Back to NewsDaisyBill argues that California's Workers' Comp. system is being manipulated by insurers:
...California employers are paying 8.7% more for comp coverage. Yet, even as employers pump more of their money into the system, California doctors are paid relatively little to treat injured workers, compared to other fee-schedule states.
The table below, from a recent Workers’ Compensation Research Institute report, shows that wherever California employers’ premium dollars go, they’re largely not going toward the cost of injured workers’ medical care.
Florida, despite decreasing employers’ comp coverage rates, still pays its workers’ comp physicians significantly more as a percentage of Medicare rates than California does.
Read the full article here. The WCRI study that they cite is Designing Workers’ Compensation Medical Fee Schedules, 2025. Visit its page on our website for more information, including details on how to get a copy!
