DWC frequently asked questions

These frequently asked questions (FAQs), which are posted throughout the site, have also been compiled here by topic for your convenience.

A wide range of topics for specific groups are covered in:
FAQs on disability accommodation  
FAQs for employees Spanish
FAQs for employers Spanish
FAQs for claims administrators  
Copy Service Fee Schedule:
FAQs on the Copy Service Fee Schedule
FAQs on notices regarding DWC transcripts and Public Records Act requests
Court calendar:
FAQs on court calendaring
E-billing and Standardized paper billing:
FAQs on e-billing
FAQs on standardized paper billing
Electronic adjudication management system (EAMS):
FAQs on electronic adjudication management system
FAQs on eform filing
FAQs on Jet FILE
FAQs on OCR filing
FAQs on working in EAMS
Independent Bill Review (IBR):
FAQs on independent Bill Review
Independent Medical Review (IMR):
FAQs on independent Medical Review
Interpreter certification
FAQs on interpreter certification
Lien filing:
FAQs on lien filing
FAQs on 1/1/17 Lien Form
Medical issues: FAQs on medical provider networks:
FAQs on utilization review for claims administrators
FAQs on utilization review for injured workers
Permanent Disability Rating Schedule (PDRS):
FAQs for workers' compensation practitioners' on applying the permanent disability rating schedule
Guidance for Considerations in Rating Impairment from Industrial Cancer
Physician services:
FAQs for Physician and Non-Physician Practitioner Fee Schedule
Qualified medical evaluators (QMEs):
FAQs on Medical Legal Fee Schedule
FAQs on QMEs for injured workers
FAQs on QMEs for insurers
FAQs on QMEs for physicians
Supplemental job displacement benefits (SJDB):
FAQs on supplemental job displacement benefits
Workers' compensation information system (WCIS):
FAQs on medical bill payment version 2.0
FAQs on the workers' compensation information system

September 2022