WCRI: Florida Medical Payments Per Claim Decreased in 2020, Stable in 2021

After modest annual growth of 4% to 5% from 2018 to 2019, medical payments in Florida decreased 5% in 2020/2021 and changed little the following year, according to the Workers Compensation Research Institute's 24th edition of CompScope Medical Benchmarks for the state. Key findings for Florida in the report include: Several factors related to the COVID-19 pandemic may have affected the recent decreases in medical payments and utilization, including a temporary suspension of nonemergency surgeries during the early months of the pandemic, avoidance and delay of care due to concerns ...