Board that handles workers’ compensation liens and appeals.

r1. Insurance company that writes workers’ compensation insurance under state or federal law. 2. State compensation fund where the state administers the workers’ compensation program. 3. Beneficiary’s employer where the employer is self-insured.

1. Health care industry group that has a formal consultative role under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) legislation (also sponsors Strategic National Implementation Process [SNIP], a workgroup for electronic data interchange that improves health care through electronic commerce). 2. Policy advisory subgroup of the Accreditation Standards Committee X12 that has been involved in creating electronic data interchange standards for insurance billing transactions. Also see policy advisory group.