EDI Implementation Delayed Eight Months to Allow for IAIABC Release 3.1

The Oklahoma Workers’ Compensation Commission has adopted emergency rules to delay by eight months the implementation of an electronic data interchange (EDI) system. The agency said in the state Register last week that it had learned that the International Association of Industrial Accident Boards and Commissions would be issuing its Release 3.1 standards in August, and that delaying the EDI implementation could avoid upgrade costs. “The commission's permanent rules, now in effect, establish a mandatory EDI implementation date of Jan. 1, 2018. Numerous entities have requested...