— An Investigative Series · California SB 623
How California’s legal industry sacrificed healthcare providers to save itself.
A bill few were meant to read is quietly rewriting who gets paid, who gets protected, and who gets left holding the bill. This is the record of what happened and who it touches next.
— An Investigative Series · California SB 623
How California’s legal industry sacrificed healthcare providers to save itself.
A bill few were meant to read is quietly rewriting who gets paid, who gets protected, and who gets left holding the bill. This is the record of what happened and who it touches next.
— Watch First
The Truth Behind The Great Betrayal
Before you read the series, hear why The Great Betrayal was created, what SB 623 could mean for personal injury healthcare, and why Michael believes it’s time to set the record straight.
— Watch First
The Truth Behind The Great Betrayal
Before you read the series, hear why The Great Betrayal was created, what SB 623 could mean for personal injury healthcare, and why Michael believes it’s time to set the record straight.
— Why This Matters
SB 623 didn’t arrive as a scandal.
It arrived as paperwork. That is exactly why it worked.
What happened
A quiet rewrite of responsibility
SB 623 shifts burdens, hampers patient access to care, and changes the risk profile of personal injury for California healthcare providers and physicians. Right now it’s limited to rideshare car crash lien cases, though likely will be expanded to all personal injury matters.
HEALTHCARE WASN’T AT THE TABLE
New exposures and limits, no seat at the table
Treating physicians, surgeons, and clinics absorb fresh financial risk and fee caps under terms they never negotiated, while law firms keep get rid of their 25% fee cap so they can still charge 33% to 60% in attorney fees.
Beyond California
A blueprint other states should be watching
California has long been the testing ground for legal reform. What passes here rarely stays here, and the same model is already being studied elsewhere.
Why follow the series
The full record … the truth
Ten parts: the background, the new law, the impact … and the truth versus the spin everyone is being fed. Read it, think about it, and you decide for yourself the impact on you and your profession now, and where this may lead. And what you can still do about it.
— Why This Matters
SB 623 didn’t arrive as a scandal.
It arrived as paperwork. That is exactly why it worked.
What happened
A quiet rewrite of responsibility
SB 623 shifts burdens, hampers patient access to care, and changes the risk profile of personal injury for California healthcare providers and physicians. Right now it’s limited to rideshare car crash lien cases, though likely will be expanded to all personal injury matters.
HEALTHCARE WASN’T AT THE TABLE
New exposures and limits, no seat at the table
Treating physicians, surgeons, and clinics absorb fresh financial risk and fee caps under terms they never negotiated, while law firms keep get rid of their 25% fee cap so they can still charge 33% to 60% in attorney fees.
Beyond California
A blueprint other states should be watching
California has long been the testing ground for legal reform. What passes here rarely stays here, and the same model is already being studied elsewhere.
Why follow the series
The full record … the truth
Ten parts: the background, the new law, the impact … and the truth versus the spin everyone is being fed. Read it, think about it, and you decide for yourself the impact on you and your profession now, and where this may lead. And what you can still do about it.
— Latest Updates
From The
Investigation
THE GREAT BETRAYAL – Part 2
How Did SB 623 Become Law in Just One Week
The Bill Nobody Had Time to Read & How a Veterans’ Property Tax Bill Became One of California’s Most Significant Personal Injury Reform Measures
The Great Betrayal: Open Mic with Michael Coates
An open mic zoom group discussion on SB 623, the issues and concerns facing healthcare providers, and the potential path forward in California and nationally. Let’s discuss this together. Attendance will be limited so reserve your seat now.
— The Series
The 10-Part Series
Part 01
What Healthcare Providers Aren’t Being Told About California’s SB 623
How California’s Political Compromise Could Reshape Personal Injury Medicine
Part 02
How Did SB 623 Become Law in Just One Week
The Bill Nobody Had Time to Read & How a Veterans’ Property Tax Bill Became One of California’s Most Significant Personal Injury Reform Measures
Part 03
SB 623 Explained and 9 Changes Every Healthcare Provider Needs to Understand
The Nine Changes Every Healthcare Provider Needs to Understand
Part 04
Three Words in SB 623 That Could Change Personal Injury Healthcare Forever
How “Void and Unenforceable”; May Change Decisions Long Before a Case Ever Reaches Court
Part 05
How SB 623 Decides What Your Healthcare Is Worth
FAIR Health, the 70th Percentile, and the Future of Medical Bill Pay in Personal Injury
Part 06
The Impact of SB 623’s Mandate That Providers Attest to Patient Referral Origination
Understanding SB 623’s New Provider Declaration Requirement
Part 07
The Real Victim of SB 623 May Be the Patient
Could Changes in Medical Funding Affect Patient Access to Care?
