Coverage - Workers' Compensation 

About 10 miles east of Austin on Highway 290, just past a twisting network of toll roads, sits the once-rural community of Manor. Since 2000, attractive home prices have fueled a 650 percent population surge and transformed this blink-and-you-missed-it outpost into one of the country’s fastest-growing suburbs.

Employers that effectively manage employee absences often have systems in place to ensure workers’ compensation and leave benefits are coordinated. How do you do this? First, establish proper communication between the staff responsible for administering workers’ compensation, leave programs, and payroll.

The Alliance, a medical provider network consisting of five risk pools including the Fund, achieved high scores once again on the Texas Department of Insurance Workers’ Compensation Network Report Card. The report evaluated 16 medical networks on the basis of health care costs; medical utilization; access to care; satisfaction with care; return-to-work outcomes; and health outcomes.

The Fund helps employees get back to work after injury or incident, including teachers back in their classrooms to deliver quality education to Texas students. We’re there every step of the way to help your employees get the care they need without unnecessary costs.

The Alliance, a joint partnership network of five risk pools including the Fund, achieved high scores once again on the Texas Department of Insurance Workers’ Compensation Network Report Card. The report evaluated 17 medical networks on the basis of: health care costs; utilization; satisfaction; access; return to work; and health outcomes.

Exposure claims are very complex and raise many questions for employers. When reporting a claim that you or your employee may think is an exposure to a communicable disease, first you must understand what an exposure really is and when it is compensable.

The TASB Risk Management Workers’ Program works with the Political Subdivision Workers’ Compensation Medical Alliance (The Alliance) to provide medical care for injured workers. The Alliance has made improvements to their provider search on their website, making it easier than ever to find providers nearby.

One of your employees was injured while at work, so you rushed to file your First Report of Injury immediately. The claim is set up and the investigation is underway. Now you can relax and take care of other pressing issues. After all, if the adjuster needs anything further they will let you know – right?

When an employee is released to return to work with restrictions, the organization must consider whether there is an obligation to provide a reasonable accommodation in order to comply with the Americans with Disability Act.

We are proud of our efforts to keep costs down for members workers’ compensation claims and to process claims in a timely manner. Recently, the Texas Department of Insurance released two separate reports that acknowledge the Fund’s efforts to provide efficient service that also keeps costs under control.

Find out what you need to know about how free-standing emergency rooms treat visits, and the impact that can have on medical costs.

School district employees do not earn wages during school holidays or summer break. As a result, injured employees are not entitled to temporary income benefits during those breaks.