California’s Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) announced the decision to extend a second time the provisions related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Keep reading to learn more. Emergency Regulations for Medical Legal Evaluations in California At the beginning of 2022, the California Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) responded to the omicron surge of the COVID-19 pandemic…
In today’s post, we talk about EORs, a fundamental component of the medical legal billing process in California. Keep reading to learn what EORs are and their importance to healthcare providers. What Is an EOR? An Explanation of Review (or EOR) is a document sent to a healthcare provider by a claims administrator after the…
A proposed piece of legislation (AB 399) would limit to $50 the fee to determine eligibility for Independent Bill Review. Here’s what you need to know. What Is Independent Bill Review (IBR)? Simply put, Independent Bill Review, or IBR, is a non-judicial process for resolving California medical-legal billing disputes where the medical provider disagrees with…
In a previous post, we took at the Independent Bill Review (IBR), a process for resolving medical-legal billing disputes in California. But can an IBR determination be appealed? In this post, we give you a detailed answer. What Is an Independent Bill Review (IBR)? As we saw in another post, an Independent Bill Review is…
Medical legal billing in California can be a challenging topic if you don’t know some basic terms. From EOR to IBR, in this post we outline the meaning of all the acronyms and medical terms you need to know to make sense of medical legal billing in the Golden State. AME The acronym AME Stands…
Today we take a closer look at the Second Bill Review/Independent Bill Review Process, from some basic definitions to the things medical providers should keep in mind when they dispute a medical-legal payment. What Is a Second Bill Review (SBR)? The Second Bill Review, or SBR for short, is a process that allows healthcare professionals…