Hindsight 2020: Case Management of COVID-19 Claims Symposium

Join Injury Management Organization and panel of experts during a live 3-hour free event which will provide adjusters, attorneys, case managers, and other persons interested in Texas workers’ compensation system issues with insight into the COVID-19 claims and the issues that impact these complex claims. A panel of experts will examine a wide range of issues associated with workers’ compensation COVID-19 claims.

Cost: FREE

• COVID-19 virus and the most common symptoms and treatments

• History of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States and Texas

• COVID-19 as an occupational claim

• Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on traditional case management practices, the workplace, a possible role for case managers in assisting employers to mitigate future pandemic impacts on the workplace, and the need for a case management model for pandemic responses

• Legal and regulatory issues that impact COVID-19 workers’ compensation claims

• Long-term post COVID-19 virus effects on body systems that include the brain, heart, lungs, and kidneys, which can result in permanent, life-time disabilities

• Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on traditional case management practices

• The workplace of the future

• The role case managers can play in assisting employers to mitigate the impact of future pandemic impacts on the workplace

• The need for a case management model for pandemic responses