As costs for workers’ compensation medical care continue to increase rapidly,  the pressure on policymakers and other stakeholders to contain those medical costs also continues to increase.   

This detailed report provides a comprehensive understanding of the strategies   and regulations authorized and in use in all 51 jurisdictions as of January 2011   – a valuable resource for policymakers and others. 

The report contains key features of each state’s cost containment initiatives, including:  

• Medical fee schedules;
• Regulation of hospital charges;
• Choice of provider;
• Treatment guidelines;
• Utilization review/management;
• Managed care;
• Pharmaceutical regulations;
• Urgent care and ambulatory surgical center fee schedules; and
• Medical dispute regulations.

No other publication offers the same in-depth description of medical cost containment strategies in such an easy-to-use format. The tables may be purchased separately or as a group. 

Workers' Compensation Medical Cost Containment: A National Inventory, 2011. April 2011. WC-11-35.

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