WCRI Studies Show COVID-19 Orders Apply to Small Segment of Workforce December 3, 2020 By Jim Sams While at least 17 states have passed laws or issued orders that expanded access to workers’ compensation benefits for employees...
Analysis: Recession, Fear of Job Loss, and Return to Work March 19, 2020 By John Ruser With the COVID-19 virus causing economic disruption, The Workers’ Compensation Research Institute would like to share the findings from a...
Work Comp Insurers Find Doctors Willing to Bend When Asked to Curb Opioid Use November 12, 2019 By Jim Sams Workers’ compensation insurers are reporting dramatic reductions in opioid use by injured workers. In some cases, all it took was...
WCRI Report Shows Wide Variety in How States Control Work Comp Medical Costs October 18, 2019 By Jim Sams Workers’ compensation medical costs vary widely among the states both in terms of price and how often services are used....
WCRI Medical Index Reasserts that Medical Prices Lower in Fee Schedule States May 31, 2019 By Jim Sams The second Workers’ Compensation Research Institute study released this month concludes that medical treatment for injured workers costs more and...
Research Finds No Improvement in Worker Outcomes When Medical Prices Increase May 24, 2019 By Jim Sams When the price of physician services increases relative to group health rates, injured workers report fewer problems getting the care...
WCRI: States Without Work Comp Fee Schedules Paying the Price May 17, 2019 By Jim Sams The dwindling number of states that have no fee schedule, or that set fees according to a percentage of billed...
Do High Health Plan Deductibles Lead to More Workers’ Compensation Claims? February 20, 2019 Are employees injured at work more likely to file under workers’ compensation instead of group health insurance when their group...
WCRI Study Examines Trends in N.Y. Workers’ Comp System September 4, 2014 The Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) in Massachusetts has published a new report that examines the performance of the New...