Division Extends Call for COVID-19 Claim Data

The Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation is extending its call for data on COVID-19 claims through the end of March. The division on Dec. 6 issued a mandatory data call through the first quarter of 2023 for information related to COVID-19 injuries reported to selected insurance carriers on or after Dec. 1, 2019. “To ensure that DWC has sufficient information to determine the impact of COVID-19 injuries on the Texas workers’ compensation system, DWC is extending the data call through March 31, 2023,” the agency said in a bulletin. The division said only selected in...