Division of Workers' Compensation
For information on weather-related Field Office closures, call 512-804-4157. For Austin-area offices, including the Austin Field Office, call 512-804-4239.
Current Division Initiatives
- DWC Offers New Educational Outreach Program for Injured Employees
- Discovery Relating to Testifying Experts
- Information for Treating Doctors Regarding Causation Analysis
- Adopted Rule: New 28 TAC §131.1 regarding Initiation of Lifetime Income Benefits; Notice of Denial
- Finalized DWC Form PLN-4, Notice Regarding Eligibility for Lifetime Income Benefits
- Adoption: Amend 28 TAC §§134.802 – 134.805, 134.807, and 134.808 regarding Guidelines for Medical Services, Charges, and Payments and Tables Adopted by Reference
- Adoption: Amend 28 TAC §124.5 Regarding Mode of Payment by Insurance Carriers and Adopt New 28 TAC §124.6 Regarding Electronic Transfer Payments Made Through an Access Card
- Reporting Requirements for Employers without Workers’ Compensation
- New Way to File DWC Form-005, Employer Notice of No Coverage or Termination of Coverage
- Biennial Report to the 84th Legislature, December 2014
- Setting the Standard: An Analysis of the Impact of the 2005 Legislative Reforms on the Texas Workers’ Compensation System, 2012 Results, December 2014
- Proposed Rules: Independent Review Organizations
- 2014 Workers' Compensation Network Report Card
- NEW Presiding Officer’s Directive to Order a Designated Doctor (DD) Exam
- Letter from DWC to CMS Regarding Medicare Coverage Determinations for Beneficiaries with Prior Workers' Compensation Claims
- Positive Trends in Texas WC System Include Lower Costs for Employers
- Reminder: Pharmacy Informal and Voluntary Network Registration and Reporting Requirements
- Pharmacy Closed Formulary Status and Legacy Claim Implementation Reminders
Workers' Compensation Topics A - Z
( Topic listing for all of TDI )
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
A
- Accident Prevention Services
- Act
- Adjusted Gross Annual Payroll Requirements for Coverage of Seasonal Workers
- Adjuster Licensing for Workers' Compensation
- Administrative Decisions
- Advance of Benefits, Employee's Request for (DWC Form-047)
- Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Fee Guideline
- Appeals Panel (Dispute Resolution)
- Appeals Panel Decision Manual
- Appeals Panel Decisions
- Appendix A, ODG
- Arbitration (Dispute Resolution)
- Attorney Fee Processing System
- Audits
- Average Weekly Wage
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B
C
- Calendar
- CARF Accredited Work Conditioning and Work Hardening Programs Exempted from Preauthorization and Concurrent Review
- Carrier Quarterly Meeting
- Case Manager Certification Rule
- Causation Analysis - Information for Treating Doctors
- Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI)
- Certified Self Insurance
- Certified Workers' Compensation Health Care Networks
- Change of Treating Doctor, Non-Network (DWC Form-053)
- Claims and Coverage System (TXCOMP)
- Claims Data Query Tool
- Commissioner's Bulletins
- CompConnection for Health Care Providers
- Complaints
- Compliance Conference
- Concurrent Utilization Review
- Contact Us
- Contested Case Hearing (CCH, Dispute Resolution) | CCH Practices and Procedures
- Conversion Factor (MEI)
- Coverage Notices
- Coverage Verification
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D
- Data/Statistics
- Death Benefits
- Dental Fee Guideline
- Designated Doctor
- Designated Doctor - Run Report for Number of Designated Doctors and Appointments by County and Month
- Designated Doctor Examination, Request for (DWC Form-032)
- Disability Guidelines (Return to Work)
- Disability Management
- Disciplinary Orders
- Discount Rate/Interest Rate
- Dispute Decisions
- Dispute Resolution
- DME Network
- Doctor Download File
- Doctor Information
- Doctors Not Treating
- Doctors Treating in the Workers' Compensation System
- DVD Loan (Workplace Safety)
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E
- eBill (Electronic Medical Billing)
- EDI (Electronic Data Interchange)
- Educational Conference
- Employee Resources (Injured Employee)
- Employee - File a Claim
- Employer Coverage - Look Up Employer | Report Coverage Status
- eNews
- Enforcement Orders
- Events
- Extent of Injury - Information for Treating Doctors Regarding Causation Analysis
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F
- FAQs ( Employee, Employer, Health Care Provider)
- Fatality Data
- Fee Guidelines
- Fee Guidelines History
- Field Offices | By County
- File a Claim (Injured Employee)
- File a Complaint
- File a Financial Disclosure (Health Care Providers)
