Medical payments per workers’ compensation claim with more than seven days of lost time were fairly stable in North Carolina from 2014 to 2019, with the average payment lower than the median of 18 states studied by the Workers Compensation Research Institute.
From 2014 to 2019, medical payments per claim in the state decreased about 2% per year for claims at 12 months of experience and between 4% and 8% per year for more mature claims. From 2014 to 2017, medical payments per claim at 12 months of experience fell 5%. They rose nearly 3% per year from 2017 to 2019.
“The decreases i...
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