By Joey BerlinSouthern Bureau ChiefAre nearly half of all workers’ compensation claims in Texas either initially denied outright or disputed in some fashion?Technically, statistics show the answer is yes, but insurance carriers in the state find the lumping together of those two categories – “denial” and “dispute” – to be the recipe for a highly misleading statistical stew. Even though Texas Division of Workers' Compensation data shows that the two combined do add up to nearly half of all claims, the data also shows that the percentage of claims de...
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