Injured workers in mining and construction, those in rural counties or those who suffer fractures, carpal tunnel and neurologic spine...
Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) News
Medical payments per workers’ compensation claim in Texas decreased from 2014 to 2016 for claims with more than seven days...
There is new evidence that ambulatory surgery centers are less expensive for certain surgeries than hospitals. Payments for similar knee...
Hospital outpatient payments were higher and growing faster in states with percent-of-charge-based fee regulations or no fee schedules, finds a...
Prices paid for medical professional services vary significantly across states, ranging from 26 percent below the median in Florida to...
Workers’ compensation total costs per claim in Louisiana were the highest in a recent study of 18 states conducted by...
Medical marijuana laws could be a boon to those battling the opioid epidemic, according to researchers who have identified a...
At a time when the nation’s workers’ compensation system is facing an aging workforce and a pending widespread labor shortage,...
Medical payments per workers’ compensation claim in Michigan were among the lowest of 18 state workers’ compensation systems analyzed in...
Though the number of physician dispensed prescriptions has declined considerably from just a few years ago, the workers’ compensation industry...