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1. Corralling runaway workers' comp costs: for some companies, a hands-on strategy has headed off cost stampedes at the pass

Author

Taulbee, Pamela

Subjects
Workers Compensation Research Institute -- Reports, Control, Finance, Reports, Company financing, Workers' compensation -- Finance -- Reports, Health care costs -- Control -- Reports, Corporate finance -- Reports, Wellness programs -- Finance -- Reports, Medical care, Cost of -- Control -- Reports, Corporations -- Finance
Abstract

Corralling runaway workers' comp costs Americans have moved from one crisis to another: the federal deficit . . . AIDS . . . the homeless . . . the current [...]

Published
1991

2. New WCRI Study Explores How Payments to Ambulatory Surgery Centers in Georgia Changed after 2014 Fee Schedule

Subjects
Workers' compensation -- Reports -- Research, Surgery -- Reports -- Research, Legal fees -- Reports -- Research, Prospective payment systems (Medical care) -- Reports -- Research, Surgical clinics -- Reports -- Research, Business, general, Workers Compensation Research Institute -- Reports
Abstract

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (PRWEB) August 16, 2018 A new study from the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) explores how facility payments for surgeries conducted in ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) in Georgia [...]

Published
2018

3. Prices Paid for Injured Workers' Medical Care in 35 States Examined in Study by WCRI

Subjects
Workers' compensation -- Prices and rates -- Reports, Price indexes -- Reports, Legal fees -- Reports, Work related injuries -- Research -- Reports, Medical economics -- Reports, Company pricing policy, Business, general, Workers Compensation Research Institute -- Reports
Abstract

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (PRWEB) June 14, 2018 As policymakers and system stakeholders in many states debate rising medical costs, the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) released a new study today that [...]

Published
2018

4. Report: Long-term opiate use up among injured workers in Wis

Subjects
Workers' compensation -- Reports, Work related injuries -- Reports, General interest, News, opinion and commentary, Workers Compensation Research Institute -- Reports
Abstract

Byline: Dan Shaw, dan.shaw@dailyreporter.com Even as state officials make fighting opiate abuse a priority, a recent report suggests that long-term use of the highly addictive painkillers is on the rise [...]

Published
2016

5. Formulary May Reduce Prescription Drug Costs for Louisiana State Employees, Finds WCRI Study

Subjects
Workers' compensation -- Reports -- Economic aspects, Medical economics -- Reports -- Economic aspects, Prescriptions (Drugs) -- Reports -- Economic aspects, Banking, finance and accounting industries, Workers Compensation Research Institute -- Reports
Abstract

(PRWeb) - A new FlashReport from the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) finds that a Texas-like formulary for Louisiana state employees may reduce prescription drug costs by 4 to 28 [...]

Published
2018

6. Formulary May Reduce Prescription Drug Costs for Louisiana State Employees, Finds WCRI Study

Subjects
Workers' compensation -- Reports -- Economic aspects, Medical economics -- Reports -- Economic aspects, Prescriptions (Drugs) -- Reports -- Economic aspects, Business, general, Workers Compensation Research Institute -- Reports
Abstract

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (PRWEB) February 20, 2018 A new FlashReport from the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) finds that a Texas-like formulary for Louisiana state employees may reduce prescription drug costs [...]

Published
2018

8. Wisconsin Medical Payments per Workers' Compensation Claim Higher Than Typical; Growing at a Slower Rate, But Still Faster Than Most Study States

Subjects
Workers' compensation -- Reports -- Research, Medical economics -- Reports -- Research, Business, general, Workers Compensation Research Institute -- Reports
Abstract

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (PRWEB) November 02, 2017 A new study by the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) found that Wisconsin's medical payments per workers' compensation claim were higher than typical for [...]

