| Spring 2008
You Need to Know
Jo Betsy Norton
By Jo Betsy Norton • Vice President of Public Affairs
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.
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.
New fee guidelines take effect
New guidelines for paying
health care providers and hospitals
in the workers' compensation
system took effect on March 1,
2008.
The guidelines increase reimbursement levels for health care providers and hospitals delivering non-network care. They also include incentives to providers who care for injured workers in underserved areas.
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State to study networks' effectiveness
Get answers to your workers' comp questions
New fee guidelines take effect
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