Employers Wonder: Will New Commissioner Go With NCCI or State Numbers on Loss Costs?

Tennessee's new medical fee schedule has been in effect for only six weeks, but it's already having an impact on workers' compensation costs. After the fee schedule took effect Sept. 10, raising reimbursements for doctors and hospitals, the National Council on Compensation Insurance recommended a smaller loss-cost decrease than it originally proposed for the state's voluntary market. In August, NCCI actuaries recommended a 9.5% decrease, effective in March 2020. But this month, the rating agency revised its recommendation downward to an 8.2% decrease, all because of...