WCRI Releases 22nd Edition of CompScope Medical Benchmarks

Prescription payments have fallen rapidly in California since 2013, while in Texas, medical payments per claim increased from 2017-2019, according to the 22nd edition of the CompScope Medical Benchmarks released by the Workers Compensation Research Institute. The report examines trends in payments, prices and use of medical care in 18 states from 2014 through 2019 and uses claims experience through the start of the pandemic. “The results we report include experience on claims through March 2020, at the very beginning of the coronavirus pandemic,” WCRI said in a statement. “...