DWC Moves Ahead With 2021 Research Agenda on COVID-19 Costs, Telemedicine

The Texas Division of Workers' Compensation has adopted a research agenda for 2021, with minimal changes after stakeholders suggested new directions on research topics. The DWC's Research and Evaluation Group is required by statute and has its own source of funding. Each year, the division must publish its planned agenda and review comments about it. For 2021, the DWC proposed that the research should focus on the health care network performance report card; the preliminary impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on claim frequency, costs, disputes and return to work; and trends in...