Optum: Impact of PTSD on Workers' Compensation Grows

By Steve Nichols, News Contributor The impact of post-traumatic stress disorder on workers’ compensation is growing across the nation, according to the medical director and the public policy director for Optum Workers’ Comp and Auto No-Fault. Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont recently signed SB 913, which will provide PTSD coverage for all workers within the state. Optum reported that the expansion of PTSD coverage beyond first responders and other municipal workers will create the first general PTSD coverage in the nation, allowing all workers, regardless of their occupation or employ...