Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0800-02-07-.07 - CASE MANAGEMENT INFORMATION
(1) The contractor
or the employer's case management provider shall have the right to contact the
injured or disabled worker, employer, insurer, third party administrator, legal
representative, and all health care providers involved in the case. The
contacted parties shall have the duty and responsibility to cooperate and
provide information to the contractor or employer's case management provider,
to the same extent as provided in Rule
0800-02-06-.02 of these
rules.
(2) All injured or disabled
workers and their legal representatives are required to cooperate with the
contractor or employer's case management provider with respect to all
reasonable requests for information necessary for case management purposes. The
contractor shall report any refusal to cooperate to the Medical
Director.
(3) Any dispute
concerning the reasonableness of any request for information may be submitted,
in writing, to the Bureau of Workers' Compensation's Medical Director. The
determinations of the Medical Director concerning the reasonableness of such
requests are final.
(4) Any party
that fails to provide information pursuant to a request for information that
the Medical Director has determined to be a reasonable request may be assessed
a civil penalty of up to five hundred dollars ($500).
Notes
Authority: T.C.A. § 50-6-123 and Public Acts 1992, Chapter 900, § 7.
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