Division of Workers' Compensation

• Initiatives
• Topics A-Z
• Online Services
• Resources

Current Division Initiatives

• 18th Annual Texas Safety Summit - May 6-8
• Delay of Texas Workers’ Compensation Transition to ICD-10 Code Sets
• Concept Draft 28 TAC §137.10 Regarding Return to Work Guidelines 
• REMINDER of Adoption: 28 TAC §133.10 Regarding Health Care Provider Billing Procedures
• Proposed Rules: Amend 28 TAC §§148.1, 148.2, 148.6 – 148.8, 148.10, 148.11, 148.13 – 148.17, and 148.19 – 148.23, Concerning Hearings Conducted by the State Office of Administrative Hearings, Repeal 28 TAC §§148.3 – 148.5, 148.9, 148.12, and 148.18, new 28 TAC §§148.3 – 148.5 and 148.24, and Repeal 28 TAC Chapter 149, Concerning Memorandum of Understanding with SOAH
• Texas Workers' Compensation Transition to ICD-10 Code Sets
• Adoption: Amend 28 TAC §§133.2, 133.240, 133.250, and 133.305 Regarding General Medical Provisions, and 134.110, 134.502, and 134.600 Regarding Benefits ― Guidelines for Medical Services, Charges, and Payments  
• DWC Finalized Legacy Claims Plan-Based Audit
• DWC Customer Service Initiative Regarding the DWC Form-032, Request for Designated Doctor Examination 
• Analysis Provided to Designated Doctors Pursuant to Texas Labor Code §408.0041(c) and 28 Texas Administrative Code §127.10(a)(2)        
• Reminder: Pharmacy Informal and Voluntary Network Registration and Reporting Requirements     
• Pharmacy Closed Formulary Status and Legacy Claim Implementation Reminders    

DWC Topics from A to 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   

• Benefit Review Conference (BRC)
• Benefits 
• Billing
• Bulletins
• Burial Benefits
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C    

• Calendar
• CARF Accredited Work Conditioning and Work Hardening Programs Exempted from Preauthorization and Concurrent Review
• Carrier Quarterly Meeting 
• Case Manager Certification Rule
• 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 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
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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   

•  Group Self Insurance 

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
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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   

• 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   

• 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 Rules (SIF)
• 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
• Treatment Guidelines (Disability Management Rule)
• TXCOMP
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U   

• Utilization Review Agents (URAs)
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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

Online Services

• Borrow Safety Training DVDs
• eNews 
• File a Claim (Injured Employee)
• File a Complaint
• File for Attorney Fees
• Report a Safety Violation
• Report Employer Coverage Status

• Report Fraud
• Request OSHCON Consultation
• Request Review by an IRO
• Submit Financial Disclosure Information
• Verify Employer Coverage

Resources

• Act
• Bulletins
• Contact Us
• Data/Statistics
• Forms and Notices

• Office of Injured Employee Counsel (OIEC)
• Publications 
• Rules
• Training
• Workers' Compensation Research (REG)