Common Terms & Abbreviations

Average weekly wage	AWW
Benefit review conference	BRC
Benefit review officer	BRO
Contested case hearing	CCH (also benefit contested case hearing)
Contested case hearing officer	CCHO (also benefit contested case hearing officer)
Death benefits	DBs
Division of Workers' Compensation	DWC or the division
Documentation of Procedure	DOP
Durable Medical Equipment	DME
Workers' comp health care network	HCN
Health care provider	HCP
Impairment income benefits	IIBs
Impairment rating	IR
Injured employee	Employee
Insurance carrier	Carrier
Lifetime income benefits	LIBs
Maximum medical improvement	MMI
Post injury earnings	PIE (also weekly earnings after the injury)
Required medical examination	RME
Research & Oversight Council on Workers’ Compensation*	ROC
Return-to-work	RTW
Supplemental income benefits	SIBs
Temporary income benefits	TIBs
Texas Department of Insurance	TDI
Texas Workers' Compensation Act	Texas Labor Code, "the Act," or "the Statute"
Texas Workers' Compensation Commission**	TWCC or the commission

*NOTE: The Research & Oversight Council on Workers’ Compensation (the ROC) was discontinued in 2003; however, many workers' compensation-related articles and websites still refer to it and its reports.

**NOTE: House Bill 7 disbanded the Texas Workers' Compensation Commission (TWCC), effective September 1, 2005, and moved most of its functions to the Division of Workers' Compensation at the Texas Department of Insurance (TDI).

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