WCRI News
Workers Compensation: Waning Benefits From Decreasing Opioid Rxs
Workers compensation has been a profit juggernaut for the property/casualty insurance industry over the past several years.
Underwriting ...
Behavioral Health Linked to Workers Comp Recovery: Study
Psychosocial factors are strong predictors of delayed recovery and other adverse outcomes in patients with work-related injuries. A recent white paper from the Workers Compensation Research Institute ...
Executives On The Move at Arturo and WCRI
American Family spinout Arturo appointed two new executives. The Workers Compensation Research Institute brought on a new executive to manage its research programs and accelerate the Institute's ...
Insurance Conferences Go on Despite Coronavirus, but No Handshakes (or Buffets) Allowed
As the coronavirus and its COVID-19 disease spread, Insurance professionals going to industry conferences over the next few weeks and months could find themselves having their temperature taken at ...
States Vary Widely in How They Control Workers Comp Medical Costs
Workers' compensation medical costs vary widely among the states both in terms of price and how often services are used. The differences appear to relate closely to which cost-drivers each state ...
Wage-Loss Workers Comp Benefits Fall Short: WCRI Study
Adequacy of income benefits is one of the long-standing concerns about the performance of workers compensation systems. However, there is little known about whether income benefits (also called ...
Hospital Surgery Rates for Workers Comp Vary Widely
Hospital rates for outpatient surgery paid by workers compensation vary significantly across states, with those states with fixed fee schedules having lower surgery costs for injured workers. Workers ...
Workers Compensation Reform May Already be Improving CA Claims Costs
Workers compensation reform legislation in California may already be making a dent in claims costs. Medical payments in the state – the largest for workers compensation insurance – dipped 5 ...