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What
Basic Benefits Are Included?
Basic benefits may include:
- Coverage of all reasonable and necessary medical expenses.
- Benefits for temporary wage loss during the healing period - temporary
partial disability (TPD) or temporary total disability (TTD) are
provided to sustain an employee while recovering from an injury.
Eligibility for temporary disability benefits is determined and must be
documented by a doctor. Benefits for TTD due to disability are based on
two-thirds of the employee’s wage up to a specified maximum amount for
the year of injury.
- Benefits for permanent partial disability (PPD) or permanent total
disability (PTD) are paid if the employee does not fully recover from
the injury. Permanent disability is awarded for the potential or actual
loss of earning capacity. The amount of benefit payment for permanent
disability depends on the severity of the permanent disability.
- Vocational rehabilitation and retraining.
- If a death occurs, death benefits and burial expense will be paid to
qualified beneficiaries up to specified limits.