Reforms Decrease Medical Payments but Increase Indemnity Benefits

Medical payments per workers’ compensation claim in Indiana dropped by nearly 10% from 2014-15 but were offset by a 5% increase in indemnity benefits, a new study says. “CompScope Benchmarks for Indiana, 17th Edition,” by the Workers Compensation Research Institute, looks at the early results of significant legislation enacted in 2013 and 2014 to lower hospital costs and increase income benefits. House Engrossed Act 1320 addressed Indiana’s increasing medical costs by enacting a hospital fee schedule with reimbursement set at 200% of Medicare, effective July ...