Fighting Fraud within the CA Workers’ Compensation System: Workshop Recap

Author, Megan Lockhart, Client Communications Coordinator, Rancho Mesa Insurance Services, Inc.

On Friday, September 22 attendees gathered at Rancho Mesa’s office in Mission Valley for an informative workshop, Fighting Fraud within the CA Workers’ Compensation System, presented by Chris Dill from ICW Group.

This was the first workshop to be held in Rancho Mesa’s new Mission Valley office since the team made the move from Santee in April 2023. Clients enjoyed donuts and fresh coffee while they learned about common workers’ compensation schemes in the construction industry and ways employers can prevent them.

Dill explained how fraudsters earn $34 billion per year and makeup 16% of claims. With California as one of the most prevalent states for fraud, he outlined how both employees and medical providers can commit these crimes. Dill ultimately emphasized the difference between the symptoms and the disease when fighting workers’ compensation fraud within your company.

“The suspect workers’ claims that you see [are] just symptoms, right? You start seeing more of those? That means the disease – there's more going on, so you have to address the disease… [and] there’s factors that make it more likely that the disease will develop at your location,” Dill said.  

Rancho Mesa was pleased the workshop not only allowed clients to learn important information, but also gave them the opportunity to visit the new office and mingle with both Rancho Mesa team members and fellow attendees.

Our next workshop is Control Your Insurance Costs with a Captive on Friday, October 20, held at the Rancho Mesa Mission Valley office.

Rancho Mesa Hosts Educational Webinar on Fighting Workers' Comp Fraud

Author, Lauren Stumpf, Media Communications & Client Services Specialist, Rancho Mesa Insurance Services, Inc.

Due to popular demand, Rancho Mesa has once again hosted the “Fighting Fraud within the CA Workers’ Compensation System: Addressing the Symptoms & the Disease” live webinar on Friday, September 30, 2022.

Rancho Mesa was excited to welcome back Chris Dill, Special Investigation Unit & Claims Legal Management Director at ICW Group, to educate our clients on fraud in the California workers’ compensation system.

Rancho Mesa provides resources like this webinar to help our clients better understand how to mitigate risks.

To register for upcoming workshops and webinars, please visit our Workshops & Webinars page.

Rancho Mesa Hosts Workers' Compensation Anti-Fraud Workshop

Author, Alyssa Burley, Client Services Coordinator, Rancho Mesa Insurance Services, Inc.

Rancho Mesa clients gathered at the Fraud Within the CA Workers' Compensation System Workshop on Thursday, August 10, 2017 held at the San Diego Christian College campus in Santee.  ICW Group’s, Christopher Dill from the Special Investigations Unit, gave an informative presentation.

ICW Group' Special Investigations Unit has been nationally recognized for its significant contribution towards the prosecution of, what California Department of Insurance deemed to be, one of the largest cases of Workers’ Compensation health care fraud in state history.  

Christopher provided an overview of the elements of the cases which made up “Operation Back Lash,”  the role of advanced analytics in the identification of patterns associated with the criminal schemes,  and what can potentially be learned from those patterns.

To learn more about Fraud within the CA Workers' Compensation System, contact Rancho Mesa Insurance Services, Inc. at (619) (619) 937-0164