Workers’ Compensation Glossary of Acronyms:
Acronyms. SMH.
Having been a private investigator in the Workers’ Compensation (WC) industry for almost 15 years, IMHO, I come across quite a bit of industry jargon – an alphabet soup of acronyms only trumped by the federal government.
If you’re new to the
| AOE/COE | Arising Out Of Employment/In the Course Of Employment |
| AWW | Average Weekly Wage |
| BWC | Bureau of Workers’ Compensation |
| DOL/DOI/DOA | Date of Loss/Date of Injury/Date of Accident |
| EE | Employee |
| EMR/MOD RATE | Experience Modification Rate/Experience rate used in determining WC premiums |
| EOR | Employer of Record |
| FROI | First Report of Injury |
| IC | Industrial Commission |
| IME | Independent Medical Exam |
| IW | Injured Worker |
| LD | Light Duty |
| LT | Lost Time |
| MCO | Managed Care Organization |
| MDOS | Modified Duty Onsite |
| Med Only | Medical Claim Only, No Lost Work Time |
| MEDCO 14 | Ohio’s specific Physician’s Report of Workability |
| MMI | Maximum Medical Improvement |
| NCM | Nurse Case Manager |
| PI | Private Investigator |
| POR | Physician of Record |
| PT | Physical Therapy |
| PTD | Permanent Total Disability |
| RTW | Return To Work |
| SI | Self Insured |
| SIU | Special Investigations Unit |
| STD | Short Term Disability |
| TPA | Third Party Administrator |
| TTD | Temporary Total Disability |
| Voc/Voc Rehab | Vocation Rehabilitation (training to do another job) |
| WC | Workers’ Compensation |
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