The Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) announced that Michael Clingman will be joining WCRI in January as a regional director. Clingman will be based in Oklahoma. “Mike joins our new team of three regional directors who will be the face …
The total costs for a workers’ compensation claim in Michigan were low compared with other states according to a recent study by the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI), Michigan System Performance Prior to the 2011 Legislative Changes: CompScope™ Benchmarks, 14th …
The average cost per claim of outpatient hospital care for injured workers in the Florida workers’ compensation system continued to grow rapidly and was a main driver of growth in medical payments per claim in the state, according to a …
The ongoing effects of workers’ compensation reforms enacted in New York in 2007 are monitored by the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) in a new study that focuses on objectives that are being achieved, objectives that are not being met, …
The Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) has released a comprehensive reference report, CompScope Benchmarks, 14th Edition, which measures the performance of 16 different state workers’ compensation systems, how they compare with each other, and how they have changed over time. …
The Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) announced that the former CEO of the Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission, Alan McClain, would be joining WCRI as a regional director. “We are excited to have someone of Alan’s knowledge, credibility, and experience joining …
New regulations in Georgia reduced prices paid for physician-dispensed drugs by 22-36 percent and many physicians continued to dispense prescriptions to injured workers, said a new study from the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI). The study, Impact of Reform on …
A new 16-state study from the Workers’ Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) says that in half of the study states, hospital outpatient payments for shoulder surgeries in workers’ compensation were at least $2,000 (or 43 percent) higher than group health, which …
The national medical price index is a poor measure of workers’ comp price inflation in most states, says a new 25-state study from the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI). Unlike the consumer price index for medical care (CPI-M), which measures …
The costs of medical care for injured workers in Michigan is the lowest of any state in a 16-state study, according to CompScope Medical Benchmarks for Michigan, 13th Edition, conducted by the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI). While medical payments …