Poor Performers to Be Monitored Under New Return-to-Work Audit Plan

Texas has approved a revised return-to-work audit plan to monitor insurance carriers and health care providers identified as poor performers from an assessment made last year under the Performance-Based Oversight program, the Division of Workers’ Compensation said. DWC Commissioner W. Ryan Brannan approved the plan last week to “promote the delivery of quality health care in a cost-effective manner, including protection of injured employee safety” and to “ensure that health care providers’ decisions and record-keeping regarding return to work were appropriate...