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Xuguang Grant Tao1, Nina Leung, Nimisha Kalia
1Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland (Drs Tao, Kalia); Dell Medical School - The University of Texas at Austin, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Austin, Texas (Drs Leung, Bernacki); Department of Neurology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland (Dr Lavin); and Strategic Risk and Strategy Management, Louisiana Workers' Compensation Corporation, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine - Department of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland (Mr Yuspeh).
Background:
The financial impact regarding choice of physician within the workers' compensation domain has not been well studied.
Objective:
The aim of this study was to assess the difference in claim cost between employee- and employer-directed choice of treating physician after injury.
Methods:
Thirty-five thousand six hundred forty indemnity lost time claims from a 13-year period at a nationwide company were analyzed with multivariate logistic regression to determine the association of medical direction with risk of high-cost claims.
Results:
States that have employer-directed physician choice were associated with a lower risk of having high-cost claims (≥$50,000) but higher attorney involvement than employee direction. The net effect of this enhanced presence of attorneys offsets the benefits of employer choice of treating physician.
Conclusion:
States that permit employer selection of treating physician have slightly higher cost due to the higher prevalence of attorney involvement in the claims process.
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