Hospital rates for outpatient surgery paid by workers’ compensation vary significantly across states with states with fixed fee schedules having...
Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) News
A new study by the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) found “noticeable decreases” in the amount of opioids prescribed per...
Public policies on the treatment and benefits for injured workers explain some of the state-level variation in costs and outcomes...
Growth in medical payments per workers’ compensation claim in Louisiana slowed from 2011 to 2013, in part due to decreases...
Medical payments per workers’ compensation claim in Indiana were higher and rising faster than in most states examined in a...
Medical payments per workers’ compensation claim in Illinois rose 4.1 percent in 2013, after decreasing 20 percent between 2010 and...
Indemnity benefits per claim with more than seven days of lost time in Georgia were among the highest of the...
Workers’ compensation costs per claim in Michigan were lower than that of the typical state in a comparison of 17...
North Carolina’s workers’ compensation system had the highest indemnity benefits per claim of 17 states in a recent Workers Compensation...
While workers’ compensation pharmacy benefit managers have been utilizing drug formularies to control prescription drugs costs and monitor medical treatments...