Published
2017

9. Opioids Dispensed To Kentucky Injured Workers Reduced Immediately Post-HB 1, Finds New WCRI Study

Subjects
Workers' compensation -- Reports, Work related injuries -- Reports, Opioids -- Reports, Business, general, Workers Compensation Research Institute -- Reports
Abstract

Cambridge, MA (PRWEB) August 29, 2017 Fewer injured workers in Kentucky with pain medications received opioids, and they received smaller amounts on average after the implementation of Kentucky's House Bill [...]

Published
2017

10. New WCRI Study Helps Policymakers Monitor Changes in Prices Paid for Medical Care of Injured Workers in 31 States

Subjects
Workers' compensation -- Prices and rates -- Reports, Price indexes -- Reports, Legal fees -- Reports, Work related injuries -- Research -- Reports, Medical economics -- Reports, Company pricing policy, Business, general, Workers Compensation Research Institute -- Reports
Abstract

Cambridge, MA (PRWEB) July 27, 2017 As policymakers and system stakeholders in many states debate rising medical costs, the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) released a new study today that [...]

Published
2017

11. Prescription Opioid Use Among Injured Workers Decreased In Many States, But Not All, Finds New WCRI Study

Subjects
Workers' compensation -- Usage -- Reports, Work related injuries -- Research -- Reports, Opioids -- Research -- Reports, Business, general, Workers Compensation Research Institute -- Reports
Abstract

Cambridge, MA (PRWEB) June 27, 2017 As states implement reforms to address issues related to overuse and misuse of opioids, a new study released today by the Workers Compensation Research [...]

Published
2017

12. New WCRI Study Tracks Impact of SB 863 on California Workers Compensation System

Subjects
Workers' compensation -- Reports, Business, international, Workers Compensation Research Institute -- Reports
Abstract

(PRWeb) - Californias total costs per workers compensation claim with more than seven days of lost time have remained stable after the passage of Senate Bill (SB) 863, while most [...]

Published
2017

13. New WCRI Study Tracks Impact of SB 863 on California Workers' Compensation System

Subjects
Workers' compensation -- Reports, Business, general, Workers Compensation Research Institute -- Reports
Abstract

Cambridge, MA (PRWEB) May 16, 2017 California's total costs per workers' compensation claim with more than seven days of lost time have remained stable after the passage of Senate Bill [...]

Published
2017

14. Total Costs per Workers' Compensation Claim in Florida Grew Moderately, Finds WCRI Study

Subjects
Florida. Supreme Court -- Reports, Workers' compensation -- Reports -- Economic aspects, Business, general, Workers Compensation Research Institute -- Reports
Abstract

Cambridge, MA (PRWEB) May 09, 2017 The average total cost per workers' compensation claim in Florida grew moderately from 2010 to 2015, according to a study by the Workers Compensation [...]

Published
2017

15. OPIOID USE: Study Finds Prescription Use Among Injured Workers Decreased, Yet

Subjects
Workers' compensation -- Usage -- Reports, Work related injuries -- Research -- Reports, Opioids -- Research -- Reports, Insurance, Workers Compensation Research Institute -- Reports
Abstract

* As states implement reforms to address issues related to overuse and misuse of opioids, a new study released by the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) observed decreases in the [...]

Published
2017

18. Resource for Comparing Workers' Compensation Laws across U.S. and Canada Now Available

Subjects
Workplace accidents -- Reports -- Laws, regulations and rules, Government regulation, Business, general, International Association of Industrial Accident Boards and Commissions -- Reports, Workers Compensation Research Institute -- Reports
Abstract

Cambridge, MA (PRWEB) May 05, 2016 An essential tool for researching and understanding the distinctions among workers' compensation laws in all U.S. states and certain Canadian provinces is now available [...]

Published
2016

19. Do Higher Fee Schedules Increase the Number of Workers' Compensation Cases?

Subjects
Health care industry -- Statistics -- Reports -- Research, Health care industry, Business, general, Workers Compensation Research Institute -- Reports
Abstract

Cambridge, MA (PRWEB) April 14, 2016 A new study―Do Higher Fee Schedules Increase the Number of Workers' Compensation Cases?―from the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) explores to what extent higher [...]

