Back to the Basics: Cost Control and the Role of Precertification and Utilization Review in Workers’ Compensation

June 12, 2018

Medical expenses, now averaging well over 60 percent of average claims costs,1 represent a significant impact on an employer’s workers’ compensation total cost of risk. This trend isn’t going away soon, as this average is expected to climb even higher in the coming years. Contributing to the climb are expenses incurred for treatment that are unrelated to an injured workers’ injury.