North Carolina’s workers’ compensation costs-per-claim is rising fast, according to a study by the non-profit Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI).Medical costs, which experienced double-digit growth between 2001 and 2005, were the major force behind the rising costs of workers’ compensation costs-per-claim, WCRI concluded.The organization discovered that over the five years it studied the average medical cost per claim with more than seven days of lost time averaged an increase of 10% per year in North Carolina and rose to 11% in the final year of 2005.Indemnity be...
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