Published
2016

20. Study Indicates Where the Comp Dollar Goes

Author

Nighswonger, Todd

Subjects
Workers Compensation Research Institute -- Reports, Research, Reports, Workers' compensation -- Research -- Reports
Abstract

Between 33 percent and 53 percent of total workers' compensation claims costs in eight states go to injured workers, according to a study released in August by the Workers Compensation [...]

Published
2001

21. Risk Managers Cope With Aging Workforce

Author

HAYS, DANIEL

Subjects
Risk management -- Planning, Business consultants -- Planning, Aged -- Employment, Workers' compensation -- Management, Property and casualty insurance industry -- Planning, Medical care, Cost of -- Management, Business, Insurance, Workers Compensation Research Institute -- Reports
Abstract

Risk managers will need more medical expertise and can expect new types of claims and differing safety requirements as the working population ages, according to experts looking at national workforce [...]

Published
2001

22. Likelihood of Repeat Claims

Subjects
Workers Compensation Research Institute -- Reports, Reports, Workers' compensation -- Reports
Abstract

Workers in Wisconsin who filed compensable lost-time claims in 1989 and 1990 were more than twice as likely as other employees to file another lost-time claim after their return to [...]

Published
2001

23. Getting Older

Author

Marvel, Sean

Subjects
Workers Compensation Research Institute -- Reports, Baby boom generation -- Compensation and benefits -- Analysis -- Reports, Workers' compensation -- Analysis -- Reports, Business, Human resources and labor relations, Insurance, Analysis, Reports, Compensation and benefits
Abstract

As baby boomers approach retirement age, speculations abound about how the transition will impact the workforce, particularly when it comes to benefits and workers' compensation. Many fear that the increase [...]

Published
2001

24. Age Won't Boost Comp Costs: Study

Author

HAYS, DANIEL

Subjects
Property and casualty insurance industry -- Reports, Aged -- Employment, Business, Insurance, Workers Compensation Research Institute -- Reports
Abstract

Researchers are predicting that, contrary to prevailing insurance industry wisdom, the graying of the American workforce will have minimal impact on future workers' compensation costs. Their surprising conclusions, set forth [...]

Published
2001

25. Study: Comp Benefits, Costs Are Opposite

Subjects
Workers Compensation Research Institute -- Reports, Finance, Reports, Company financing, Workers' compensation -- Finance -- Reports, Health insurance -- Finance -- Reports, Health insurance industry -- Finance -- Reports
Abstract

States that pay out higher weekly benefits to injured workers may not have higher workers compensation costs, according to a recent study by the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI). WCRI's [...]

Published
2000

26. Texas workers' comp generous, less litigious

Author

Patrick, Stephanie

Subjects
Texas -- Insurance, Property and casualty insurance industry -- Laws, regulations and rules, Business, Business, regional, Workers Compensation Research Institute -- Reports
Abstract

Worker's compensations payments for medical care and indemnity benefits in Texas are higher than most states analyzed in a just-released national study by the Workers Compensation Research Institute. The WCRI [...]

Published
2000

27. Workers' Compensation Costs On The Rise

Author

HAYS, DANIEL

Subjects
Property and casualty insurance industry -- Finance, Workers' compensation -- Statistics, Business, Insurance, Workers Compensation Research Institute -- Reports
Abstract

A variety of factors could combine to raise workers' compensation costs dramatically in the next few years, a panel of experts warned here. 'Costs are going to rise, no question [...]

