DWC Chief Unveils Governor's Comp Reform Plan

By Michael Whiteley, Eastern Bureau ChiefTennessee Gov. Bill Haslam's administration on Tuesday called on the General Assembly to create a workers' compensation court system, redefine accidental injury, overhaul the multipliers applied to the American Medical Association (AMA) Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment and mandate medical treatment guidelines by 2016.The governor's chief of staff along with Abbie Hudgens, administrator of the state Division of Workers' Compensation (DWC), briefed the House Consumer and Human Resources Committee on the details of Haslam...