Hospital Rate Regulations, Fee Schedules, and Workers' Compensation Medical Payments

JOURNAL OF RISK AND INSURANCE, Vol. 63, No. 1, March 1996

Posted: 17 Apr 1998

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David T. Levy

University of Baltimore

Ted R. Miller

National Public Services Research Institute

Abstract

This article examines the effect of workers' compensation fee schedules and state hospital rate-setting upon workers' compensation payments. We examine four types of injuries and payments involving hospitalization and nonhospitalized claims. The sample contains about 217,000 randomly-selected workers' compensation lost workday claims from 17 states filed between 1979 and 1988. We find that workers' compensation fee schedules and state hospital rate-setting reduce medical payments per claim.

JEL Classification: J33

Suggested Citation

Levy, David T. and Miller, Ted R., Hospital Rate Regulations, Fee Schedules, and Workers' Compensation Medical Payments. JOURNAL OF RISK AND INSURANCE, Vol. 63, No. 1, March 1996, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3061

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Ted R. Miller

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