Category Archives: Medical-Legal Fee Schedule

REPORT: SHARE INCREASE IN MED-LEGAL WORKERS’ COMPENSATION COSTS IN FIRST HALF OF 2022

Costs are rising across the United States. Recently, Bloomberg News reported that the national inflation rate hit a 40-year high. The medical and legal costs of workers’ compensation in California are rising sharply as well. On June 5, 2022, the Insurance Journal reported that costs for resolving workers’ compensation disputes are rising even faster than […]

THE EVER-CHANGING MEDICAL LEGAL-FEE SCHEDULE

From time to time the DWC feels the need to intervene in not only how the workers’ compensation system is running but also, how people get paid in the workers’ compensation system. What that usually means as defendants, employers and third-party administrators is more work, and sometimes there is no cost savings. The DWC has […]