{"id":8798,"date":"2024-02-06T16:26:12","date_gmt":"2024-02-06T17:26:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=8798"},"modified":"2024-02-06T18:04:27","modified_gmt":"2024-02-06T18:04:27","slug":"33-wisconsin-associations-urge-workers-compensation-reform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=8798","title":{"rendered":"33 Wisconsin Associations Urge Worker\u2019s Compensation Reform"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This post originally appeared at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wmc.org\/press-releases\/thirty-three-wisconsin-associations-urge-workers-compensation-reform\/\">https:\/\/www.wmc.org\/press-releases\/thirty-three-wisconsin-associations-urge-workers-compensation-reform\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><em>Letter to lawmakers calls for Medical Fee Schedule<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>MADISON<\/strong> \u2013 Wisconsin Manufacturers &amp; Commerce \u2013 the combined state chamber and manufacturers\u2019 association \u2013 was joined by 32 other associations from across the state on Tuesday urging lawmakers to tackle ever-increasing medical costs in the worker\u2019s compensation system. The letter from the Worker\u2019s Compensation Employers Coalition follows a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.wmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/05142057\/02.05.24-WMC-Employer-Medical-Fee-Schedule-Letter.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">similar letter<\/a><\/span> signed by more than 100 Wisconsin employers, showing momentum for the issue in the state\u2019s business community.<\/p>\n<p>Both letters call on the State Legislature to approve the medical fee schedule bill unanimously supported by the Worker\u2019s Compensation Advisory Council.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWisconsin has among the highest medical costs for worker\u2019s compensation in the nation\u202635% higher than the national median,\u201d the letter reads. \u201cThe average cost per workers compensation claim in Wisconsin is $10,000 higher for health care cost than the average state.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Forty-five other states have reined in costs by implementing a medical fee schedule. Wisconsin\u2019s costs for professional health services outpace other midwestern states, including Michigan, Minnesota and Illinois, by more than double.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Worker\u2019s Compensation Employers Coalition is in support of the adopting the WCAC fee schedule because it is a tested reform that almost every other state effectively uses to keep medical costs in check,\u201d the letter continues. \u201cPlease support Wisconsin employers and bring worker\u2019s compensation medical costs under control.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.wmc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/06095937\/Support-Reining-in-Out-of-Control-Workers-Comp-Medical-Costs.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to read the full letter.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">###<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wmc.org\/press-releases\/thirty-three-wisconsin-associations-urge-workers-compensation-reform\/\">33 Wisconsin Associations Urge Worker\u2019s Compensation Reform<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wmc.org\">WMC Wisconsin&#8217;s Chamber <\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This post originally appeared at https:\/\/www.wmc.org\/press-releases\/thirty-three-wisconsin-associations-urge-workers-compensation-reform\/ Letter to lawmakers calls for Medical Fee Schedule MADISON&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":440,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8798","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wmc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8798","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8798"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8798\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8799,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8798\/revisions\/8799"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}