Study Compares Illinois Fee Schedule to Medicare

Workers’ compensation fee schedule rates for professional services in Illinois last year were on average 69% above the 2015 Medicare rates for the same set of services in the state, according to a new study from the Workers Compensation Research Institute. The study also found that Illinois’ 2015 fee schedule rates for hospital outpatient facility services associated with common knee and shoulder surgeries were on average 157% and 110% higher than Medicare rates for similar knee and shoulder surgeries, respectively. The WCRI study looked specifically at Illinois, f...