Second Review

Sedgwick’s Abuse of Providers Should Terrify Employers
Mar 27, 2025
Sedgwick’s Abuse of Providers Should Terrify Employers
A question for California employers: If Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc. (Sedgwick) treats doctors as poorly as our data reveal, what is the impact on your injured e...
$18 Million Battle: How California’s Rigged Workers’ Comp System Cheats Providers
Feb 28, 2025
$18 Million Battle: How California’s Rigged Workers’ Comp System Cheats Providers
The 2024 data are in, and they paint a grim picture for every California provider treating injured workers. The numbers prove beyond a doubt that California’s workers’...
Payers Deny 48% of CA Physician's Bills
Oct 9, 2024
Payers Deny 48% of CA Physician's Bills
Attention California providers: it is extremely difficult to obtain reimbursement when you treat or provide services to an injured worker, because the Division of Work...
CA Interpreter Service DOUBLES Revenue With Second Review Appeals
Aug 26, 2024
CA Interpreter Service DOUBLES Revenue With Second Review Appeals
For California workers’ comp providers, no billing strategy produces more revenue with less effort than consistently submitting Second Review appeals. This is especial...
For CA Interpreters, Appeals Pay More Than Bills
Jun 13, 2024
For CA Interpreters, Appeals Pay More Than Bills
California interpreters, pay close attention!A new interpreter service began using daisyBill in February. Since then, the service has collected more revenue from Secon...
Sedgwick (and the DWC) Ignore Providers' Appeals
Jun 12, 2024
Sedgwick (and the DWC) Ignore Providers' Appeals
Sedgwick is running roughshod over California providers, in violation of state workers’ comp law. By failing to take substantive action, the Division of Workers’ Compe...
CA Appeals: Sutter Health Pays for Frankenreport
May 31, 2024
CA Appeals: Sutter Health Pays for Frankenreport
In our previous article, daisyNews detailed how Sutter Health authorized a California provider to create a strange combination of a Permanent and Stationary (P&S) report and ...
Second Review: CA Providers Recovered $21M in 2023
Mar 26, 2024
Second Review: CA Providers Recovered $21M in 2023
The 2023 data are in — California daisyBill providers collectively recovered over $21 million by submitting Second Review appeals to dispute incorrect reimbursement denials o...
daisyBill Account Analytics: Appeal Payments!
Sep 19, 2023
daisyBill Account Analytics: Appeal Payments!
If no one tracks your workers’ comp bills, you’re probably missing critically important information about your practice’s revenue.The sad fact is that between i...
TRPN: How to Fight the Network's Discounts
Aug 8, 2023
TRPN: How to Fight the Network's Discounts
We’ve warned providers about the disturbing practices of Three Rivers Provider Network (TRPN).* We’ve also written about how providers may be able to demand that TRPN termina...
Tristar Flouts Law - How Long Will IBR Take?
Jul 26, 2023
Tristar Flouts Law - How Long Will IBR Take?
Tristar Risk Management seems extra comfortable ignoring payment laws and regulations, even by the woeful standards of California workers’ comp. As a result, daisyCollect has...
Tristar Ignores CA Second Review Law
Jul 17, 2023
Tristar Ignores CA Second Review Law
We don’t need further evidence that California workers’ comp is corrupted beyond any reasonable person’s notions of fairness, justice, or equity — but here’s Tristar Risk Man...