Workers' compensation systems pay higher prices to treat worker injuries than group health plans for the same ailments, according to a new study of comp fee schedules by the National Council on Compensation Insurance.
Among other discoveries, the study found that comp systems pay more than group health for specific services, which are used more often in comp than in group health in an attempt to get an injured worker back on the job as quickly as possible.
Care that physicians provide at hospitals and other facilities was found more likely to exceed workers' comp fee schedules than care provided in their offices. NCCI said that this was partly due to the fact that the fee schedule need not always apply when facilities bill for such services.
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