Published
2000

28. Changing Employment Affects Comp Costs

Author

Sarkis, Karen

Subjects
Workers Compensation Research Institute -- Reports, Workers' compensation -- Surveys, Contract labor -- Social aspects
Abstract

New workers' compensation issues arise as the traditional employer-employee relationship is eroded by contracting and contingent work, experts said in a report released by the Workers' Compensation Research Institute. More […]

Published
2000

32. WCRI Study Shows Costs per Claim for Hospital Outpatient Care Key Driver of Medical Care Costs For Injured Workers in Louisiana

Subjects
Patients -- Care and treatment, Medical economics -- Reports, Work-related injuries -- Research -- Reports, Health care industry -- Reports, Health care industry, Business, general, Workers Compensation Research Institute -- Reports
Abstract

CAMBRIDGE, MA (PRWEB) April 22, 2014 Payments per claim for the medical care of injured workers in Louisiana were higher and growing faster than in most states, according to a [...]

Published
2014

33. New Study Examines Effect of Reducing the Illinois Fee Schedule

Subjects
Business, general, Workers Compensation Research Institute -- Reports
Abstract

Cambridge, MA (PRWEB) January 13, 2014 A new study by the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) examines the impact of the 30 percent reduction in the Illinois medical fee schedule [...]

Published
2014

34. Costs Per Claim of Medical Care for Injured Workers in Indiana Higher Than Most States and Rising, New Study Says

Subjects
Medical economics -- Reports -- Economic aspects, Work-related injuries -- Research -- Reports -- Economic aspects, Health care industry -- Reports -- Economic aspects, Health care industry, Business, general, Workers Compensation Research Institute -- Reports
Abstract

Cambridge, MA (PRWEB) November 25, 2013 The costs per claim of medical care to treat injured workers in Indiana were higher than most states and growing rapidly, according to a [...]

Published
2013

35. Illinois Workers' Compensation Fee Schedule Changes Result in Lower Prices Paid; Costs of Medical Payments Decreasing, Says New Study

Subjects
Medical economics -- Reports -- Research -- Economic aspects, Costs (Law) -- Reports -- Research -- Economic aspects, Business, general, Workers Compensation Research Institute -- Reports
Abstract

Cambridge, MA (PRWEB) October 28, 2013 The costs of medical care to treat injured workers in Illinois are declining, the result of regulatory change enacted in 2011, according to a [...]

Published
2013

36. Price of Vicodin(R) in Maryland Three Times More When Dispensed by a Doctor versus a Pharmacy

Subjects
Drugstores -- Prices and rates -- Reports, Analgesics -- Prices and rates -- Reports, Company pricing policy, Business, general, Workers Compensation Research Institute -- Reports
Abstract

Cambridge, MA (PRWEB) September 04, 2013 A new study from the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) says the average price paid for physician-dispensed Vicodin(R), a commonly dispensed narcotic pain medication [...]

Published
2013

37. Medical Care for Injured Workers Rising in Indiana; Driven by Higher Prices and Payments to Hospitals, New WCRI Study Says

Subjects
Hospitals -- Indiana -- Reports, Work-related injuries -- Research -- Reports, Company pricing policy, Business, general, Workers Compensation Research Institute -- Reports
Abstract

Cambridge, MA (PRWEB) March 20, 2013 The costs of medical care for injured workers in Indiana have been growing rapidly at an annual rate of 8 percent, a faster growth [...]

Published
2013

39. Controversy rocks Tenn. WC report

Subjects
Tennessee. Department of Insurance -- Cases, Insurance industry -- Reports, Workers' compensation -- Tennessee, Business, Insurance, Workers Compensation Research Institute -- Reports
Abstract

A Workers Compensation Research Institute report on Tennessee workers' compensation awards prepared for the Tennessee Workers' Compensation Advisory Council revealed that there is a major variance among workers' compensation awards among the state's judicial districts. The district with the highest workers compensation awards gave out awards 5.7 times higher on average than the district with the lowest awards., An industry think tank report that found a huge variance among Tennessee judicial district awards for on-the-job injuries will apparently be consigned to the dust bin by the state panel [...]

Published
1998

43. Payment Per Claim of Drugs Prescribed to Injured Workers in Tennessee Was Typical of States in New Study, Says WCRI

Subjects
Work-related injuries -- Research, Work-related injuries -- Reports, Drugs -- Research, Drugs -- Reports, Workers' compensation -- Reports, Pharmacy -- Reports, Drugs -- Prescribing, Business, Business, international, Workers Compensation Research Institute -- Reports
Abstract

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- The average payment per claim of prescription drugs used to treat injured workers in Tennessee was fairly typical of the states examined in a new study by [...]

