for this...
May 4, 2023
CA Committee Passes Disastrous AB 1278
California physicians, it’s time to take a stand.Last week, the Assembly's Insurance Committee endorsed Assembly Bill 1278, and forwarded it to the Appro...
Apr 25, 2023
CA: AB-1278 Gives Networks Control of Workers' Comp
California's Medical Provider Network (MPN) system is an absolute debacle, leaving workers' comp doctors and injured workers in perpetual uncertainty. The system fails to all...