Court Revives Constitutional Challenge to Exclusion of Providers

A Texas appellate court revived the constitutional claims of two chiropractors and a physician who challenged decisions by the Workers’ Compensation Commission that excluded them from the approved doctor list. Case: Patino v. Department of Insurance, No. 14-18-00274-CV, 03/17/2020, published. Facts and procedural history: A medical doctor and two chiropractors were excluded from the state workers’ compensation system’s approved doctor list by final orders of the Workers’ Compensation Commission in 2004, 2005 and 2007. Exclusion from the list prevented ...