Self-Insurers: Mediation Will Require Early Investigation

The South Carolina Self-Insurers Association is advising members to act early to investigate and act on all worker's compensation claims in response to a new mandatory mediation program adopted by the state Workers' Compensation Commission effective last month.Mike Chase, the association's legal adviser, said in the Summer 2013 edition of the organization's newsletter that Regulation 4286 requires parties to pick a mediator within 10 days of the filing of WCC Form 51, the Employers' Response to a Request for a Hearing or Form 22, the Claimant's Answer to Request for Hea...