New York Workers' Comp

NY Data: Payers Deny CPT 99080 for More Than 50% of e-Bills

New York’s transition to mandatory electronic billing (e-billing) is facing its first snag. State regulators must decisively address this problem now. While New York p...

NYSIF e-EOB Non-Compliance Rises in 2025

The New York State Insurance Fund (NYSIF) is making it harder for providers to treat the state’s injured workers by repeatedly failing to comply with payment requirements for...

NY Billing Alert: Payers Deny CPT 99080 for 64% of e-Bills

As of August 1, 2025, New York mandates that providers submit all bills for injured workers’ medical treatment electronically (e-billing). To offset the cost of e-bill...

NY: Payment Denials - Form C-8.1B Changes Explained

New York’s Workers’ Compensation Board (WCB) is adding a new layer of protection for providers facing payment denials for injured worker treatment.Effective January 5,...

NY Data: Payers That Fail to Respond to Providers' e-Bills

Since August 2025, New York has required workers’ comp medical providers to send their workers' comp bills electronically (e-bills). Since October 2021, the New York W...

NY: Workers’ Comp e-Bills Paid in 11 Days

Electronic billing (e-billing) has been mandatory for New York workers’ comp providers since August 1st of this year, and many practices transitioned well ahead of the deadli...

NY: Workers Comp Billing Rules - Resident & Fellow Physician Care

Effective May 9, 2025, New York announced an initiative to improve how the state’s workers’ comp system delivers care: allowing resident and fellow physicians to treat injure...

NY e-Billing: Lessons From WCB Q&A Webinar

It’s official: New York State providers must now bill electronically (e-bill) for workers’ comp patients.In the lead-up to the August 1 deadline, the state’s Workers’ ...

NY: It’s the Final Countdown (to Mandatory e-Billing)

We’re only days away from a momentous change to New York workers’ comp. Effective August 1, 2025, all providers must bill for injured workers’ treatment electronically (aka, ...

NY Provider Alert: Sedgwick Creates Chaos for MTA Claims

A heads-up to New York providers treating Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) employees: Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc. is reportedly creatin...

NY Allows Residents & Fellows to Treat Injured Workers

New York Governor Kathy Hochul’s efforts to revamp workers’ comp and improve injured workers’ access to care are coming to fruition.Hochul’s ambitious roadmap i...

NY: Time’s (Almost) Up! Mandatory e-Billing Starts August 1, 2025

A big change is coming to New York workers’ comp—and providers should act now. Starting August 1, 2025, providers must submit all medical bills for injured worker trea...