Report: Networks Closing Cost Gap on Treating Injured Workers

By Bill Kidd, Central Bureau ChiefA report released this week shows Texas workers' compensation health care networks are closing the cost gap with non-network treaters – to within 7% – and are moving closer to achieving the cost stabilization sought by lawmakers in authorizing the networks.The Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) Workers' Compensation Research and Evaluation Group, in its "2012 Workers' Compensation Network Report Card Results," shows network entities have higher results than non-networks in some of the key measures on return-to-work, access-to-care and ...