WCRI: Medical Payments Per Claim Lower Than Average in Lone Star State

Average medical payments per claim with more than seven days of lost time were lower in Texas than the typical state in an 18-state study by the Workers Compensation Research Institute. WCRI said payments for both hospital and nonhospital services were lower in Texas. Medical payments per claim were generally stable from 2014 to 2019, but payments for hospital inpatient services drove an increase in payments from 2017 through 2019. “The stability since 2014 masks offsetting trends within the period,” said Ramona Tanabe, executive vice president and counsel of WCRI. “For cla...