A new CWCI study shows the duplicate spinal implant pass-through payments allowed for hardware and instrumentation in California workers’ comp back surgeries were paid on nearly 3,600 claims in 2008, boosting payments to hospitals by an estimated $55 million.
Surgical Instrumentation Pass-through Payments in the California WC System
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