WCD Maintains $1,900 Cap on Employer-Paid Medical Reimbursement

Oregon's Workers' Compensation Division on Tuesday announced that the maximum amount an employer can reimburse an insurance carrier to keep medical costs from being included in its experience rating in 2016 will be $1,900, the same as it was for 2015. Employers can reimburse carriers for medical costs up to the threshold when an injury is not disabling to avoid increases in their experience-rating modifications – called "ER Mods" in Oregon – and corresponding increases in premiums. Carriers must exclude reimbursed costs from the employer's experience rating. ...