• Rightcoding

    35% of all WC medical bills should be manually reviewed for improper upcoding, generating 8-10 points of additional medical cost reductions. This is what drives superior bill review performance.

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  • Corporate Independence

    DDC is an independent advisory firm with no financial affiliations with any direct managed care providers or TPAs.

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  • Group Purchasing

    DDC leverages the combined buying power of its self-insured client base to achieve preferential pricing for all our clients.

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  • The Sentinel Effect

    To achieve superior financial performance, WC managed care programs must be continually audited just like claims programs.

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  • Finding Alpha

    DDC finds and extracts industry-beating financial performance, or “Alpha,” from your existing WC managed care vendor.

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  • Hidden Economies

    An ancillary profit center for claims administration, WC managed care is an opaque industry where vendors can capitalize on hidden fees and deliver suboptimal financial performance.

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  • The Emperor Has No Clothes

    The managed care industry knows its pricing and performance is broken, but won’t change without a vocal advocate for the self-insured payer.

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New York Self-Insurers Association Spring Workshop Program

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06/12/14
New York Self-Insurers Association Spring Workshop Program The Sagamore Resort Bolton Landing, NY on Lake George Speakers: David Donn MEDICAL BILL REVIEW (Finding the hidden costs) Topic Points: Medical Bill Review “The Math behind the Savings” How ToRead More

Providers Litigate to Get Steep 1% Monthly Interest on Overdue Bills

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03/11/14

by Mark Larson

Chicago-based medical providers are starting to file lawsuits against workers' compensation insurers for interest payments on overdue bills of 1% a month, or 12% annually, which they're entitled to,Read More

ACOEM Lists 5 Overused, Costly Procedures Docs Shouldn’t Do

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02/27/14

by Mark Larson

A list of five physician-ordered procedures dubbed by the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine as wrongly overdone and sometimes harmful, are just "the tip of the iceberg"Read More

David Donn: The Commoditization of Medical Bill Review

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10/07/13
October 7, 2013 - WorkCompWire By David A. Donn, President, David Donn Consulting, Inc. Wouldn’t it be wonderful to be in the business of manufacturing a commodity thatRead More

David Donn: The Fallacy of ROI as a Measurement Tool

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09/30/13
September 30, 2013 - WorkCompWire By David A. Donn, President, David Donn Consulting, Inc. How often do you see ROI (Return on Investment) being used by managed careRead More