By Michael Whiteley, Southern Bureau ChiefThe Texas Division of Workers' Compensation has identified 32 doctors as "poor performers" in its 2013 report card on health care providers in a performance-based oversight review mandated by Texas lawmakers as part of a series of reforms passed in 2005.The controversial PBO reviews are conducted in even-numbered years on doctors authorized to practice in the state workers' compensation system and of insurance carriers in odd-numbered years under Texas Labor Code 402.075. The DWC is then required to focus regulatory oversight on doctors identif...
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