WCIRB: Proportion of Payments to Indicted Providers Falls Almost 75%

The share of California workers’ compensation payments going to providers accused or convicted of fraud has fallen nearly 75% since 2012, according to a new report by the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau. At the same time, the WCIRB also found that most of the money paid to indicted providers over the past went to a small number of people, with about half of the indicted providers receiving less than $100,000 over the five-year study period, and 10% receiving more than $10 million. Tim Basuino, medical analytics specialist for the WCIRB, said savings on medical c...