specialty care networks
May 10, 2023
MSQ Network - Payment Chaos
Today, Assembly Bill 1278 is being considered by the Appropriations Committee. This bill will grant barely-regulated network entities almost complete control over Medical Pro...
Apr 25, 2023
CA: AB-1278 Gives Networks Control of Workers' Comp
California's Medical Provider Network (MPN) system is an absolute debacle, leaving workers' comp doctors and injured workers in perpetual uncertainty. The system fails to all...
Apr 19, 2023
CA Bill Strips Workers’ Choice of Doctor
California Assembly Bill 1278, if passed, will severely limit an injured worker’s choice of physician — and force physicians into low-paying networks.Currently, a Medi...
Apr 17, 2023
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...
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Apr 13, 2023
How Networks & MPNs Decimated CA Physical Therapists
To grasp just how ruinous Medical Provider Networks (MPNs) can be for California providers and injured workers, look no further than the tragic situation of physical therapis...
May 9, 2019
SB 537: Arbitrary Medicare Reimbursement Hurts Physicians
SB 537 incorrectly presumes there is an analogy between workers’ comp and Medicare. While the assumption seems understandable, it reflects a common misunderstanding that work...
Oct 20, 2017
Discount Dangers: Specialty Networks Are the Barnacles of Work Comp
Discount Dangers is a DaisyBill series on the various ways discount contracts cheat workers’ comp providers out of reimbursement. With this series, we shine a light on the wo...