IAIABC Conversations: States Move Toward Uniformity on Portals, Treatment Guidelines

Tennessee likes to talk to Texas. Virginia sought counsel from Tennessee, which, in turn, admired Virginia's response. One of the benefits of workers' compensation being a state-run program, Tennessee Bureau of Workers' Compensation Administrator Abbie Hudgens said, is that state regulators can talk to each other about their successes and failures. "Everyone learns from those who went before," she said. Hudgens was one of dozens of regulators who attended the International Association of Industrial Accident Boards' series of seminars on the future of workers'...