NASI Report Tracks Mich., Ohio Workers’ Comp Payments for 2003

August 11, 2005

Michigan’s total workers’ compensation payments for injured workers’ cash benefits and medical care fell by 2.4 percent to $1,477 million in 2003, according to a report released today by the National Academy of Social Insurance (NASI). Nationally, workers’ compensation payments grew by 3.2 percent to $54.9 billion in 2003.

Over the five years ending in 2003, Michigan spending for medical care for injured workers grew while cash benefits to replace workers’ lost wages fell. Payments for workers’ compensation medical treatment rose from 27 cents to 33 cents per $100 of payroll, while cash benefits fell from 63 cents to 57 cents per $100 of payroll over the period.

In Ohio, total workers’ compensation payments for injured workers’ cash benefits and medical care rose by 2.3 percent to $2,442 million in 2003. Over the same five-year period, Ohio spending for medical care for injured workers grew more rapidly than cash benefits to replace workers’ lost wages. Payments for workers’ compensation medical treatment rose from 48 cents to 63 cents per $100 of payroll, while cash benefits remained fairly stable, ranging from 70 cents to 73 cents per $100 of payroll over the period.

For the nation as a whole, workers’ compensation payments for medical treatment outpaced payments for cash benefits to injured workers. Between 1999 and 2003, national spending for workers’ compensation medical care rose from 46 cents to 54 cents per $100 of national payroll, while payments for cash benefits fell slightly from 64 to 62 cents per $100 of national payroll.

The NASI report, eighth in a series, provides estimates of workers’ compensation payments – cash and medical – for each state, the District of Columbia, and the federal programs providing workers’ compensation benefits.

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