News Updates
Apr 26, 2017
City of LA Replaces Stratacare With Medata
The City of Los Angeles recently shook up their Bill Review program, making the switch from Stratacare to Medata as of April 1, 2017. On its face, the move isn’t entirely sur...
Apr 13, 2017
Reform the Reforms: SB 489 Aims to Clean Up SB 1160
Let’s start with some simple facts. Each two-year session of the California legislature can see as many as 5,000 bills introduced. Of those 5,000, Governor Brown will probabl...
Apr 12, 2017
The Power of Data
Speaking to a panel of industry leaders at the California Workers’ Compensation Institute’s annual meeting last month, Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) director Chris...
Apr 11, 2017
Major NCCI Changes to CPT Code 99359
*Update: The 2021 OMFS updates drastically changed how E/M codes are billed.*Among the most important adjustments to the 2017 physician fee schedule was ...
Mar 31, 2017
3DCA Decision Places Emphasis on RFA Timelines
On Wednesday afternoon, the California 3DCA, or Third District Court of Appeal, issued a ruling in the Ramirez v. Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board case. This is an interes...
Mar 30, 2017
Topics Announced for Work Comp Billing Conference
This September, DaisyBill is hosting a one-day conference in Burbank dedicated to understanding and managing the complexities of California workers’ comp billing. It’s called...
Mar 29, 2017
DWC Adopts New DMEPOS, Same as the Old DMEPOS
The days are flying by. 2017 started with a bang, as the California Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) adopted a slew of new fee schedules, and the reforms of Senate Bil...
Mar 28, 2017
CPT Codes 99358 and 99359 Resource Notebook
Changes have been made to the California OMFS since the publication of this article. Be sure to see the latest analyses here and here.2021 OMFS updates drastically cha...
Mar 22, 2017
2017 Fee Schedule Changes Again – Learn How to Keep Up
Well, that didn’t take long. Earlier this month – only eight days after officially adopting the Quarter 1 Physician Fee Schedule – the California Division of Workers’ Compens...
Mar 9, 2017
QME Report Filing Deadlines Under DWC Scrutiny
Per a recent report on the California Society of Industrial Medicine and Surgery (CSIMS) website, the Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) is taking new measures to enforc...
Mar 8, 2017
SCIF Denying Evaluation and Management Codes
State Compensation Insurance Fund (SCIF) recently unveiled a “new program” with regard to reimbursement for billed Evaluation and Management (E/M) Codes. Per a conversation w...
Mar 7, 2017
Telehealth Medicare Restrictions Not Adopted by DWC
Several weeks ago, we covered the emerging field of telehealth and its powerful ability to alter the California workers’ comp landscape. Reimbursement for these telehealth se...