State to study networks’ effectiveness
Are health care networks doing
what lawmakers intended them to
do: reduce claim costs and improve
care in the Texas workers’ comp
system?
The Texas Department of Insurance
Research and Evaluation
Group (REG) will find out in 2008.
The REG published its 2008
research agenda this spring. Other
items on the agenda include an
analysis of return-to-work outcomes
and a study on whether injured
workers’ income benefits are adequate.
The Texas Legislature created
the REG in 2005 and charged it
with studying the cost, quality and
effectiveness of the workers’ comp
system.
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Get answers to your workers’ comp questions
Employers who did not attend
the Texas Department of Insurance,
Division of Workers’ Compensation
(DWC) 2007 educational conference
can get the highlights here.
The DWC posted answers to
questions posed during the conference.
The site also includes presentations
on workers’ compensation
basics, workplace safety, return-towork
and fraud.
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Spring 2008
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