2019 Analysis of Workers' Compensation Laws - 83

Chart IX-Waiting Period for Income/Medical Benefits, cont.
Choice of Physician

Medical Benefits

2019 Analysis of Workers' Compensation Laws | 83

Employee

Artificial
Appliances
Furnished

Yes45

From employer list

Yes

14 days

Yes46

Yes47

Yes

Three days

14 days

Yes

Initial choice and may
declare PPO

Yes, one change without
permission

Yes

Reasonable amounts awarded for repair or replacement of artificial
appliances.

Vermont

Three days for
temporary total
disability, eight days
for temporary partial
disability, no waiting
period for medical
benefits.

10 days for
temporary total
disability

Yes

Initial choice

Employee may change

Yes

Injury includes damage to and cost of replacement of eyeglasses,
hearing aids, and prosthetic devices. Employer must not withhold
any wages from an employee if the employee's absence is for an
examination or treatment of a work injury.

Virginia

Seven days

Three weeks

Yes

From employer list

Yes

Employer must repair or replace appliances damaged in compensable
accident and may be ordered to make alterations to home, maximum
$42,000.

Washington

Three days

Two weeks

Yes

Yes, but must be with a
provider from network
established by agency (except
an initial office visit or
emergency room visit).

Yes

Employees of State Fund employers may pay half of medical aid
premiums. Employees of self-insured employers may pay half of the
supplemental pension and asbestos assessments and pay all the cost
of the overpayment reimbursement fund.

West Virginia

Three days

One week

Yes48

May choose within employeror commission-managed care
system; if no such system,
unrestricted choice

Yes

Payment for prosthetic or orthotic appliances if medically necessary.
Repair or replacement of eyeglasses damaged in an accident not
reimbursable unless there is a compensable injury.

Wisconsin

Three days

One week

Yes

Yes

Yes

Repair or replacement of appliance is limited to normal wear and
tear. Dental care, eyeglasses, and hearing aids are also covered.
Repair or replacement of eyeglasses and hearing aids not paid for
unless damaged in compensable accident. Employer or insurer may
request that a physician examine injured employee to determine
reasonableness of claim.

Wyoming

Three days

Nine days

Yes

Yes

Yes

All medical bills audited according to promulgated fee schedule.

Yes

Employer will furnish, where no other provision is made, medical,
surgical, and other attendance or treatment, nurse, hospital service,
medicine, crutches, and apparatus for such period as nature of the
injury or process of recovery may require.

Yes

$200,000 limit for specialized treatment not available in the Virgin
Islands.50 $75,000 for treatment within the Virgin Islands.

Jurisdiction

Waiting Period1

Retroactive
Period

Tennessee

Seven days

14 days

Texas

Seven days

Utah

American
Samoa

Virgin Islands

Unlimited2

Employer

May have a preferred
list

Second opinion

No

0 days

None

No49

Initial choice

Special Provisions
Provides for nursing services and treatment by chiropractors and
psychologists.
2019 Analysis of Workers' Compensation Laws

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of 2019 Analysis of Workers' Compensation Laws
