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Tulare County extends CorVel workers’ compensation contract after public complaints; staff ordered to survey claims experience
Summary
After months of staff and public complaints about slow communication and denials, the Tulare County Board of Supervisors approved a one-year extension of its third‑party workers’ compensation administrator (CorVel) and directed risk management to survey employees, providers and department HR units and report back to the board.
The Tulare County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to extend its agreement with third‑party workers’ compensation administrator CorVel for one year and to direct county risk management to collect formal feedback from employees, departments and medical providers and return to the board with results.
The item drew extended public comment and discussion from supervisors and department leaders before the motion passed. “We can’t let our staff hang with nothing,” Supervisor Larry McCarrie said when proposing the motion; the board followed his motion with a second from Supervisor Valero and approved it unanimously. The board also asked staff to provide an interim report on findings within three months and emphasized the contract’s existing 30‑day termination clause should problems persist.
Why it matters: dozens of county employees and public‑safety personnel told the…
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