Network Discounts
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 10, 2023
MSQ Network - Payment Chaos
Today, Assembly Bill 1278 is being considered by the Appropriations Committee. This bill will grant barely-regulated network entities almost complete control over Medical Pro...
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...
Apr 19, 2023
CA Bill Strips Workers’ Choice of Doctor
California Assembly Bill 1278, if passed, will severely limit an injured worker’s choice of physician — and force physicians into low-paying networks.Currently, a Medi...
Apr 17, 2023
Coventry: Fine Print Reveals MPN Mirage
Last week, we exposed the empty promise of Medical Provider Networks (MPNs), as evidenced by damning emails between a California doctor and Coventry. In one of its emails, Co...
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Apr 14, 2023
Coventry Emails Expose PPO/MPN Mirage
A series of emails between a California doctor and Coventry expose the unvarnished truth about Preferred Provider Organizations (PPOs) and Medical Provider Networks (MPNs). <...
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Apr 13, 2023
How Networks & MPNs Decimated CA Physical Therapists
To grasp just how ruinous Medical Provider Networks (MPNs) can be for California providers and injured workers, look no further than the tragic situation of physical therapis...
Apr 12, 2023
Marriott - Networks Pocket Doctors' Pay
Does the Marriott hotel chain know where the money really goes when it pays for its employees’ medical treatment?Self-insured and with its own in-house claims administ...
Apr 4, 2023
What CA Doctors Must Know Before Signing a PPO Contract
Preferred Provider Organizations (PPOs) and Medical Provider Networks (MPNs) are causing chaos for California employers, injured workers, and healthcare providers. Tha...
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Mar 23, 2023
ACE / Sedgwick Low Payments Reveal PPO Problem
If you’ve ever wondered why so many California doctors avoid treating injured workers, stop wondering. Three separate bills from the same provider to the same insurer...
Jun 8, 2022
CA OMFS: E/M Reimbursement vs Medicare Reimbursement
California workers’ comp allows discount networks to bleed the doctors who treat injured workers. Unfortunately for these workers and their employers, many of these financial...