Several Physicians Show Up Again on Poor-Performer Audit

Four physicians — three orthopedic surgeons and an emergency medicine specialist — ranked as “poor” performers on two metrics used by the Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation in its biennial audit of health care providers. Every odd-numbered year, the agency conducts a Performance-based Oversight assessment of randomly selected, high-volume physicians throughout the state. In its new report, the division evaluated 326 providers on three measures: timeliness of filing DWC Form-069, Report of Medical Evaluation; completeness of Form-073, Work Status R...