WCRI Finds Medical Payments Per Claim Among Highest in Badger State

Medical payments per claim with more than seven days of lost time in Wisconsin were among the highest of the 18 states analyzed by the Workers Compensation Research Institute for a recent report. “Higher-than-typical prices paid for professional (nonhospital) services were the main driver of Wisconsin’s higher medical payments per claim when compared with the other study states,” Ramona Tanabe, executive vice president and counsel of WCRI, said in a statement. “Payments to hospitals for common outpatient surgical episodes were also among the highest of states studied. ...