Request for Authorization

RFA: The Easy Way to Manage UR Decisions

So many injuries. So many Requests for Authorization (RFAs). So many Utilization Review (UR) decisions to keep track of — and only so much time in a day.Rest easy, pro...

RFA: How Technology Can Document UR Decisions

For providers, workers’ comp’s biggest challenges are obtaining authorization for treatment, and getting paid for providing the authorized treatment. Both chall...

RFA: What's the Fax Number? daisyAuth Knows

They don’t make it easy to treat injured workers in California.To receive payment, a provider must obtain permission from the employer or insurer for all treatment ren...

Video: 30-Second RFAs for CA Workers' Comp

Let’s face facts: treating injured workers is a massive administrative pain for California providers and their staff. And that pain starts with the mandated employer authoriz...

Data: CA UR Decisions 2022

One of the great sources of friction in California workers’ comp is the Utilization Review (UR) and treatment authorization process — the critical process that determines whe...

Forbes Fluff Distorts CA Workers' Comp Realities

The good folks at Forbes recently offered California doctors and injured workers a slap in the face, in the form of a political fantasy narrative thinly veiled as an objectiv...

Sedgwick Authorization Sewer - Why CA Needs UR Reform

An injury occurs at work. The injured worker sees a doctor. The doctor concludes that the worker needs a consultation from a specialist. Per California law, the treating doct...

Providers Respond: How to Fix CA Workers' Comp

In advance of the public meeting recently held by the Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC), daisyBill offered a few suggestions for improving California’s workers’ comp sy...

CA Providers Unite! Suggestions for the DWC

On December 6, 2022, California’s Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) invites stakeholders to a public meeting to share “ideas to improve the State’s worker...

How "Fast-Track" UR Can Backfire for CA Providers

California’s “Fast-Track” Utilization Review (UR) initially sounded like good news for doctors who provide the first treatment following a work-related injury. ...

Sedgwick: Gruesome and Abusive IBR Games

In California workers’ comp, providers cannot rely on authorization to guarantee payment — despite what the law says. Today’s article shows exactly how a claims administrator...

10 Ways to Fix CA Workers' Comp

Today, the California Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) will host a virtual public meeting “to hear ideas to improve the efficiency and quality of care provided to inju...