J&L Insurance's blog reflects on some findings from the new edition of CompScope™ Medical Benchmarks:

WCRI (Workers Comp Research Institute) released its great CompScope Study and Report two weeks ago.
Yes, I am running a little late on getting this one into an article.

Looking for the anomalies can be easily accomplished using the CompScope Benchmark Report.   WCRI had pointed out that medical costs rose 5 – 12% per claim...

I think that the statement below from WCRI,  which was released with the reports, explained the increases very well.

“Medical payments per claim remained relatively stable, but recently, they started increasing, fueled by an increase in medical utilization, medical prices, and updates to state fee schedules,” said Sebastian Negrusa, WCRI Vice President of Research.

Read the full article here.  You can find more details on CompScope™ Medical Benchmarks, 2025 Edition, including information on how to get a copy, elsewhere on our website.