Workers’ compensation insurers have slashed spending on opioids, reducing the risk of addiction and delayed recovery, but now they are...
Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) News
People Moves: WCRI Adds Negrusa; WTW’s Atkinson, Pokora Move to Marsh; WTW Appoints Drummond, Romano
The Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) announced that Dr. Sebastian Negrusa has joined the Cambridge, Mass.-based Institute to manage its...
COVID-19 did not delay medical treatment for workers’ compensation claimants, but did decrease the amount of emergency care and other...
Despite potential obstacles posed by the coronavirus pandemic, injured workers experienced no meaningful delays in access to medical treatment under...
The percentage of COVID-19 claims among all workers’ compensation paid claims has varied greatly among states and occupations, as has...
While at least 17 states have passed laws or issued orders that expanded access to workers’ compensation benefits for employees...
The good news is that doctors are less likely to prescribe opioids to injured workers than they were years ago....
With the COVID-19 virus causing economic disruption, the Workers’ Compensation Research Institute would like to share the findings from a...
Minnesota workers’ compensation medical payments per claim remained stable from 2012 to 2017, according to a recent study by the...
Workers’ compensation medical costs vary widely among the states both in terms of price and how often services are used....