Industry Insights
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Montgomery: $300K to Study Nonexistent UR Data | 03/07/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| The California Division of Industrial Relations has outdone itself in bureaucratic absurdity, proposing to spend $300,000 on a study without any data to study. ...Read More | |||
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Montgomery: How California's Rigged Workers' Comp System Cheats Providers | 03/03/2025 | |
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| By: Catherine Montgomery | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| The 2024 data are in, and they paint a grim picture for every California provider treating injured workers. ...Read More | |||
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Martin: How to Compel the Depo Transcript to a PQME | 02/21/2025 | |
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| By: Rebecca M. Martin | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| When an applicant's attorney objects to a proposal to send a qualified medical evaluator a deposition transcript, filing a petition to compel the deposition transcript to the QME can be a useful tool to getting more objective testimony in front of the evaluator’s eyes. ...Read More | |||
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Montgomery: How to Bill the DOL | 02/05/2025 | |
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| By: Catherine Montgomery | |||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
| In daisyBill’s experience, the United States Department of Labor is a model workers’ comp claims administrator (aka payer or carrier), consistently paying providers accurately and rapidly for injured worker treatment. ...Read More | |||
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Moore: Comp Insurance Still Required for Remote Workers | 01/13/2025 | |
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| By: James Moore | |||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
| We received this workers' comp insurance question from a reader. The company considered keeping 40% remote-workers level even though the trend recently leaned toward returning employees to in-office work: ...Read More | |||
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Moore: Experience Mod Disputes Start With Unknown Department | 01/10/2025 | |
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| By: James Moore | |||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
| An employer question came in over the holidays that I thought needed to be addressed to lower the confusion on experience mod disputes. ...Read More | |||
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Montgomery: NYSIF Switches Bill Review and Clearinghouse | 01/08/2025 | |
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| By: Catherine Montgomery | |||
| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | |||
| The New York State Insurance Fund has changed its bill review and electronic billing clearinghouse vendors. ...Read More | |||
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Moore: Closing Out a Workers' Comp Year | 12/13/2024 | |
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| By: James Moore | |||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
| When closing out a workers' comp year as an employer, agent or adjuster, three things may make one think otherwise. Let us look at three things that make workers' comp close out on a calendar-year basis. ...Read More | |||
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Montgomery: Telehealth Workers' Comp Guide (Part 1) | 12/04/2024 | |
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| By: Catherine Montgomery | |||
| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | |||
| Telehealth is an increasingly important component of medical treatment, including for workers’ comp patients. ...Read More | |||
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Montgomery: Providers Routinely Stiffed for IBR Filing Fee | 11/25/2024 | |
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| By: Catherine Montgomery | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| As reported last week, California providers' filing fee to request independent bill review will increase from $180 to $195 in 2025. ...Read More | |||
