Wisconsin surgeons performing the same arthroscopic knee surgery on two groups of patients in recent years collected on average $1,573 from one group and $3,728 from the other.
WORKERS’ COMPENSATION
Republicans pushing possible changes to workers' comp system
A contractor working on the Dane County courthouse in 2004 was injured on the job after falling 20 feet. Rising medical costs for workers' compensation has prompted Republican lawmakers to look at making changes to the system, considered one of the best in the country.
A memo detailing possible changes to the system to be included in Gov. Scott Walker's budget has raised concern.
The program would be removed from the state Department of Workforce Development and split between two other state agencies.