Part 08
Today It’s California… Tomorrow It Could Be Your State
How Public Policy Often Becomes a Roadmap for Future Reform
Part 9
To Be Fair… The Strongest Arguments Supporting SB 623
The Strongest Arguments Supporting SB 623 and Why Every Healthcare Provider Should Understand Them
Part 10
From Debate to Direction
How Healthcare Providers Can Lead the Future of Personal Injury Healthcare
THE FULL SERIES
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— The Series
The 10-Part Series
Part 01
What Healthcare Providers Aren’t Being Told About California’s SB 623
How California’s Political Compromise Could Reshape Personal Injury Medicine
Part 02
How Did SB 623 Become Law in Just One Week
The Bill Nobody Had Time to Read & How a Veterans’ Property Tax Bill Became One of California’s Most Significant Personal Injury Reform Measures
Part 03
SB 623 Explained and 9 Changes Every Healthcare Provider Needs to Understand
The Nine Changes Every Healthcare Provider Needs to Understand
Part 04
Three Words in SB 623 That Could Change Personal Injury Healthcare Forever
How “Void and Unenforceable” May Change Decisions Long Before a Case Ever Reaches Court
Part 05
How SB 623 Decides What Your Healthcare Is Wort
FAIR Health, the 70th Percentile, and the Future of Medical Bill Pay in Personal Injury
Part 06
The Impact of SB 623’s Mandate That Providers Attest to Patient Referral Origination
Understanding SB 623’s New Provider Declaration Requirement.
Part 07
The Real Victim of SB 623 May Be the Patient
Could Changes in Medical Funding Affect Patient Access to Care?
Part 08
Today It’s California… Tomorrow It Could Be Your State
How Public Policy Often Becomes a Roadmap for Future Reform
Part 09
To Be Fair… The Strongest Arguments Supporting SB 623
The Strongest Arguments Supporting SB 623 and Why Every Healthcare Provider Should Understand Them
Part 10
From Debate to Direction
How Healthcare Providers Can Lead the Future of Personal Injury Healthcare
THE FULL SERIES
Get every chapter as it drops
Join the early access list and each new part lands straight in your inbox.
The Great Betrayal — Part 01
The Great Betrayal — Part 01
The Great Betrayal: Open Mic with Michael Coates
An open mic zoom group discussion on SB 623, the issues and concerns facing healthcare providers, and the potential path forward in California and nationally. Let’s discuss this together. Attendance will be limited so reserve your seat now.
Be the first to know when new installments are published and receive exclusive reference materials, guides, and supporting documents.
We’ll send you series and briefing updates as they become available.
The Great Betrayal: Open Mic with Michael Coates
An open mic zoom group discussion on SB 623, the issues and concerns facing healthcare providers, and the potential path forward in California and nationally. Let’s discuss this together. Attendance will be limited so reserve your seat now.
Be the first to know when new installments are published and receive exclusive reference materials, guides, and supporting documents.
We’ll send you series and briefing updates as they become available.
— The Series
From The
Investigation
Bonus chapters tracing how SB 623 lands where you actually work.
— The Series
From The
Investigation
Bonus chapters tracing how SB 623 lands where you actually work.
The next chapter names more players and more states. Get every part the moment it’s published, and the briefing details before anyone else.
The next chapter names more players and more states. Get every part the moment it’s published, and the briefing details before anyone else.
— WHAT COMES NEXT
Knowing what changed is only the beginning
The Great Betrayal lays out the story, the law, and the risk. What you do with that information next could shape how your practice protects care and payment.
PI Billing Pros
When difficult law firms push back, hand off those law firms and let the experts handle your negotiations.
Business Advantage Coaching
Build a stronger personal injury practice before difficult law firms and lowball offers put your practice at risk.
— WHAT COMES NEXT
Knowing what changed is only the beginning
The Great Betrayal lays out the story, the law, and the risk. What you do with that information next could shape how your practice protects care and payment.
PI Billing Pros
When difficult law firms push back, hand off those law firms and let the experts handle your negotiations.
Business Advantage Coaching
Build a stronger personal injury practice before difficult law firms and lowball offers put your practice at risk.
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