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Latest News from NYS Workers Compensation Board
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OnBoard: Limited Release – Begin Preparing for Access
As we continue to prepare for OnBoard, the Board’s new business information system and its early component OnBoard: Limited Release to be available via the Medical Portal this summer, there are a few steps you can take now to gain access to the…
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OnBoard: Limited Release Updates for Providers!
The early component of our redesigned business information system, OnBoard: Limited Release, is scheduled to be available during the summer of 2021. With time to prepare for what’s to come, we encourage health care providers to review the materials on the OnBoard resources section of…
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Have You Used the MTG Lookup Tool Yet?
This is a reminder of the availability of a recently released tool that is available in the Medical Portal related to the Workers’ Compensation Board’s New York Medical Treatment Guidelines (MTGs). The MTG Lookup Tool allows users to quickly determine whether a particular condition or…
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Effective Date Moved: New Medical Treatment Guidelines, DME Fee Schedule and Drug Formulary Prescription Refill Compliance To Take Effect Second Quarter 2021
You may have received a message that the new NYS Workers’ Compensation Medical Treatment Guidelines (MTGs) were scheduled to go into effect on January 1, 2021. Due to the health crisis currently facing New York State, the MTGs will now go into…
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New Dashboard Feature for New York Workers’ Compensation Drug Formulary
In an effort to increase system responsiveness, a change has been made to the way transactions display on the Drug Formulary Dashboard. In the upper left corner of your Dashboard, you will now see a check box: “Display last 30 days…
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Attention Employers and Health Care Providers: New Medical Treatment Guidelines
In keeping with the goals of the Board to create medical guidelines for the treatment of injured workers using the most effective evidence-based modern diagnostic and treatment techniques, the Board plans to propose two additional Medical Treatment Guidelines (MTGs): Posttraumatic…
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Attention Employers and Health Care Providers: New Board Initiatives
As part of the Board’s system modernization, two new initiatives are being developed to streamline the delivery of care to injured workers:A web-based portal is being created for prior authorization requests for medical treatment and care. The portal will enable health…
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Board Extends Formulary Deadline for Prescription Renewals to January 1, 2021
In response to widespread health care industry challenges due to COVID-19, the Chair of the New York State Workers’ Compensation Board (Board) has modified the New York Workers’ Compensation Drug Formulary (NY WC Formulary) regulation (12 NYCRR 441.3(a)(2)) to extend…
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Insurance Carriers, Self-Insured Employers, and TPAs – Designated Email Contact
In response to staffing and other changes put in place related to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Workers’ Compensation Board is updating some processes to ensure timely continuity of programs within the workers’ compensation system. Health care providers have been instructed…