COVID-19 and Workers’ Compensation – The Light at the End of the Tunnel

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STONE LOUGHLIN & SWANSON, LLP

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512-343-1300

512-343-1385

For over 2 years now, the Division has been collecting information from Carriers on COVID-19 claims. The Research and Evaluation Group recently published their findings from the collection of that data. A complete analysis of the information can be found at:

https://www.tdi.texas.gov/wc/information/documents/covid19txwc0822.pdf.

Some of the key findings of the study were:

As of 8/7/22, there were more than 90,000 COVID-19 claims and 459 fatalities and more than half of those involved first responders and correctional officers.
More than 2/3 of all claims involved injured employees who tested positive or were diagnosed with COVID-19.
Carriers denied less than half of the claims with positive tests.
Slightly more than 1/3 of all COVID-19 claims had medical or indemnity benefit payments associated with them, and most involved indemnity benefits rather than medical benefits.
About one out of four claims that received professional or hospital services received those services beyond one month post-injury.