WCRI: Services Not Covered by Fee Schedules Contribute to Rising Medical Costs

A growing share of medical spending is occurring on services without fee schedule rates, a trend that likely contributed to rising medical payments, according to a new report from the Workers Compensation Research Institute. Services without fee schedule rates tend to be more expensive than those with set reimbursement rates, and the growing use of and payments for these services is likely driving recent growth in total medical payments, according to report authors Alesya Fomenko and Rebecca Yang. "In some states, services without fee schedule rates are identified as 'by report'...