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We are closed Friday,
November 10th in observance of Veterans' Day.
We are
closed Thursday-Friday November 23rd-24th in observance
of Thanksgiving and American Indian Heritage Day. |
CompHub Training for Attorney Proxies
(Paralegals, etc.) Tuesday, November 7, 2023 Time: 10:00 AM
-1:00 PM -
The Commission will conduct an “In Person”
training session tailored for paralegals/legal
secretaries (Attorney Proxies). This training
will focus on the processes most frequently used
as well as those that users have most requested
for a more in-depth review.
Date: Tuesday, November 7, 2023 Time: 10:00 AM
-1:00 PM Location: Maryland Workers’
Compensation Commission 10 E. Baltimore
Street, 3rd Floor Multipurpose Room
Baltimore, MD 21202
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Attention CompHub Users:
Please note that the Commission has stopped sending out
tasks to CH users when requests for continuance,
rehearing or change of venue are filed. You will still
be able to respond to any of these requests by starting
a new process. Select ‘Start New Action’, ‘Hearings’,
and then the clipboard icon for ‘All’. Response options
are ‘Response to Rehearing Request’, ‘Response to
Continuance Request’, and ‘Response to Change of Venue’
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The Employers' First Report of Injury (IAIABC IA-1)
is filed by the
employer or their workers' compensation insurance carrier via our
CompHub portal.
IMPORTANT NOTICE: This form must only be
exactly as published on this WCC website
and must be at 100% in size (no scaling) with no
modifications or customizations. No other versions
of this form will be accepted. |
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Attention Claimant Attorneys and proxies: The option to
file a Claimant’s Consent to Pay Fees and Costs and
Claimant’s Affidavit has been removed from the Upload
Exhibit process. Please use the stand alone processes. You can locate them by
going to Start New Action, selecting Claims and then
selecting Claimant’s Consent to Pay Fees and Costs or
Claimant’s Affidavit. This process will route
directly to a Commissioner’s office relieving you of the
necessity to contact the assistant to inform them of the
filings.
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Attorneys, Proxies,
Practitioners: This
is a reminder. Prior to adding a new employer to the
database, please check to ensure the employer does not
already exist. If the employer exists, please use that
employer. If the employer does not exist, please proceed
to add the employer. Creating a duplicate employer may
delay the processing and verification of the claim.
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Attention Vocational Rehabilitation Practitioners:
Effective immediately, the process to file vocational
rehabilitation plans has been updated in CompHub. To
prepare and submit a plan, please select “Start New
Action’ and then select ‘Voc Rehab.’ Next Select, ‘Voc
Rehab Plan.’ Once the plan has been completed in the
template, there will be an opportunity to generate the
plan, print it, get signatures and then upload the plan
into CompHub. After the signed documents are uploaded,
the vocational practitioner should submit the plan to
the Commission via CompHub. Please follow the
instructions contained in the template. The VR-06 -
Selection of Services & Practitioner should still be
emailed to
hbrooke@wcc.state.md.us and prior to submitting the
Vocational rehabilitation plan. The Commission has
published a video as well as a QuickStart guide in the
Knowledge Center on the CompHub landing page. Any
questions, please contact Harrison Brooke.
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The Medical Fee Guide Committee will hold a meeting
Thursday, January 11, 2024 at 12pm on the 3rd
Floor conference room.
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ATTENTION ATTORNEYS:
Please note that requests to Commissioners for
accommodations to go first or last on a docket should
only include the ability to go first on the Abingdon
docket and last on the City docket or first on the
Beltsville docket and last on the City docket. Other
accommodations will be denied. Thank you for your
understanding.
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The Medical Fee Guide Committee will hold a virtual
and in-person meeting Monday November 27, 2023 ,
3pm – 5pm. The meeting will be held at the Chesapeake
Employers’ Insurance Company at 8722 Loch Raven Blvd.
Towson, MD 21122.
Meeting
hyperlink
https://bit.ly/MedicalFeeGuideMeeting2023 |
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Workers' Compensation Appeals is updated
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Open Meetings Act,
the Commission hereby gives notice that we will hold the Commissioners' meeting
scheduled for November 9, 2023 in the 7th floor
Executive Conference Room at 10 E. Baltimore Street,
Baltimore, MD 21202, starting at 9:30 am. If you would
like to attend this meeting, please send an email to Openmeeting@wcc.state.md.us no
later than 2:00 pm on Wednesday, November 8, 2023, to
allow time for the Commission to plan for your
attendance at the meeting. |
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Calendar Year 2024
Medical Fee Guide Maryland Specific Conversion Factor
(MSCF) information is
posted on the Medical Fee Guide Info page.
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Effective Wednesday, 11/01/23, the Commission
will stop the issuance of duplicate paper copies
to all attorneys and insurers and any other entity who
has signed up to receive E notice. Starting Wednesday,
the Commission will only send these entities electronic
notices. |
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