Quarterly Newsletter: January 1 - March 31, 2022

Research Used Below is a sample of where our research was used over the last three months. Indiana: Findings from WCRI's CompScope™ Medical Benchmarks for Indiana were cited in a fiscal impact statement for House Bill 1153.  National: WCRI's study The Early Impact of COVID-19 on Workers’ Compensation Claim Composition was cited in a paper, COVID-19 and Workers' Compensation: Considerations for Policy Makers, published by RAND. National: WCRI's study, The Impact of Opioid Prescriptions on Duration of Temporary Disability, was cited in an academic article, Employment Outcomes for Social Security Disability Insurance Applicants Who Use Opioids, published by the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College. National: WCRI's study Correlates of Opioid Dispensing was cited in an article, Pain and Prescription Opioid Use Among US Construction Workers: Findings From the 2011–2018 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, in the American Journal of Public Health.

Successful In-Person Conference It was great to be back in person. You could tell from the more than 350 people in attendance that the feeling was definitely mutual. Click here to view articles written about many of the sessions, photos, and video recordings (for members only) of our two keynote presentations and two panel sessions.

WCRI In The News Below is a sample of the press coverage our research received over the last three months. 2022’s Million Dollar Question: What Will the Workplace Look Like Coming Out of COVID? ─ Risk & Insurance WCRI [Conference] kicks off… ─ Managed Care Matters At the 2022 WCRI in Boston ─ Florida Workers' Comp Drug formularies not a top legislative priority this year ─ Business Insurance Read More

Member Spotlight: Sheri Bowles, Massachusetts Department of Industrial Accidents Recently, we had the pleasure of talking to one of our members ─ Sheri Bowles, interim director of the Massachusetts Department of Industrial Accidents (DIA) ─ about how she came to know WCRI. Read More

2022 WCRI Annual Report Last month, we released our 2022 WCRI Annual Report. The report takes a comprehensive look at all of the Institute’s activities in 2021, from the studies that were published to how that research was used by policymakers and other stakeholders. It also includes our CEO John Ruser's annual letter. Read More

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Educating Diverse Groups Over the last three months, we were invited to share our research findings with a diverse group of policymakers and other stakeholders at large conferences and smaller briefings. Below is a sample. Briefings: Indiana Compensation Rating Bureau Louisiana Department of Insurance Louisiana Office of Workers Compensation National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) New Jersey Compensation Rating & Inspection Bureau New York Compensation Insurance Rating Board North Carolina Rate Bureau North Dakota Workforce Safety & Insurance Texas Department of Insurance Wisconsin Department of Health Services Workers' Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California Conferences/Meetings: 2022 Ohio Safety Congress & Expo NIOSH webinar on Evaluating the Impact of COVID-19 Using Workers’ Compensation Systems

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