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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…