Regulators Identify Poor Performers on Provider Report Card

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...