State's Medical Payments Per Claim Stabilize, WCRI Says

Medical payments per workers’ compensation claim in Florida remained stable in 2015 following moderate growth from 2010 through 2014, according to a recent study by the Workers Compensation Research Institute. The study, CompScope Medical Benchmarks for Florida, 18th Edition, examined medical payments, prices and utilization of medical services in Florida from 2010 through 2015. The findings were compared with those from 17 other states. The study shows how hospital payments per claim in Florida have changed after hospital fee schedule changes in 2015, WCRI said, using data with e...