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Chair
 Maureen Quinn


Commissioners

Kathleen A. Evans
James R. Forrester
Asha Joseph Jefferson
Allan H. Kittleman
James K. MacAlister
Howard L. Metz
Tracey Parker-Warren
Stephane P. Romano
Delia Turano Schadt


Theresa A. Cornish
 Chief Executive Officer

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Baltimore, MD  21202
(410) 864-5100
 
 

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The Maryland Workers' Compensation Commission seeks to secure the equitable and timely administration of the provisions of the Maryland Workers' Compensation law on behalf of its customer, the injured workers and their employers, by providing an efficient forum for the resolution of individual claims.

WHAT'S NEW!

The Consent Document Correction process has a new feature. A Response task is sent to parties when the request is submitted. Please check your inboxes daily for Document Corrections (Response Form) tasks. Your prompt response is required by the Commission so that an Order or our system can be updated with the requested information. You can search these tasks by looking on the left side of your inbox. Open the Claims section and look for Document Correction. Once you click on Document Correction, you will see only the Document Correction in your inbox list. Tasks labeled “Response Form” in the activity column are the tasks that are awaiting your
required response. Please act on these tasks as quickly as possible to prevent any delays in processing.


    Action Required for All Solo Attorneys (Claimant and Defense Counsel): The Commission has created a solo practitioner designation in CompHub that will prevent the issuance of hearing notices in multiple locations on the same day. Do NOT select this designation if you have another attorney to cover for you. If you choose this designation, you will receive the following hearing notices:

    1. A hearing notice to ONE of the following locations: Cambridge, LaPlata, Frederick or LaVale. A hearing notice to Baltimore, Abingdon or Beltsville may be combined with another location as indicated below.
    2. Hearing notices to TWO of the following locations: Abingdon and Baltimore OR Beltsville and Baltimore.

    Solo PractitionerDesignation



    A copy of the 2024 Annual Report of the Commission is now available on the Commission’s website under Public Information, Open Meetings & Reports.


    “Medical fee guides for calendar year 2025 have been posted on the Medical & Fee Guide Info section; under the Fee Guide Information. This includes the Maryland Specific Conversion Factor/ percentage multiplier information, Medical Services and Treatment reimbursement rates, Ambulatory Surgery Centers reimbursement rates, Anesthesiology base units & calculation, Orthopedic/Neurological Surgical CPT codes, CPT Codes not valued by CMS, and Miscellaneous Information.”

    Calendar Year 2025 Maximum Rate of Benefits is posted to our Workers' Compensation Rates. as a downloadable PDF.

    ***Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) effective January 1, 2025 is 3.11% (Pursuant to L&E 9-638) Updated chart can be found here:
    Workers' Compensation Rates.
    ***

    **Effective July 1, 2024 - Western Maryland Hearings Location: Comfort Suites & Inn LaVale – Cumberland, 1216 National Highway, LaVale, MD 21502**

Attorneys:
  • VR05 and VR06 agreements are available in CompHub under Start New Action – VOC Rehab
    • VR05 (Practitioner Dispute): Claimant Attorney/Proxy, Employer Attorney/Proxy, Insurer Attorney/Proxy
    • VR06 (Practitioner Agreement): Claimant Attorney/Proxy, Employer, Employer Attorney/Proxy, Insurer, Insurer Attorney/Proxy

  • Medical Controversion: The Commission will not process a Controversion filed prior to the issuance of the Order NISI.

  • Settlement Packets: Please submit in the following order: A. Settlement Worksheet. B. Settlement Agreement, C. Cl Affidavit, D. CL Consent to pay fees and costs, E. Receipts for expenses, F. Doctor bills with CPT Codes, G. Other Documents

  • Requests to Commissioners for accommodation 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.

  • Hearing Exhibits: Submit online at least three business days prior to a hearing. Instructions for Submission
          Motion to Compel Medical Authorization Forms
          VIDEO HEARING POLICY: COMAR 14.09.03.15

Medical Providers:
  • C51’s – Multiple calendar years of service can be submitted in a single submission.
  • Surgeon's Report SF-2

Insurers and Employers:
  • Exclusion Form: Effective August 2023, the filing for LLC owners, partners and officers is ONLY through CompHub. After November 30, 2023, paper forms will no longer be accepted and will NOT be processed. The electronic Exclusion Forms are located here: Maryland Workers' Compensation Commission Home (state.md.us)

  • Employer Subscriber Designation Form: Here is the Employer Subscriber Designation Form. Use this form to serve as written authorization and request to the Commission for the individual to be assigned for the Employer in CompHub. See form for additional information

  • Employer Designee Form: The Employer should use this form Employer Designee Form. to provide written authorization to request that the Commission assign the individual listed below as the Employer Designee for the Employer. The Employer understands and agrees that this assignment will allow the Employer Designee to establish a generic email address, which will serve as the designated recipient for communications from the Commission. Additionally, this assignment will authorize the Employer Designee to appoint Delegates, granting them access to and filing privileges for all Maryland claims associated with the employer.

    Note to the Person Designating the Employer Designee: Please attach a letter on employer letterhead authorizing this action.
          Online Insurer Annual Summary Report
          Sole Proprietor's Status as a Covered Employee Form
          Insolvent Carriers in Liquidation
          Key to body parts guide



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