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Calif. leads in comp rates decreases: Study

Roberto Ceniceros

March 21, 2008 Reprints

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A report released Friday shows that during 2005, California experienced the largest decrease in average workers compensation costs among 14 states evaluated by the Workers Compensation Research Institute.

California's costs per claim dropped 15% in 2005, Cambridge, Mass.-based WCRI analysis revealed. Reforms drove rapid decreases in both medical costs per claim and indemnity benefits according to the study.

Medical costs per claim dropped 10% in 2005 following a 22% decrease in 2004-2005, WCRI found in its study monitoring reforms adopted in California from 2002 through 2004.

The study also looked at Arkansas, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas and Wisconsin. It can be ordered from the WCRI Web site at www.wcrinet.org.

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