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Efficiency Enhancements: Best practices from the Board
Welcome to Efficiency Enhancements – a new communication with tips and best practices on using NYS Workers’ Compensation Board systems, processes, and forms in the most efficient, effective manner. Proper filing of attorney fee applicationsAttorneys and licensed representatives are permitted to file OC-400.1…
Level three PAR review backlog reduced to zero!
Since launching the first, limited release of OnBoard in May 2022, the Board has reduced the backlog of level three prior authorization request (PAR) reviews from over 8,000 down to zero! Over the past year and a half, the Board has been…
Governor Hochul Announces New Proposals to Support Small Businesses and Boost Economic Growth
New Investments Will Help Small Businesses Thrive and Provide Them With Opportunities To Innovate And Grow To Build The Workforce of Tomorrow, New York Will Offer Free SUNY and CUNY Community College for Adult Students Pursuing In-Demand Careers Continued Investments…
DME Fee Schedule update
In keeping with the goals of the Workers’ Compensation Board (Board) to provide quality and efficient care to injured workers, the Board plans to propose an update to adjust the Official New York Workers’ Compensation Durable Medical Equipment (DME) Fee Schedule and…
OnBoard Updates for Providers Now Available!
A series of updates are now available in OnBoard! These updates may result in providers seeing new information as part of prior authorization request (PAR) responses, and this email serves to provide a heads up as these changes are made. Frequency and…
Section 21-a and Claims Paid Without Liability
Workers’ Compensation Law (WCL) § 21-a allows a payer to make temporary payments of compensation, if unsure of the extent of its liability for a claim, for up to one year without prejudice and without admitting liability. When a payer elects…
Now available: Medical Treatment Guidelines training for CME credit
In an email sent December 23, 2022, you were notified that the New York Medical Treatment Guidelines (MTGs) trainings would be temporarily unavailable for continuing medical education (CME) credit, while non-credit bearing courses would still be available on the Workers’ Compensation Board’s Training (No…
OnBoard hits one million PAR submissions
The New York State Workers’ Compensation Board (Board) is pleased to share that we have reached our one millionth prior authorization request (PAR) submission via our new business information system, OnBoard! Even more exciting, with all one million of these submissions:…