NCCI
May 20, 2025
Comp Is a Cash Cow—But CA Insurers Want Higher Rates?
The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau (WCIRB) just voted to ask California’s Insurance Commissioner to increase workers’ comp insurance rates by 11.2%.Tha...
Nov 5, 2024
Injured Workers Are Gold Mines for Insurers
The numbers are in, and they tell a sobering tale. Nationwide, workers’ comp insurers are raking in profits from employers’ premiums—even as workers’ comp in states li...
Nov 6, 2019
Liberty Mutual Sued by Employer
According to a federal lawsuit filed in October, Liberty Mutual Insurance may be playing its workers’ comp cards a little too close to the chest.The lawsuit, Valley Co...
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Sep 6, 2018
CA Pathology/Clinical Laboratory Billing: NCCI Edits Do Not Apply
Medicare’s National Correct Coding Initiative (NCCI) complicates California workers’ comp billing, to say the least. NCCI edits are the source of much confusion, as pr...
Aug 3, 2018
CA DWC Revises OMFS Update, Resolves MUE/Acupuncture Confusion
A recently adopted Medicare Medically Unlikely Edit (MUE) assigned a value of “0” to many common workers’ comp billing codes, including those for acupuncture services. Provid...
Apr 4, 2018
CA Physician Fee Schedule Update Adds New Billing Codes, NCCI Edits
A new order from the Administrative Director of California’s Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) updates the Physician and Non-physician practitioner services portion of ...