Texas Workers Compensation

All Texas state employees, as well as employees of companies who have opted into the state program, qualify for Texas Workers Compensation. This state-funded program covers medical expenses and income loss for any work-related illness or injury.

At Accuhealth we have full-time Texas state certified worker's compensation adjusters on staff to ensure the best possible claims processing for our Texas workers compensation patients. Our program includes:

Physician determination of work-related injury
Preauthorization of services
Claims filing in compliance with mandatory reporting requirements for the following

Letters of medical necessity
Impairment rating based on the 4th Edition AMA Guides
Treatment of traumatic injury, stress, occupational disease, and repetitive stress injury. claims
Quality evaluations
Work restrictions
Recurrence of injury claims
Upgrade of medical conditions

Treatment for Texas State Worker's Compensation

All patients who qualify for Texas state worker's compensation will receive full access to all of or diagnostic and treatment options including:

Acute and Chronic Pain management
Trigger Point and Aponeurosis Injections
Joint Injections
Spinal Injection Treatments
Physical Therapy and Massage
Chiropractic Therapy
Work Hardening
Chronic Pain Management
Prescription Medications
Diagnostic X-Ray
NVC and EMG
Diagnostic Ultrasound

If you are unsure about whether or not you qualify for Texas state workers compensation you can speak with your employer or with one of our staff members. By law, the following employers must be provided with workers compensation: public employers (cities, counties, state agencies, University of Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Tech University), construction contractors for public employers, motorbus transportation companies, motor carriers, liquid propane gas and compressed natural gas dealers, and inmates in work furlough programs.

For more detailed information about your rights under the Texas workers compensation program view the following Texas Department of Insurance website resources:

Our worker's compensations specialists also work with federal and out-of state employees. For more information please call 214-228-7274.

Last Updated: May 8, 2012