NCCI: Comp Systems Did Not See Delays in Initial Treatment Due to COVID-19 Pandemic

Workers’ compensation systems in dozens of states did not experience the expected delays in access to medical care when the COVID-19 pandemic took off last spring, according to a new study from the National Council on Compensation Insurance. In the second quarter of 2020, the average wait for initial treatment for evaluation and management and physical medicine increased modestly compared with the same period in 2019, while the average wait for surgery actually decreased slightly, according to the study. “In all cases, our second-quarter data suggests there were only minimal dela...