Thank you to all those who attended our 37th Annual WCRI Issues & Research Conference, which was held virtually March 23-24, 2021. The post-event feedback has been extremely positive and we could not have been happier with the turnout as registration was the highest it has ever been for one of our conferences. 

We covered many topics, though COVID-19 obviously dominated our discussions. We hope you found the sessions, speakers, and materials interesting and valuable. If you missed any session(s), recordings are on the conference website and will be available for three months. Simply go to the session(s) you missed and click on "recorded video." Alternatively, all WCRI members can watch all the conference recordings here after logging into the website. 

Below is a sample of the press coverage the conference has received so far. We will add more articles as they are published. 

Business Insurance:

• Dermatologicals continue to be comp cost driver: WCRI
• Outpatient comp costs vary widely by state: WCRI

Managed Care Matters:

• WCRI on COVID and non-COVID claims, treatment delays (not) and drivers thereof 
• Facilities, fee schedules, and what should be your takeaway 

J&L Risk Management Blog:

• WCRI 2021 State of the States Presentation – The Past Rules
• WCRI COVID-19 Impact and Effect on Claims and Medical Treatment
• WCRI Session That I Attended – Shocking Topicals Numbers

WorkCompCentral:

• WCRI: Pandemic Didn't Cause Treatment Delays for Non-COVID Claims 
• WCRI: Researchers Use Great Recession as Pandemic Guide, but COVID Presents New Questions 

WorkersCompensation.com:

• John Howard: Workplaces in The Future Could Look Very Different 
• WCRI: Diverse WC Panel Offers Lessons Learned, Warnings for Pandemic and Beyond 

Looking to the future, we hope to see you in person at our 38th Annual Issues & Research Conference, March 15-16, 2022, at the Westin Copley Hotel in Boston. Please mark your calendars!

If you have any questions about this or next year's conference, please contact us using the form at the bottom of this page or wcri@wcrinet.org.

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