DWC Extends COVID-19 Data Call Through End of Year

The Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation is extending its mandatory data call for COVID-19 claims through the end of the year. The DWC in 2021 issued a mandatory data call for information related to COVID-19 injuries reported to carriers on or after Dec. 1, 2019. The data call was most recently extended through June 30. “To ensure that DWC has sufficient information to determine the impact of COVID-19 injuries on the Texas workers’ compensation system, DWC is extending the data call through Dec. 31,” the agency said Wednesday. The division said only selected insur...