Long COVID cases accounted for 82.1% of the treatment payments on COVID claims and 73.7% of all COVID-19 claim payments in California’s workers’ compensation system, according to a study.
The study from the California Workers’ Compensation Institute shows one-in-21 California workers’ comp COVID claims from accident years 2020 to 2022 involved medical treatment beyond 90 days from the injury date.
While the number of new COVID claims in California workers’ comp has wound down, the new CWCI study comes amid growing concern about a potential COVID surge after the CDC adopted new guidelines that may