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CA MPNs Harm Employers, Injured Workers & Providers

California’s Medical Provider Network (MPN) system is an unmitigated failure, causing genuine harm to injured workers, health care providers, and employers. The Divisi...

ProPublica/NPR: Fees & Discounts Gutting Provider Revenue

ProPublica and NPR recently published an exposé on entities that impose fees on doctors who accept electronic funds transfer (EFT) payments. These fees c...

Medical Director: CA Workers' Comp "Subsidizes Corruption"

Recently, the Medical Director of a large medical group sent an email to daisyBill, explaining their decision to "opt out" of treating injured workers in California. T...

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...

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). <...

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...

Defense Attorney: "MPNs Benefit No One"

An attorney who represents workers’ comp payers felt compelled to share his viewpoint on Medical Provider Networks (MPNs) with daisyBill. His take: MPNs are useless to employ...

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...

MPNs: Why MDs Won't Treat Injured Workers

The video replay of our free webinar on Preferred Provider Organization (PPO) discounts is now available to stream! The webinar slide deck is also available to download.<...

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...

Mirage Provider Networks: Sedgwick Can't Identify MPN

At this point, Medical Provider Networks (MPNs) can feel like little more than a cruel joke, offering seemingly ephemeral benefits to providers while exacting a heavy toll in...

Your PPO Questions (So Far)

It’s almost time — we’re gearing up for our free live webinar on the financial danger Preferred Provider Organizations (PPOs) pose for practices that treat inju...