Deadline to Request COLA Reimbursement Approaches

The Nevada Workers’ Compensation Section said the deadline to submit requests for reimbursement for cost-of-living adjustments paid in calendar year 2021 is March 31. State lawmakers in 2019 revised rules for permanent total disability and death benefit claims to require that carriers pay an annual 2.3% cost-of-living increase. Carriers can request reimbursement for COLAs applied to PTD claims with a date of injury or disablement prior to Jan. 1, 2004, and death benefit claims with dates of injury prior to July 1, 2019. The WCS said it will process requests for reimbursement on claims...