The Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) published a new report which provides an overview of Texas-certified designated doctors (DDs) in the Texas workers’ compensation system and describes their role...
...include firefighters, certified volunteer firefighters, non-certified volunteer firefighters, and law enforcement officers. Kansas Senate Bill 491 was introduced a week later and is currently going through committees and hearings. This...
West Virginia House Bill 2797 was signed into law and will allow mental health nurse practitioners and certified psychiatric physician assistants to diagnose post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as a compensable...
On May 22nd, Healthesystems attended the Colorado Division of Workers’ Compensation (DoWC) stakeholder meeting, where the rising cost of interpretation services – now surpassing prescription drug expenses – was the...
...where additional legislative changes may be necessary. On a high level, workers’ comp insurance rates in Texas dropped 77% since 2003, with insurance companies writing in Texas averaging a 10%...
...impact how organizations approach compliance, operational workflows, and safeguards related to AI-driven processes. Any last thoughts on AI and the future of workers’ compensation claims? Workers’ comp is a business...
...bill will go into effect October 1st. For ongoing coverage of the latest legislation and policy updates impacting workers' comp, visit the Healthesystems Advocacy & Compliance page for our weekly Regulatory Recap....
...are: States with higher per capita testing rates will have higher positive test ratios, meaning that testing levels are still not sufficient to accurately gauge infections State testing
...without endorsing specific provisions or taking a position on reimbursement levels. For ongoing coverage of the latest legislation and policy updates impacting workers' comp, visit the Healthesystems Advocacy & Compliance page...
...not be present in detectable levels during the early states of COVID-19 infection, and such tests could lead to false negative test results. In some cases, infected patients may not...
...The AvertD test is a prescription-use only genetic laboratory test to be used only with patients aged 18 and older who consent to the test and have no prior use...
Quest Diagnostics, an organization that manages workplace drug tests, released initial findings from their 2025 Drug Testing Index, based on an analysis of over 8 million drug tests. Overall, workplace...
...workers, postal workers, childcare workers, domestic violence shelter workers, and child advocacy workers. Missouri issued an emergency rule to cover first responders, while the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission issued an emergency ruling that...
...a fresh look at the issue. Case-by-Case Coverage in Workers’ Comp Obesity is a common co-morbidity for injured workers and can impede recovery from injury. It can also be an...
