The industry’s adoption of vehicle scanning as part of the repair process can be seen in the results of the "Who Pays for What" surveys conducted by Collision Advice and CRASH Network.
The recent "Who Pays for What?" survey shows an increasing number in shops charging and being paid for administrative tasks involved in processing total losses.
There is an upward trend in the percentage of shops across the U.S. regularly being paid by the eight largest national insurance companies to mask as necessary for priming.
The Who Pays for What Survey from Q4 of 2018 indicates that many collision repair centers are seeing a return on investment from attaining OEM aluminum certification.
The quarterly “Who Pays for What?” survey conducted this past spring found that just over 30 percent of shops that seek to be paid for inspection of seat belts said they are paid “always” or “most of the time” for it.
The percentage of shops that have never billed an administrative fee for OEM research has declined from 76 percent in 2015 to about 70 percent in this latest survey.
More shops are now being paid “always” or “most of the time” for nearly two dozen not-included body labor operations compared to a year earlier, according to the latest findings from the “Who Pays for What?” quarterly survey series.
