The price for non-hospital services in Indiana’s workers’ compensation system in 2010 was the third highest of the 25 states in a study conducted by the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI).
The price for non-hospital services was more than 50 percent higher than the typical prices paid in the study states with fee schedule regulation. The nearly 30 percent price growth in Indiana was much faster than the typical growth rate of 11 percent in states with fee schedules. The Medical Price Index for Workers’ Compensation, Third Edition (MPI-WC) study was conducted over nine years.
The MPI-WC tracks medical prices paid in 25 large states from calendar year 2002 through June 2010 for non-hospital, non-facility services billed by physicians, physical therapists, and chiropractors. The medical services fall into eight major groups: evaluation and management, physical medicine, surgery, major radiology, minor radiology, neurological testing, pain management injections, and emergency care.
The 25 states included in the MPI-WC, which represent more than three quarters of the workers’ compensation benefits paid in the United States, are: Arizona, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and Wisconsin.
Source: WCRI
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