Section 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).Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0800-02-07-.07
Original rule filed January 28, 1993; effective May 13, 1993. Repeal and new rule filed May 31, 2016; effective 8/29/2016.Authority: T.C.A. § 50-6-123 and Public Acts 1992, Chapter 900, § 7.