WorkersCompensation.com has provided great coverage of WCRI's conference earlier this week.  Here's their reporting on some of the March 2 sessions.

Do Work Requirements for Medicaid Work? WCRI Keynote Questions Conventional Wisdom.  Frank Ferreri summarizes one key point of the Day 1 Keynote Address.  "One might assume that the One Big Beautiful Bill Act’s directive for Medicaid recipients to work would have an impact on workers’ compensation; the only problem is, according to Harvard School of Public Health’s Benjamin Sommers, the requirement probably won’t get people on the job, it will just lead to loss of healthcare for people who actually are working."

Hospital Closures and Impact on Outcomes – 2nd Session.  James L. Moore provides a quick description of Bogdan Savych's presentation.

What Should Employers do to Help Workers Beat Challenges? WCRI Panel Weighs In.  The afternoon Employers' Panel "broke down what employers can do to make a workers’ journey from injury to return to work as easy as possible, starting with getting a worker to see a provider as soon as possible after an injury."  As the author noted, they also discussed a range of other issues, including telemedicine, the importance of company culture, and the challenges of extreme heat and an aging workforce.