CompScope Medical Benchmarks for California, 18th Edition

By Rebecca (Rui) Yang

October 19, 2017 Related Topics: Medical Costs, Utilization, Annual State Medical CompScope™ Benchmarks

This study monitors the impact of California reform legislation, Senate Bill (SB) 863 (effective January 1, 2013), on medical payments, prices, and utilization in the state. It also compares California with 17 other states (Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, and Wisconsin) on the metrics of medical costs and care.

Claims with experience through March 2016 for injuries up to and including 2015 were analyzed. The data covered in this study reflect up to 39 months of experience post-reform. 

CompScope™ Medical Benchmarks for California, 18th Edition. Rui Yang. October 2017. WC-17-34.

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Research Questions:

  • How are workers' compensation medical payments distributed across providers and services?
  • How do medical payments, prices, and utilization per claim differ across study states?
  • How have medical payments, prices, and utilization per claim changed over time within a state, and what are the major drivers of those changes?

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