Evaluating Covid-19 Injury Claims With a Focus on Workers' Compensation

Mark H Hyman; James B Talmage; Kurt T Hegmann

doi:10.1097/JOM.0000000000001950

Evaluating Covid-19 Injury Claims With a Focus on Workers' Compensation

J Occup Environ Med. 2020 Sep;62(9):692-699. doi: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000001950.

Authors

Mark H Hyman¹, James B Talmage, Kurt T Hegmann

Affiliation

¹ St. John's Hospital in Santa Monica, Santa Monica, California (Dr Hyman); Tennessee Bureau of Worker's Compensation, Tennessee (Dr Talmage); Dr. Paul S. Richards, Endowed Chair in Occupational Safety and Health, University of Utah, Utah (Dr Hegmann).

PMID: 32890206
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000001950

Abstract

: COVID-19 illness can cause multiorgan illness. Some States have passed legislation granting a rebuttable presumption of causation by workplace exposure in certain occupations. This paper summarizes methodology for evaluating claimants utilizing known science and as well as information from the American Medical Association Guides resources.

MeSH terms

Betacoronavirus*
COVID-19
Coronavirus Infections / economics*
Coronavirus Infections / etiology
Coronavirus Infections / therapy
Humans
Occupational Diseases / economics*
Occupational Diseases / etiology
Occupational Diseases / therapy
Occupational Exposure*
Pandemics / economics*
Pneumonia, Viral / economics*
Pneumonia, Viral / etiology
Pneumonia, Viral / therapy
SARS-CoV-2
United States
Workers' Compensation / organization & administration*