- Find a Doctor
- Forms
- Formulary, Pharmacy
- Fraud Reporting Form
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G
H
- Health Care Providers
- Health Care Provider System (TXCOMP)
- History of Workers' Compensation in Texas
- Home Health Network
- Hospital Fee Guidelines (Inpatient & Outpatient)
- Hotline (Safety Violations Hotline)
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I
- Impairment Income Benefits (IIBs)
- Income Benefits
- Independent Review Organizations (IRO)
- Informal and Voluntary Networks
- Injured Employee Resources
- Injury Data
- Insurance Coverage, Shopping for
- Interest Rate/Discount Rate
- IRO, Request for Review by
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J
- Judicial Review (Dispute Resolution)
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K
L
- Labor Code
- Law
- Legislation
- Legislative Reports
- Letter of Clarification (LOC)
- Lifetime Income Benefits (LIBs)
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M
- Maximum/Minimum Weekly Benefits
- Medcases
- Medical Advisor, Office of the
- Medical Benefits
- Medical Billing
- Medical Contested Case Hearing Decisions | Decision Manual
- Medical Disability Advisor (MD Guidelines website)
- Medical Fee Dispute Resolution
- Medical Fee Dispute Resolution Decisions
- Medical Fee Guideline (MFG)
- Medical Interlocutory Order Request, Continued Use of a Drug Previously Prescribed and Dispensed and Excluded from TDI-DWC's Closed Formulary (DWC Form-064)
- Medical Necessity Disputes, Review of by an IRO | File an IRO
- Medical Quality Review
- Medicare
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N
- "N" Drug List (ODG Appendix A)
- Networks, Certified Workers' Compensation Health Care
- Networks, Informal and Voluntary
- News Releases
- Non-Fatal Injury and Illness Data
- Non-Subscribers (Non-Covered Employers) | Non-Subscribers list
- Notices
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O
- ODG Updates Excel | PDF
- Office of Injured Employee Counsel (OIEC)
- Office of the Medical Advisor
- Official Disability Guidelines (ODG website)
- Old Law Rules
- Ombudsman Services (OIEC)
- Open Records Request/Public Information
- OSHCON (Occupational Safety and Health Consultation Program)
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P
- Pain Management
- Peer Review Safety Program
- Performance-Based Oversight (PBO)
- Pharmacy (Formulary, Fee Guideline)
- Pharmacy Network
- Posters/Notices
- Preauthorization Rule
- Prospective Utilization Review
- Publications
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Q
R
- Rate Guide (Workers' Compensation)
- Rejected Risk Program
- Report an Injury ( Employee, Employer)
- Report of Medical Evaluation (DWC Form-069)
- Required Medical Examination/RME (DWC Form-022)
- Research
- Resource Center (Safety and Health)
- Retrospective Utilization Review
- Return to Work
- Rights & Responsibilities ( Injured Employee, Employer)
- Rules
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S
- Safety
- Safety DVD Loan
- Safety Summit
- Safety Violations Hotline
- Seasonal Worker, Adjusted Gross Annual Payroll Requirements for Coverage of
- Self Insurance ( Certified, Group)
- SHARP (Safety and Health Achievement Recognition Program)
- Speakers Bureau
- State Average Weekly Wage (SAWW)
- State Office of Administrative Hearings (SOAH website)
- State Office of Administrative Hearings (SOAH) Decisions
- Subscribers List
- Subsequent Injury Fund (SIF) | Subsequent Injury Fund Rules
- Sunset Review of TDI-DWC
- Supplemental Income Benefits (SIBs)
- Supplemental Income Benefits, Application for (DWC Form-052)
- System Monitoring and Oversight
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T
- Temporary Income Benefits (TIBs)
- Texas Labor Code
- Texas Safety Summit
- Training Course Descriptions
- Treating Doctor Causation Analysis
- Treatment Guidelines updates Excel | PDF
- TXCOMP
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U
V
- Videos (Safety DVD loans)
- Vocational Rehabilitation Services (Registry)
- Voluntary Certification Rule
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W
- What's New
- Workers' Compensation Act
- Work Conditioning/Work Hardening (Exemption List and Related Information)
- Workplace Safety
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X
Y
Z
For more information contact:
Last updated: 02/24/2015
- Injured Employee
Assistance
800-252-7031 - Comp Connection for
Health Care Providers
800-372-7713 Ext. 3 - Insurance
Coverage
800-372-7713 Ext. 6 - Safety Violations
Hotline
800-452-9595
For more information contact:
Last updated: 02/24/2015
