Quick RTW Keeps NC Costs Low, WCRI Reports

Workers' compensation costs per claim in North Carolina are in the mid range of twelve states in a new multistate study but continue to rise, according to the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI). The WCRI study of 12 states, representing over 50 percent of workers' compensation benefits paid nationwide, reported that the average cost of a workers' compensation claim in North Carolina was $2,706, 15 percent below the median of the study states. The main reason behind the somewhat lower than average cost per claim in North Carolina was that there was a smaller fraction of claims w...