NCCI has begun applying the
Indemnity Incentive Program to Fourth Quarter 2022 Indemnity Data, due at the end of First Quarter 2023. Below is a list of resources available to learn more about the program:
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Circular DQ-2022-01 Data Quality—Indemnity Incentive Program Assessments—provides the details for the
Indemnity Incentive Program.
The
Indemnity Incentive Program video class introduces the new
Indemnity Incentive Program, including the program components, criteria, and shows how to review performance using the
Indemnity Data Collection tool. This class can be found in the
DNP 2023 Resource Library.
Data Quality Guidebook—refer to the Indemnity Data Call section of the guidebook for detailed information on the
Indemnity Incentive Program including:
- Program Overview
- Program Implementation
- Assessments
- Workflow
If you still have questions, please send an email to
data@ncci.com.
Medical Data Dashboard on NCCI.com!
In 2022 NCCI released the
Medical Data Dashboard—your source to expand medical data knowledge and drive better decisions. This dashboard provides industry benchmarking capabilities for your customized selection of states and industry sectors. The
Medical Data Dashboard allows you to visualize medical costs for physician services, facilities, and prescription drugs.
Hoping to go deeper? You can interact and drill down into a price and utilization analysis, as well as identify top cost drivers.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) updates its reimbursement rules and rates for medical services each year. This report highlights the most relevant changes in the 2023 update and the potential impact on workers compensation (WC) medical costs.
NCCI monitors changes in CMS reimbursement rules and rates that impact WC medical costs. The impacts of these changes on WC medical costs vary by state. Check out the
full article on
ncci.com.
In today’s ever-changing environment, there is no shortage of questions on inflation and how medical costs may be impacted. In fact, workers compensation stakeholders indicate this is one of the top-of-mind issues they’re facing. NCCI tackles this important subject in our new Inflation and Workers Compensation Medical Costs series in four parts, addressing the key components of medical cost drivers: general overall medical costs, facility services, physicians, and prescription drugs.
- In the
first part of the series, we explore price and utilization trends in medical services, and how each contributes to workers compensation costs in the four US geographic regions
- The
second installment how different types of facility services contribute to countrywide and regional facility cost trends in workers compensation
- In the
third installment, we focus on physician services and how evaluation and management (E&M), surgery, radiology, and physical medicine contribute to changes in WC medical costs
- The
fourth and final installment explores price and utilization trends in prescription drugs and how each contributes to WC costs in four US geographical regions
For notification of all Workers Compensation
INSIGHTS articles, be sure you update your Email Notifications to include
INSIGHTS.
