Medical Payments Higher and Rising Faster

Medical payments per claim in Indiana were higher and rising faster than in most of the 17 states studied by the Workers Compensation Research Institute. The CompScore Medical Benchmarks study covers a five-year period to 2013, before a new hospital fee schedule went live on July 1 the following year. “Before HEA 1320, Indiana had higher prices for medical care than most states, and prices were rising faster, situations our studies have found among states with no price regulation,” said Ramona Tanabe, executive vice president and counsel for WCRI. “In Indiana, utiliza...