Fee Schedules - No Correlation to Expenses

The substantial variation in workers' compensation medical fee schedules among the states is not related to the different costs health care providers incur delivering medical services to injured workers, according to a new study by the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI). The disparity between medical fee schedule levels and provider costs raises concerns that states may be creating incentives to either over-utilize or under-utilize medical services in their workers' compensation systems, said the study, Benchmarks for Designing Workers' Compensation Medical Fee Schedules: 2001-200...