By Mark Larson, Reporter Medical payments per workers' compensation injury claim in Texas grew by nearly 8% from 2010 to 2011 and were largely due to fee schedule increases resulting from 2005 legislation, according to a study by the Workers Compensation Research Institute released Tuesday.This year's CompScope Medical Benchmarks study released in February continues an annual analysis of medical costs and payments in 16 states, Texas included, said WCRI spokesman Andrew Kenneally. The 193-page Texas section of the study monitors the impacts of the series of workers' comp...
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