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Attributes of Long Duration COVID-19 Workers’ Compensation Claims

Dan L. Hunt, Edward J. Bernacki, Judith Green-McKenzie, Larry Yuspeh, Leila Williams, Nicholas F. Tsourmas, Nimisha Kalia, Nina Leung, Robert A. Lavin, Xuguang (Grant) Tao | May, 2022

Objective: To examine the attributes associated with long duration COVID- 19 workers’ compensation (WC) claims. Methods: A study was conducted on 13,153 COVID-19 WC claims accepted by a workers’ compensation insurance carrier between January 1, 2020 and November 30, 2021. Results: 1) Ninety-five percent of accepted WC claims were closed within the study period; 2) five percent of … Read More