Published
2010

44. Workers' Compensation Medical Costs Per Claim in Maryland Among Lowest in New Study, WCRI Reports

Subjects
Medical care, Cost of -- Reports, Work-related injuries -- Reports, Workers' compensation -- Reports, Business, Business, international, Workers Compensation Research Institute -- Reports
Abstract

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Workers' compensation costs per claim for medical care of injured workers in Maryland were among the lowest of 15 states in part due to a lower fee [...]

Published
2010

45. Integrating comp coverage will increase costs: WCRI

Author

Fletcher, Meg

Subjects
Workers' compensation -- Forecasts and trends, Health care reform -- Economic aspects, Business, Insurance, Workers Compensation Research Institute -- Reports
Abstract

Researchers from the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) predict that the integration of workers' compensation into the overall health care system as proposed by Pres Clinton's health care reform plan would increase employers' workers comp costs. Clinton's plan likely will increase workers' comp costs by $13.5 billion, a figure that was disputed by critics attending the WCRI Health Care Reform Issues and Research Conference. The critics said that integration could yield substantial savings.

Published
1994

46. Medicare fee schedule can cut WC costs in half: study

Author

Calise, Angela K.

Subjects
Medical care, Cost of -- Finance, Workers' compensation -- Finance, Medicare -- Prices and rates, Business, Insurance, Workers Compensation Research Institute -- Reports
Abstract

The Workers' Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) will release a report in Dec, 1993 that demonstrates that states can lower workers' compensation medical costs by setting medical service fees at Medicare reimbursement levels. The WCRI study reports that on a state-wide average, Medicare medical fee schedules are 66% of workers' compensation fee schedules. Pennsylvania has already adopted a workers' compensation schedule based on 113% of Medicare fees and other states are considering similar laws to contain costs., If states using medical fee schedules in workers' compensation lowered fees to Medicare reimbursement levels, workers' comp. medical costs could be cut by as much as 49 percent, it was [...]

Published
1993

47. Medical Payments per Claim in Calif. Grew Again after Period of Decreases

Subjects
Workers Compensation Research Institute -- Reports, Evaluation, Reports, Forecasts and trends, Market trend/market analysis, Health care costs -- Forecasts and trends, Medical economics -- Evaluation, Health insurance -- Forecasts and trends, Medical care, Cost of -- Forecasts and trends
Abstract

Medical Payments per Claim in Calif. Grew Again after Period of Decreases: Medical costs per workers' compensation claim in California grew nine percent in 2007 after large decreases from the [...]

Published
2010

48. AFL-CIO Says Top Workers' Comp Research Group Is Biased, Calls Report Flawed

Subjects
Nonprofit organizations -- Reports, Workers' compensation -- Reports, Chief information officers -- Reports, Banking, finance and accounting industries, Insurance, Workers Compensation Research Institute -- Reports
Abstract

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., May 25, 2005, (A. M. Best via COMTEX) The Workers' Compensation Research Institute, a nonprofit organization that offers itself as a source of unbiased research on workers' comp [...]

Published
2005

49. States embrace tools to control medical costs

Author

Woolsey, Christine

Subjects
Workers' compensation, Medical care, Cost of -- Management, Business, Insurance, Workers Compensation Research Institute -- Reports
Published
1990

50. Workers' Compensation: injured workers in MA, PA more likely to return to work

Subjects
Workers Compensation Research Institute -- Reports, Research, Reports, Injuries -- Research, Employee retention -- Research -- Reports, Wounds and injuries -- Research
Abstract

Workers in Massachusetts and Pennsylvania are more likely to return to work after an injury than workers in Texas and California, despite similar pre-injury levels of health and function. According [...]

Published
2004

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