How Group Health Claims-Shifting Affects Workers’ Compensation: WCRI March 5, 2015 By Andrew G. Simpson Workers’ compensation insurers should expect more cost shifting from group health plans as a key provision of the Affordable Care...
Who Is Tough Enough for a Conference in Wintry Boston? March 3, 2015 By Andrew G. Simpson It was 78 degrees and sunny yesterday when Tammy Perdue was packing her suitcase and the local forecast called for...
Study Finds Workplace Trust a Predictor of Comp Outcomes in Arkansas January 25, 2015 A new study from the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) identified new predictors of worker outcomes that can help public...
Study Finds New Predictors of Workers’ Comp Outcomes in Iowa January 23, 2015 A new study from the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) identified new predictors of worker outcomes that can help public...
Pill Mill Law Shifts Prescriptions From Opioids to Weaker Meds: WCRI December 31, 2014 A law banning physicians from dispensing certain strong opioids discouraged the doctors from prescribing those drugs at all, according to...
Workers’ Comp Medical Payment Costs Fall in Illinois: Study November 3, 2014 Reforms enacted in 2011 continue to drive down the cost of medical care for injured workers in Illinois, according to...
Firing Fear Among New Predictors of Workers’ Comp Outcomes: WCRI June 19, 2014 Workers’ compensation researchers have identified anxiety over being fired and other new predictors of worker outcomes that they say can...
Medical Payments per Claim for Injured Workers in Louisiana Rising April 22, 2014 Payments per claim for the medical care of injured workers in Louisiana were higher and growing faster than in most...
Injured Worker Cost Per Claim Rises in Texas March 25, 2014 Payments per claim for the medical care of injured workers in Texas grew nearly 8 percent in 2011, largely the...
Workers’ Comp Needs to Catch Up with Healthcare Changes: Economist Gruber March 12, 2014 By Andrew G. Simpson Workers’ compensation must align itself with the rest of the changing healthcare system to avoid increased cost-shifting by workers and...