Texas Work Comp News

Published by Howdy Workers on April 26, 2021April 26, 2021

The latest news about workers compensation in Texas.

• TDI Adopts NCCI Manual Revisions Related to State and Federal Tax Multipliers
  November 29, 2023
  The Texas Department of Insurance adopted NCCI Item R-1422 — Revisions to the Retrospective Rating Plan Manual Rule Related to the Tax Multiplier. The filing updates information related to state…
• DWC Releases Report on Workplace Injury and Illness Rates
  November 29, 2023
  The Texas Department of Insurance’s Division of Workers’ Compensation released its annual report on Texas workplace injury and illness rates. DWC gathers statistical data on nonfatal injuries and illnesses from…
• Suit Against Non-Subscribing Employer Constitutes Action to Collect Comp Benefits
  November 28, 2023
  A Texas appellate court ruled that a suit against a nonsubscribing employer constitutes "an action to collect workers' compensation benefits under the workers' compensation law” for purposes of designating a…
• DWC Announces Adoption of Rules, Audit Plan, Fee Guideline Conversion Factors
  November 27, 2023
  The Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation announced the adoption of revised and new death benefit rules, an audit plan for prescriptions of gabapentin or pregabalin with opioids and released its annual…
• Firm Raises Concerns Over DWC Adherence to Law, Supreme Court Assertion
  November 22, 2023
  A law firm challenging the validity of the Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation rules about eligibility for supplemental income benefits said assertions that the agency is making in legal filings…
• Attorneys Ask High Court to Assess Validity of SIB Rules
  November 22, 2023
  Attorneys are asking the Texas Supreme Court to decide whether the Division of Workers’ Compensation is violating the law by awarding supplemental income benefits to some injured workers who didn’t…
• Pharmacy Owners, Doctor Convicted in $90M Fraud Scheme
  November 21, 2023
  The U.S. Department of Justice announced that a federal jury in Texas convicted a doctor and the owners of a pharmacy of participating in a scheme that netted $90 million…
• NCCI Proposes Revisions to Classification System
  November 20, 2023
  The National Council on Compensation Insurance filed Item 02-TX-2023 — Revisions to NCCI’s Basic Manual for Texas for Classifications and Table of Classifications by Hazard Group — with the Texas…
• TDI Sets Meeting on Maintenance Tax, Exam Assessments
  November 17, 2023
  The Texas Department of Insurance will hold a virtual stakeholder meeting on projected rates for insurance maintenance taxes and exam assessments at 11 a.m. on Nov. 30. The projected rates will…
• DWC Seeks Comments on Rule Changes for Accident Prevention Services
  November 15, 2023
  The Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation seeks comments on an informal working draft of amendments to 28 Texas Administrative Code Chapter 166 to improve the process that insurance companies use to…

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