Changes in the Workforce and Their Impact on Workers’ Compensation Outcomes
As the U.S. economy experienced important disruptions in the last few years, the workers’ compensation system has likely been affected in various ways. This new WCRI study provides insights into how recent economic and demographic changes have influenced the workers’ compensation system. It also provides forecasts… Read More >>
Long COVID in the Workers’ Compensation System in 2020 and 2021
This study examines the prevalence of long COVID among workers with COVID-19 workers’ compensation claims that occurred between March 2020 and September 2021. For each claim, we collected information on medical care and income benefits that were provided through the end of March 2022, across 31 states.
The… Read More >>
Insights into Medical Inflation in Workers’ Compensation—A WCRI FlashReport
The steep growth in consumer prices for energy, food, and housing over the last few years created concerns about potential rising inflation in medical care. This study examines to what extent the recent sizable price growth for all goods and services spread to the health care sector in general and to workers’ compensation… Read More >>
Hospital Outpatient Payment Index: Interstate Variations and Policy Analysis, 12th Edition
This study compares hospital outpatient payments across states and monitors the impact of fee schedule reforms from 2005 to 2021. It also includes a benchmark comparing workers’ compensation hospital outpatient payments and Medicare rates. The study covers two years’ worth of hospital outpatient services provided… Read More >>
WCRI Medical Price Index for Workers’ Compensation, 15th Edition (MPI-WC)
This annual study compares prices paid for a similar set of medical professional services for treating injured workers across 36 states and monitors price changes from 2008 to 2022. The study focuses on professional services (evaluation and management, physical medicine, surgery, major and minor radiology, neurological testing,… Read More >>
WCRI Holds Webinar on Long COVID in the Workers’ Compensation System in 2020 and 2021
Cambridge, MA, Sept. 15, 2023 – The Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) will hold a 30-min. webinar on its study Long COVID in the Workers' Compensation System in 2020 and 2021 on Tues., Oct. 3, 2023, at 2:00 pm ET. Author Dr. Bogdan Savych will share findings from the study and take audience questions.
Read More >>WCRI Webinar on Medical Inflation in Workers’ Compensation
Join the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) for a 30-min. webinar on Wed., Sept. 6, 2023, at 2:00 pm ET as authors Olesya Fomenko and Rebecca Yang discuss findings and answer questions from Insights into Medical Inflation in Workers’ Compensation—A WCRI FlashReport.
Read More >>Save The Date - 2024 WCRI Issues & Research Conference, March 5-6 in Boston, MA
Please save the date for the WCRI 40th Annual Issues & Research Conference, March 5-6, 2024, at the Westin Copley Hotel in Boston. Our two-day program highlights presentations of WCRI's latest research findings while drawing upon the diverse perspectives of highly respected workers' compensation experts and policymakers from across the country.
Read More >>WCRI Announces Panel on Changes in the Workplace at 2023 Conference
Cambridge, MA, Feb. 16, 2023― Today, the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) shared information about a panel on “Changes in the Workplace” that will be held at its 2023 WCRI Issues & Research Conference, March 21-22 at the Renaissance Phoenix Downtown in Phoenix, AZ. The conference theme is "Disruption, Resilience, and Evolution."
Read More >>WCRI Webinar: Behavioral Health in Workers’ Compensation
Cambridge, MA, Nov. 22, 2022 – The Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) will host a free 30-minute webinar on its recent study A Primer on Behavioral Health Care in Workers’ Compensation on Thursday Dec. 15, 2022, at 2pm ET.
Read More >>WCRI Holds Webinar on Long COVID in the Workers’ Compensation System in 2020 and 2021
Cambridge, MA, Sept. 15, 2023 – The Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) will hold a 30-min. webinar on its study Long COVID in the Workers' Compensation System in 2020 and 2021 on Tues., Oct. 3, 2023, at 2:00 pm ET. Author Dr. Bogdan Savych will share findings from the study and take audience questions.
Read More >>Joe Paduda: Medical inflation in work comp…
Isn’t a problem. In most states. Today.
That is the headline takeaway from WCRI’s presentation last week…
Read More >>Former NFL Standout Mike Williams on Life Support after Florida Construction Accident
For permanent total disability, Florida workers’ compensation laws allow two-thirds of a worker’s average weekly wage, up to a maximum of about $1,100, until age 75, according to the Workers’ Compensation Research Institute.
Read More >>Alternatives to the High Cost of Topicals for Pain Management
Hamm’s assertion that high-cost topicals are unnecessarily driving up costs is backed by the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI), which completed a study in December 2021 that found the cost of some topicals for pain management is increasing the cost of workers’ compensation claims dramatically in some states.
Read More >>Impact of long COVID on the workplace in Massachusetts
A recent report looked at the prevalence of long COVID and how it is affecting the worker compensation system. The report, by the Cambridge-based Workers Compensation Research Institute, looked at compensation claims between March 2020 and September 2021 and found that 6% of workers who were infected by COVID-19 received treatment for long COVID.
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