California workers' compensation claims

Fewer Claims, Higher Losses for CA Workers’ Comp Self-Insureds

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Oakland, CA – Private self-insured claim volume in the California workers’ compensation claims system fell 9.5% in 2023, producing the biggest year-to-year decline in private self-insured claim frequency in more than 15 years, but double-digit increases in the average amounts paid and incurred on these claims drove total paid and incurred losses for private self-insured […]

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Are Migraine Drugs Becoming a New WC Cost Driver?

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Oakland, CA – Migraine Drugs represented less than 1% of all prescriptions dispensed to California injured workers in 2023 but they consumed 4.7% of workers’ compensation drug payments, a nearly 8-fold increase since 2018, which a California Workers’ Compensation Institute (CWCI) study links to the emergence of several high-cost brand drugs that are not listed

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Opioid Prescribing for Injured Workers in California: 2017-2023

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Oakland, CA – The decline in opioid use in California workers’ compensation has outpaced the decline among the state’s overall population according to a new California Workers’ Compensation Institute (CWCI) analysis of 2017-2023 opioid prescription data from the California Department of Justice’s Controlled Substance Utilization Review and Evaluation System (CURES) database. The analysis builds on

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California Workers’ Comp Medical Payments 10% Below Median

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A Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) study reveals that, as of March 2023, medical payments per workers’ compensation claim in California were 10% below the median of a 17-state sample. Titled CompScope Medical Benchmarks for California, 25th Edition, the report assesses med payment, pricing, and utilization in California compared to 16 other states. It covers

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