Lawyer and Former Regulator Will Usher in Digital Transformation Project

The Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission has tapped the former program director of Virginia’s system and his new firm to be the vendor for the first phase of an e-filing program dubbed the digital transformation project. Matthew Bryant’s WorkComp Strategies of Illinois, an offshoot of his WorkComp Strategies LLC, will get nearly $807,000 with an option for $574,000 in contract renewals, according to the bid notice. The company also has a contract with the Kansas Division of Workers' Compensation to shepherd its DigiComp electronic filing system, which...