Cambridge, Mass.-based WCRI said in its "CompScope Benchmarks" report for Texas that, "In 2001, prior to the reforms, medical costs per claim in Texas were highest among the study states." Later in the decade, the report said, medical costs per claim in Texas were lower than the typical state for claims with more than seven days of lost time, which WCRI called "a dramatic shift."
After several years of decreases due to the legislative reforms, medical costs per workers' compensation claim in Texas were stable in 2007, WCRI said.
HB 2600, passed in 2001, instituted reforms in Texas such as a certification system of doctors to be included on an approved list to provide health care under the workers' compensation system; the creation of fee-for-service regional health care delivery networks to deliver care under the workers' compensation system; and pre-authorization requirements for certain procedures.
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