Author: David Neumark
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 55
Book Description
We study how provider choice in workers' compensation cases affects costs and outcomes. When employees choose the provider, costs are higher and return-to-work outcomes are worse, while physical recovery is the same although satisfaction with medical care is higher. The higher costs and worse return-to-work outcomes associated with employee choice arise largely when employees selected a new provider, rather than a provider with whom the worker had a pre-existing relationship. The findings lend some support to recent policy changes limiting workers' ability to choose a provider with whom they do not have a prior relationship.
The Impact of Provider Choice on Workers' Compensation Costs and Outcomes
Author: David Neumark
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 55
Book Description
We study how provider choice in workers' compensation cases affects costs and outcomes. When employees choose the provider, costs are higher and return-to-work outcomes are worse, while physical recovery is the same although satisfaction with medical care is higher. The higher costs and worse return-to-work outcomes associated with employee choice arise largely when employees selected a new provider, rather than a provider with whom the worker had a pre-existing relationship. The findings lend some support to recent policy changes limiting workers' ability to choose a provider with whom they do not have a prior relationship.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 55
Book Description
We study how provider choice in workers' compensation cases affects costs and outcomes. When employees choose the provider, costs are higher and return-to-work outcomes are worse, while physical recovery is the same although satisfaction with medical care is higher. The higher costs and worse return-to-work outcomes associated with employee choice arise largely when employees selected a new provider, rather than a provider with whom the worker had a pre-existing relationship. The findings lend some support to recent policy changes limiting workers' ability to choose a provider with whom they do not have a prior relationship.
The Effects of Provider Choice Policies on Workers' Compensation Costs
Author: David Neumark
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
We examine the effects of provider choice policies on workers' compensation medical and indemnity costs. We find no difference in average medical costs between states where policies give employers control over the choice of provider and states where policies instead give workers the most control. But a richer distributional analysis indicates that developed medical costs for the costliest cases are higher in states where policies give workers more control over provider choice. We find similar evidence for indemnity costs, although the point estimates also indicate (statistically insignificantly) higher average costs where policy gives workers the most control over provider choice. Overall, the evidence suggests little relationship between provider choice policies and average medical or indemnity costs, but a higher incidence of high-cost cases when policies give workers more control of the choice of provider.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
We examine the effects of provider choice policies on workers' compensation medical and indemnity costs. We find no difference in average medical costs between states where policies give employers control over the choice of provider and states where policies instead give workers the most control. But a richer distributional analysis indicates that developed medical costs for the costliest cases are higher in states where policies give workers more control over provider choice. We find similar evidence for indemnity costs, although the point estimates also indicate (statistically insignificantly) higher average costs where policy gives workers the most control over provider choice. Overall, the evidence suggests little relationship between provider choice policies and average medical or indemnity costs, but a higher incidence of high-cost cases when policies give workers more control of the choice of provider.
Provider Choice Laws, Network Involvement, and Medical Costs
Author: Richard A. Victor
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Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 82
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 82
Book Description
How Choice of Provider and Recessions Affect Medical Costs in Workers' Compensation
Author: Richard B. Victor
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Category : Health insurance
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Health insurance
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
Managed Care and Workers' Compensation
Author:
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Category : Managed care plans (Medical care)
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Managed care plans (Medical care)
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Health Care Costs in Workers' Compensation Programs
Author: Silvana Pozzebon
Publisher: Ann Arbor, Mich. : University Microfilms International
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Category : Medical care
Languages : en
Pages : 634
Book Description
Publisher: Ann Arbor, Mich. : University Microfilms International
ISBN:
Category : Medical care
Languages : en
Pages : 634
Book Description
Annual Report, Research Review
Author: Workers Compensation Research Institute (Cambridge, Mass.)
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Category : Workers' compensation
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Workers' compensation
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
The Impact of Initial Treatment by Network Providers on Workers' Compensation Medical Costs and Disability Payments
Author:
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Category : Health insurance
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Health insurance
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
Medical Cost Containment in Workers' Compensation
Author: National Council on Compensation Insurance
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Category : Workers' compensation
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Workers' compensation
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
The Impact of Workers' Compensation Networks on Medical Costs and Disability Payments
Author: William George Johnson
Publisher:
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Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description