CA: Substantial Telehealth Reimbursement Increase for Workers' Comp - Part 2
May 15, 2020
This is the second of our series on retroactive telehealth rule changes announced by the California Department of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) on 5/12/2020. Today we focus on ...
Providers, Ignore Anthem's Incorrect Telehealth Claims (and don't ingest Lysol, either)
Apr 27, 2020
On Friday, Anthem Workers’ Compensation sent an email to workers’ comp providers with misleading claims regarding telehealth compliance. The email misrepresents telehealth pr...
California DWC Changes Telehealth Regulations as of 4/15/2020
Apr 14, 2020
On April 13, 2020, the California Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) issued a Newsline adopting changes to telehealth regulations effective for all dates of service on o...
California - Workers' Comp Telehealth Requirements Through 4/14/2020
Apr 13, 2020
On April 13, 2020, the California Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) issued a Newsline adopting changes to telehealth regulations effective for all telehealth dates of s...
ALERT: Malpractice Insurance & Telehealth Coverage
Apr 3, 2020
In our most recent webinar, California Workers’ Comp Telehealth Made Easy, we reviewed the Medicare and California Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) rules for providing...
Telehealth: Video vs Audio Explained for California Workers' Comp
Apr 2, 2020
In our most recent webinar, California Workers’ Comp Telehealth Made Easy, we reviewed the Medicare and California Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) rules for providing...
CA OMFS: Physician Services Fee Schedule Update Effective 10/1/2019
Oct 15, 2019
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 ...
Audit Complaint Form Updated in California
Oct 9, 2019
Recently the California Division of Workers Compensation (DWC) updated the Audit Complaint form used by providers to report claims administrator non-compliance. The up...
CA OMFS: Pathology/Clinical Lab Fee Schedule Update Effective 10/1/2019
Oct 8, 2019
On October 4, 2019, California’s Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) ordered an update to the Pathology and Clinical Laboratory section of the Official Medical Fee Schedu...
CorVel Crash: Security Breach Leads to System-Wide Shutdown
Jul 31, 2019
A security incident led workers’ comp claims administrator CorVel to shut down systems nationwide last week, prompting credible rumors of a ransomware attack. As of th...
Magna Carta - Bills Not Processed
Jul 8, 2019
Providers, be aware that Magna Carta Companies (formerly PSM) ended its relationship with its bill review service, CorVel. More importantly, Magna Carta is not responding to ...
Second Review Loopholes Hurt Providers
Mar 27, 2019
Our previous articles highlighted claims administrators’ processing speed for original bill submissions. Now, we turn our attention to average days to process Second Review a...