sedgwick

CA: Sedgwick Hits 359,626 Violations (and Counting)

Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc. is routinely non-compliant with California workers' comp payment laws and regulations. Among its violations: repeatedly faili...

CA IBR Chicken 3.0: Sedgwick’s New Way to Contort Dispute Process

Leave it to Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc. to pioneer yet another way to contort Independent Bill Review (IBR), the process by which California providers enlist th...

CA: Sedgwick's Flagrant Second Review Violations Continue

Third-Party Administrator (TPA) Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc. continues to deny California providers’ Second Review appeals at high rates for an incorrect, laugha...

Sedgwick Authorizes FedEx Care. Then Stiffs the Provider.

Third-Party Administrator (TPA) Sedgwick Claims Management Services authorized treatment for an injured FedEx employee — and then refused to pay for it. Worse, Sedgwick won't...

9/11 Health Watch: Sedgwick Performance “Inexcusable”

Sedgwick runs the largest Third-Party Administrator (TPA) of workers’ comp claims in the nation. This behemoth payer’s frequent incompetence, non-compliance wit...

CA: Sedgwick’s Rampant Second Review Violations

For providers, Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc.’s routine violations of state law and regulations make it increasingly difficult to treat injured workers. For...

Sedgwick Hits 298,034 Violations (and Counting)

Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc. continues to violate a critical California payment requirement with apparent impunity. The Third-Party Administrator (...

Sedgwick (Still!) Owes CA Practice $500k+ After Bogus PPO Discounts

Sedgwick Claims Management Services,Inc. has withheld hundreds of thousands of dollars in reimbursement from a single California orthopedic practi...

Labor: “Predatory” Sedgwick Is “a Menace to Workers”

Labor representatives are finally saying it out loud: Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc. is a “menace” to injured workers.Transport Workers Union (TWU) Local 100 isn’t...

Careworks Hurts Employers, Providers, and Payers

Employers buy workers’ comp insurance expecting their premium dollars to pay for their injured employees’ treatment. Providers expect timely, accurate payment for treating in...

Sedgwick’s Dismal EDI Grade Disaster

Third-Party Administrator (TPA) Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc. has earned a solid “D” for its Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) performance, a dismal grade that si...

Starbucks, Are You Paying Attention? Sedgwick’s Numbers Don’t Match

California employers should be suspicious of Third-Party Administrator (TPA) Sedgwick’s record-keeping.A doctor (a daisyCollect client) treated a Starbucks injured wor...