DWC Announces Dates for 'Brown Bag' Meetings

The Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation announced a series of “brown bag” meetings scheduled for January to discuss issues relating to dispute resolution. Deputy Commissioner of Hearings Allen Craddock and his staff will share ideas about the dispute resolution process and ask for input from system participants about how to make it more sustainable and transparent. The agenda includes topics such as the elimination of pre-hearings before medical contested case hearings; moving from Zoom to ZoomGov for benefit review conferences; new designated doctor procedures elim...