02/14/2018
District of Columbia have lower rates according to a 2016 benchmarking study by Oregon regulators. Kentucky premiums cost an average of 1.52 per 100 in payroll 82 of the national median.
The proposed legislation is similar to last years HB 296 which passed the House 58-40 on Feb. 22 but was
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02/13/2018
Oregon Department of Consumer & Business Services however.
The survey found Wisconsin had the Midwests second-highest premiums and was No. 12 nationally at 2.06 per 100 of payroll or 112 of the national median. Illinois tied for seventh with Oklahoma was at 2.23 per 100 of payroll 121 of
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than the study median even though the commonwealths premiums are among the nations lowest.
The 2016 Oregon biennial rate-ranking summary has Virginia as the fourth cheapest jurisdiction in the country at 1.24 per 100 of payroll or 33 below the national median.
For claims at 36 months of
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2009 and 2015 while the medical loss ratio trend decreased 2.5 in 2014 and another 0.2 in 2015.
In 2015 Wisconsin was ranked 23rd in the nation for most-expensive workers compensation premiums but rose to No. 12 in the 2016 study published biennially by the Oregon Department of Consumer and
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09/28/2017
expensive workers' compensation rates in the nation according to a study prepared by the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services.
Connecticut employers paid an average of 2.74 per 100 of payroll falling behind only New York New Jersey and California. The state was the second most
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typical rate of 18 study states for 2014 claims with more than seven days of lost time at an average 12 months of experience.
For 2012 claims with 36 months of maturity medical payments per claim were 39 higher the study says.
The other 17 states studied were Arkansas California Florida
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in 2016. Oregon a fee schedule state was wedged in at No. 5.
At the bottom end of the 31-state medical price index ranking were Florida at No. 31 followed by California New York South Carolina and Oklahoma. The bottom five was the same in 2015 and 2016.
Todd Brown practice leader for
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states where ASC reimbursement is significantly less than the 33-state median including California Colorado Delaware Michigan Mississippi Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania South Carolina and Texas. There are no access-to-care problems reported in those states the letter states.
Prior to the
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07/11/2017
states have a similar requirement including Alabama Arkansas Florida Idaho Kansas Kentucky North Dakota Nebraska Oklahoma South Dakota Texas West Virginia and Wyoming.
But according to a research study completed the National Council on Compensation Insurance most jurisdictions dont
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06/19/2017
Department of Consumer and Business Services
In 2014 California was the No. 1 state in the Oregon study with average charged rates of 3.48 that were 88 higher than the median of 1.85 in Hawaii and North Carolina. Connecticut ranked No. 2 with average rates of 2.87.
Charged rates in California
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