Studies Find Treatment Guideline Benefits, Lower Rate of Low Back Claims

Low back injury claims in which treatment adhered to American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine guidelines had lower costs than claims in which the guidelines were not followed as closely, according to a newly published study. And another recent study sheds further light on back injury trends in workers’ compensation. The study of 36,463 claims at the Louisiana Workers' Compensation Corp., or LWCC, found that the rate of back injuries decreased threefold from 1998 to 2015. The back injury claims were more likely to cost more than $100,000 compared to other injury ty...