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Cambridge-based Workers Compensation Research Institute released the sixth edition of its annual Medical Price Index for Workers’ Compensation (MPI-WC). The MPI-WC, like the Consumer Price Index for medical care (CPI-M), measures price inflation. It tracks the actual medical prices paid …

States that do not a have fee schedule in place are likely to pay more for workers’ compensation-related medical services, according to two Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) studies that analyzed the medical price index, prices paid for professional services, …