In 2013, Tennessee legislation Senate Bill (SB) 200 introduced changes to its workers’ compensation system that impact key cost components. The overall goals of the 2013 reforms in Tennessee were to create a workers’ compensation system that is more equitable, more efficient, and easier to understand for all parties, as well as to help attract more employers to Tennessee.

This report provides ongoing annual monitoring of how indemnity benefits, medical payments, and benefit delivery expenses per claim change over time, as well as how the Tennessee workers’ compensation system compares with 17 other study states on these key metrics. It covers injury dates from 2012 to 2017 and payments through the end of March 2018. For some important key metrics used in this report, we use data for injuries before 2012 to provide a broader context for evaluating the effects of changes related to the 2013 reforms in Tennessee. 

CompScope™ Benchmarks for Tennessee, 19th Edition. Evelina Radeva. April 2019. WC-19-14.