November 03 2023
The Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) will hold a one-hour webinar on its recently released CompScope™ Medical Benchmarks, 24th Edition on Tues., Nov. 16, 2023, at 2:00 pm ET. Senior research analyst and author Carol Telles will share findings from the studies and take audience questions.
October 04 2023
In this free recorded webinar held on Oct. 3, 2023, author Dr. Bogdan Savych shared findings from WCRI's study Long COVID in the Workers' Compensation System in 2020 and 2021.
May 26 2023
In this one-hour webinar held on Thursday, June 22, 2023, author Dongchun Wang presented findings from WCRI’s Factors Associated with Extended Use of Physical Medicine Services for Workers with Low Back Pain study and took questions from the…
May 11 2023
In this 30-minute recorded webinar, Dr. Olesya Fomenko presents findings from WCRI's study Designing Workers’ Compensation Medical Fee Schedules, 2022. The study highlights the important design choices faced in adopting, reforming, and…
December 13 2022
In this free 30-minute webinar held on Dec. 15, Dr. Vennela Thumula discussed findings from the WCRI study A Primer on Behavioral Health Care in Workers’ Compensation. Workers’ compensation stakeholders recognize that unaddressed…
November 17 2022
In this free 30-minute webinar held on Nov. 17, Evelina Radeva discussed findings from the WCRI study Trends in the Delaware Workers’ Compensation System, 2015–2020. In 2014, Delaware passed HB 373, which made changes to the…
September 29 2022
In this free 45-minute webinar held on Sept. 29, Dr. Vennela Thumula and Dongchun Wang discussed findings from the WCRI FlashReport—Interstate Variation and Trends in Workers’ Compensation Drug Payments: 2018Q1 to 2021Q1.
May 25 2022
This 60-minute webinar held June 15, 2022, discussed findings from a recently published WCRI study Chiropractic Care for Workers with Low Back Pain. Attendees learned the study’s key findings about the prevalence and outcomes of chiropractic…
May 04 2022
In this free 45-minute recorded webinar held on 5/4/2022, WCRI Eexcutive Vice President Ramona Tanabe talks with Dr. Francesca L. Beaudoin about Brown University School of Public Health's Long COVID Initiative.
November 18 2021
In this 45-minute webinar held on November 18, 2021, author Vennela Thumula discussed findings from two WCRI studies, Topical Analgesic Use in Workers’ Compensation and Off-Label Use of Gabapentinoids for Work-Related Injuries, and took…
October 22 2021
In this free 45-minute webinar, author Bogdan Sayvch discussed findings from a recent WCRI study Effects of Opioid-Related Policies on Opioid Utilization, Nature of Medical Care, and Duration of Disability, which examined the effects of…
June 03 2021
In this free 45-minute webinar, Dr. Vennela Thumula and Dongchun Wang discussed key findings and took audience questions about the WCRI FlashReport — Interstate Variation and Trends in Workers’ Compensation Drug Payments: 2017Q1 to…
April 28 2021
In this one-hour webinar, authors Dr. Rebecca Yang and Dr. Randy Lea discuss key findings and take audience questions about WCRI's study Reoperation & Readmission Rates for Workers’ Compensation Patients Undergoing Lumbar Surgery.
April 01 2021
In this 45-minute webinar, Dr. Vennela Thumula and Dr. Bogdan Savych discuss the study they authored, Early Predictors of Longer-Term Opioid Dispensing, and take audience questions. The study identifies what best predicts which patients are more…
December 21 2020
In this one-hour webinar, Ms. Dongchun Wang, Dr. Randy Lea, and Dr. Kathryn Mueller discuss the findings from their study The Timing of Physical Therapy for Low Back Pain: Does It Matter in Workers’ Compensation?
November 19 2020
In this free one-hour webinar, William Monnin-Browder and Carol Telles discussed key findings from the WCRI study they authored, Monitoring Trends in the New York Workers’ Compensation System, 2020 Edition. Originally established to monitor…
October 02 2020
In this free one-hour webinar, WCRI President and CEO John Ruser interviewed Dr. Randy Lea and Dr. Mark Herbert about the delivery of medical care and return to work in the COVID-19 era. Dr. Lea is a senior research fellow at WCRI, an orthopedic…
May 14 2020
In this free 30-minute recoreded webinar, Workers Compensation Research Institute’s (WCRI) President and CEO John Ruser and Judge David Langham, deputy chief judge of compensation claims for the Florida Office of Judges of Compensation…
January 10 2020
In this free 30-minute recorded webinar, William Monnin-Browder, a policy analyst and author of WCRI's CompScope™ benchmarks studies, discussed key cost drivers, trends, and the performance of the Pennsylvania workers’ compensation…
October 21 2019
The various design choices of fee schedule regulations and their impact on variation in medical prices and payments across state workers’ compensation systems is discussed during this one-hour recwebinar that took place on Tuesday, November…
September 12 2019
In this free one-hour recorded webinar, Dr. Randall Lea, an orthopedic surgeon and senior research fellow at WCRI, defines Centers of Excellence (CsOE), describes how they compare with other care delivery models, reviews evidence on the extent to…
August 08 2019
In this hour-long webinar, Dr. Vennela Thumula discussed the findings from a recently released study that found that fewer injured workers in 27 states received opioids as compared with previous years. The 27 states are Arkansas, California,…
July 11 2019
In this hour-long webinar, Dr. Bogdan Savych discussed findings from the WCRI study Workers’ Compensation Medical Prices and Outcomes of Injured Workers and took questions from the audience. The study is the first to combine surveys of…
April 25 2019
In this free one-hour webinar that took place on April 18, 2019, the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) provided an overview of its latest research on opioid dispensing to injured workers, and the National Institute for Occupational…
January 10 2019
This is a free, one-hour webinar on the fundamentals of value-based care (VBC) and its potential use in workers’ compensation. Dr. Randall Lea, an orthopedic surgeon and senior research fellow at WCRI, is the presenter.
November 05 2018
In the last decade or so, many medical services for injured workers have shifted from hospitals to nonhospital providers, including ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs). These changes are an important factor underlying the trends in medical payments…
September 27 2018
Research on the impact of Pennsylvania’s physician dispensing reform was the focus of a one-hour webinar on Thursday, September 27, 2018. Hosting the webinar was Vennela Thumula and Dongchun Wang of the Workers Compensation Research…
May 23 2018
In this recorded webinar, Dr. Bogdan Savych discussed the findings from a recently published WCRI study The Impact of Opioid Prescriptions on Duration of Temporary Disability.
January 18 2018
In this recorded one-hour webinar, WCRI's Carol Telles discusses the impact of changes to hospital reimbursement in the following states: Florida, Georgia, Indiana, and North Carolina. Ms. Telles shared findings from WCRI’s…
October 12 2017
The various design choices of fee schedule regulations and their impact on variation in medical payments across state workers’ compensation systems were discussed during an hour-long webinar by the Workers Compensation Research Institute…
October 10 2017
The Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) hosted a free 45-minute webinar on its most recent research on outcomes for injured workers on Wednesday, August 9, 2017. The outcomes examined include recovery of physical health and functioning,…
September 07 2017
This webinar discusses WCRI's latest research on interstate variations and trends in the prescribing of opioids for workplace injuries. It was recorded on Sept. 28, 2017. Authors Dongchun Wang and Vennela Thumula discussed findings from the…
May 23 2017
Should the choice of provider in workers' compensation cases be left to workers or employers? We discuss our study The Effects of Provider Choice Policies on Workers’ Compensation Costs, in this recorded webinar, which was held on June…
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