Medical Costs Per Claim Decreased 6% Per Year From 2013-2015

A Workers Compensation Research Institute report on North Carolina's medical costs released Thursday reveals that medical payments per workers' compensation claim in the state decreased 6% per year from 2013 to 2015.  WCRI culled the information from its CompScope Medical Benchmarks study, released earlier this year, to produce a breakout report on North Carolina's medical benchmarks.  Payments per claim for nonhospital care were lower in North Carolina than other states in the Medical Benchmarks study because North Carolina physicians tend to charge...