California’s largest workers’ comp insurer just made it easier to file COVID-19 claims. Here's how:
After catching COVID-19 and enduring weeks of an illness he thought might kill him, a 34-year-old medical technician at a Westside hospital said he needed more time to recover — physically and mentally.
Depending on which workers’ comp insurer his hospital does business with, he might be able to rest, recuperate and receive benefits that include replacing his lost wages. But approval of his claim is hardly a sure thing.Late last week, California’s largest workers’ compensation insurer lifted a requirement that essential workers afflicted by COVID-19 prove they contracted the virus on the job.
Such claims have historically been hard to prove and are often contested by insurers. Typically the burden falls on the worker making the claim to prove that the injury or illness is directly related to the job.Even front-line healthcare workers might be denied, for example, in cases in which their spouses test positive for COVID-19 and could have been the source of transmission for the coronavirus, which is primarily spread from person to person.
State Fund, a quasi-public entity staffed mostly by state employees and supported by insurance policy premiums and investment income, has allocated $115 million to cover essential workers’ COVID-19 claims. It is not clear which, if any, other workers’ compensation insurers will follow State Fund’s lead and accept essential workers’ COVID-19 claims without question.
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