Industry Insights
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Montgomery: Stop Blaming Doctors for High Costs | 09/12/2025 | |
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| By: Catherine Montgomery | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| California’s Insurance Commissioner, Ricardo Lara, recently increased the advisory pure premium rate by 8.7%, to $1.52 per $100 of payroll for workers’ compensation policies incepting after Sept 1, 2025. ...Read More | |||
| Montgomery: New DOL Billing Requirements | 08/22/2025 | ||
| By: Catherine Montgomery | |||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
| Effective Aug. 9, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs requires that group medical practices include the rendering provider’s National Provider Identifier when billing for a professional claim. The ren...Read More | |||
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Montgomery: State's Mandatory E-Billing Process Arrives | 08/04/2025 | |
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| By: Catherine Montgomery | |||
| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | |||
| It’s official: As of Aug. 1, New York State providers are required to start billing electronically for workers’ comp patients. ...Read More | |||
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Moore: Were We Right About Comp in 2022? | 07/23/2025 | |
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| By: James Moore | |||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
| Recently, I was interviewed on my workers' comp opinions. The same reporter interviewed me in 2022 on a few workers' comp issues. ...Read More | |||
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Montgomery: Will DWC Ignore New Law? | 06/18/2025 | |
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| By: Catherine Montgomery | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| On June 2, the California Assembly unanimously passed Assembly Bill 1293, which aims to improve the state’s medical-legal process for resolving disputes between injured workers and claims administrators. ...Read More | |||
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Montgomery: DIR Director Reportedly Resigning | 06/11/2025 | |
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| By: Catherine Montgomery | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| According to a report, California Department of Industrial Relations Director Katrina Hagen is stepping down after five years. ...Read More | |||
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Moore: 187 Pages of WCRI State Stats | 06/02/2025 | |
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| By: James Moore | |||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
| One of the best free workers' comp info sources on medical pricing nationwide was published in May by the Workers Compensation Research Institute. The authors of the study are Rebecca Yang and Olesya Fomenko. ...Read More | |||
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Montgomery: Comp Is a Cash Cow, but Insurers Want Higher Rates | 05/21/2025 | |
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| By: Catherine Montgomery | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau voted to ask California’s Insurance Commissioner to increase workers’ comp insurance rates by 11.2%. ...Read More | |||
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Montgomery: City Pays Doctor $32 to Treat Injured Employee | 05/12/2025 | |
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| By: Catherine Montgomery | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| Across the nation, providers struggle to treat injured workers without financially damaging their practices. The problem is especially ugly in California, where extreme reimbursement discounting is rampant. ...Read More | |||
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Montgomery: Rand Gets $300K for UR Study. What's the ROI? | 05/05/2025 | |
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| By: Catherine Montgomery | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| The California Department of Industrial Relations plans to address the state’s broken utilization review system by paying frequent contract recipient Rand Corp. $300,000 to study UR data on injured workers’ access to care during the first 30 days of a claim....Read More | |||
