Cambridge, MA – In response to higher and rising hospital costs for medical care received by injured workers, several states have made changes to their hospital reimbursement, specifically Florida, Georgia, Indiana, and North Carolina.
Join the Worker Compensation Research Institute’s (WCRI) Senior Analyst Carol Telles for a one-hour webinar on Thursday, January 18, 2018, at 1pm ET (12pm CT, 11am MT, and 10am PT) as she discusses the impact of these policy changes in the above states and takes your questions. Ms. Telles will be sharing findings from WCRI’s CompScope™ Medical Benchmarks, 17th Edition, which examined the costs, prices, and utilization of workers’ compensation medical care in 18 states through March 2016 for injuries occurring mainly in 2010 to 2015.
“In many states, system stakeholders are looking to control the growth of hospital costs in their workers’ compensation systems without causing access-to-care issues,” said Ramona Tanabe, WCRI’s executive vice president and counsel. “The research discussed in this webinar will give decision makers some insight about what happened after some states implemented a fee schedule or a change in fee schedule approach.”
Questions addressed:
- What was the hospital reimbursement policy change made in each state?
- How did the changes to hospital reimbursement impact costs and cost growth?
- Were there any unanticipated consequences from these reimbursement changes?
Webinars are $50 for Non-Members and FREE for WCRI Members, members of the press, legislators as well as their staff, and state public officials who make policy decisions regarding workers’ compensation. Attendance is limited to 500 people, and all attendees receive a free copy of the slides.
Click here to register: WCRI Webinar Examines Hospital Reimbursement in Several States.
Source: WCRI