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Latest News from NYS Workers Compensation Board
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OnBoard Updates for Providers Now Available!
A series of updates are now available in OnBoard! These updates may result in providers seeing new information as part of prior authorization request (PAR) responses, and this email serves to provide a heads up as these changes are made. Frequency and…
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Section 21-a and Claims Paid Without Liability
Workers’ Compensation Law (WCL) § 21-a allows a payer to make temporary payments of compensation, if unsure of the extent of its liability for a claim, for up to one year without prejudice and without admitting liability. When a payer elects…
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Now available: Medical Treatment Guidelines training for CME credit
In an email sent December 23, 2022, you were notified that the New York Medical Treatment Guidelines (MTGs) trainings would be temporarily unavailable for continuing medical education (CME) credit, while non-credit bearing courses would still be available on the Workers’ Compensation Board’s Training (No…
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OnBoard hits one million PAR submissions
The New York State Workers’ Compensation Board (Board) is pleased to share that we have reached our one millionth prior authorization request (PAR) submission via our new business information system, OnBoard! Even more exciting, with all one million of these submissions:…
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Clarissa M. Rodriguez Reappointed Chair of the New York State Workers’ Compensation Board
First appointed in 2017, Chair Clarissa Rodriguez has overseen the Board’s many modernization efforts and legislative changes, including the successful rollout of NYS Paid Family Leave On June 10, 2023, Clarissa M. Rodriguez, Esq., was reappointed Chair of the NYS…
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06/08/2023 – Forms filing update
This email serves to notify stakeholders of proper procedures and future changes related to existing Board forms. The Application for Reopening of a Claim, More than Seven Years after Accident (Form C-25) and Medical Proof of Change in Condition in Support of Application for…
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Attention MoveIT SFTP file exchange users (edi.wcb.ny.gov)
Starting immediately, the MoveIT Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) service platform located at https://edi.wcb.ny.gov will be unavailable until further notice while NYS Information Technology Services (ITS) performs emergency maintenance. During this maintenance period, you will be unable to access the self-service password…
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Starting June 5: WCB hearings assigned to Saranac Lake now assigned to Plattsburgh
Effective June 5, the Plattsburgh hearing center will serve as the assigned Board location for hearings that would have been scheduled in Saranac Lake, and the Saranac Lake office will close. Hearing notices will start to reflect the Plattsburgh location…
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One-Year Anniversary of OnBoard: Limited Release
Moving PARs Online This month marks the one-year anniversary of OnBoard: Limited Release (OBLR), the historic transfer of the Board’s paper submission and processing of prior authorization requests (PARs) to an online process where all PARs are submitted electronically. OnBoard’s…
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Electronic surety bonds and electronic signatures
The Workers’ Compensation Board’s (Board’s) Office of Self-Insurance has updated the surety bond and surety bond rider forms for workers’ compensation, disability, and Paid Family Leave (PFL) self-insurance. The Board has also established criteria for executing and submitting electronic bonds…