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Archive > November, 2004 Vol. V, No. 11

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Workers' Compensation Clampdown
Growing Number of States Capping Workers' Comp Facility Fees
The old saying that workers' comp pays slowly, but it pays well may no longer hold true for those surgical facilities in a growing number of states that have capped facility fees or are threatening to do so.

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