NU Online News Service, Jan. 20, 2:38 p.m. EST

Workers' compensation systems sometimes allow medical payments to specialists at excessive levels because of a flawed linkage to Medicare reimbursement rates, a new report said.

The findings were made in a study by the Boca Raton, Fla.-based National Council on Compensation Insurance.

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