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Five Good Reasons Why You Shouldn’t Miss WCRI’s 31st Annual Conference
Posted on 6 Feb 2015 by Karen C. Yotis

Anyone familiar with the Workers Compensation Research Institute’s 31-year history of providing the data and analysis that industry mavericks rely upon to understand, manage and effect real change have come to expect WCRI conferences to provide... Read More

LexisNexis® Workers Compensation Law Community Podcast: Dr. Richard Victor on the Workers' Compensation System's Elephant in the Room
Posted on 14 Dec 2011 by LexisNexis Legal Business Community Staff

On this edition, Dr. Richard Victor, Executive Director of the Workers Compensation Research Institute, discusses the challenges of return to work opportunities for injured workers and the workers compensation questions presented by the unprecedented... Read More

LexisNexis® Workers Compensation Law Community Podcast: Dr. Richard Victor on the Workers' Compensation System's Elephant in the Room
Posted on 14 Dec 2011 by LexisNexis Legal Business Community Staff

On this edition, Dr. Richard Victor, Executive Director of the Workers Compensation Research Institute, discusses the challenges of return to work opportunities for injured workers and the workers compensation questions presented by the unprecedented... Read More

WCRI Conference Date Set; Stimulating and Provocative Program Promised
Posted on 7 Nov 2012 by LexisNexis Workers' Comp Law Newsroom Staff

Understanding the urgency for reducing unnecessary medical care and costs while preserving good patient outcomes is the focus of the Workers Compensation Research Institute's (WCRI) Annual Issues & Research Conference on February 27-28, 2013 at... Read More

NY: WCRI Finds Baseline For Evaluating The Impact Of 2007 NY Reforms
Posted on 5 Nov 2010 by workerscompensation.com

Cambridge, MA (CompNewsNetwork) - New York enacted major reforms in March 2007. This study reports trends for claims from 2003 through 2007, with experience through March 2008. Because some of the reform provisions were at least partially implemented... Read More

Workers Compensation Research Institute 28th Annual Issues & Research Conference, November 16-17, 2011, Boston, MA
Posted on 5 Aug 2011 by Conferences in Boston

This dynamic conference will examine critical questions and provide you with out-in-front thinking about the challenges and innovations in workers' compensation today. The cutting-edge sessions will examine current challenges and explore ways to do... Read More

WI: Study Finds Medical Payments Per WC Claim Were Typical
Posted on 28 Oct 2010 by workerscompensation.com

Cambridge, MA (CompNewsNetwork) - Medical payments per workers’ compensation claim in Wisconsin were typical among 15 states for 2005/2008 claims, according to a study from the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI). The study, CompScopeTM... Read More

TX: Medical Costs Per Claim Stabilized After 4 Years
Posted on 28 Oct 2010 by workerscompensation.com

Cambridge, MA (CompNewsNetwork) - After four years of decreases, medical costs per workers’ compensation claim in Texas stabilized in 2007, reflecting the impact of reforms enacted in 2001 and much of those passed in 2005, according to a study by... Read More

WCRI Conference Date Set; Stimulating and Provocative Program Promised
Posted on 7 Nov 2012 by LexisNexis Workers' Comp Law Newsroom Staff

Understanding the urgency for reducing unnecessary medical care and costs while preserving good patient outcomes is the focus of the Workers Compensation Research Institute's (WCRI) Annual Issues & Research Conference on February 27-28, 2013 at... Read More

PA: WCRI Finds WC Costs Per Claim Typical
Posted on 28 Oct 2010 by workerscompensation.com

Cambridge, MA (CompNewsNetwork) - Medical costs per claim for workers' compensation claims in Pennsylvania were typical compared with other states, a Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) study said The Cambridge, Mass.-based WCRI reported... Read More