Thank you to all our speakers and attendees for making our 2023 WCRI Issues & Research Conference our best yet. We hope all our attendees enjoyed learning about our latest research, hearing from our well-regarded keynote speakers and panelists, and networking with our diverse audience. Click here to see photos from the event. For those who attended, you still have time to download the slides from the conference app. Below are some articles and blog posts written about the sessions, which will be updated as more articles are published. 

Claims Journal:

• Rising medical costs, long COVID raise comp concerns
• WCRI: Extended Physical Medicine Treatment Drives Up Cost of Low Back Claims
• WCRI: Emergency Room Use by Injured Workers Varies Widely by State

Conference Chronicles:

• Impact of the Labor Shortages
• Extended Use of Physical Medicine for Low Back Pain
• Severe Weather Events and Workers Compensation
• Medical Inflation
• Work in the Future

Business Insurance:

• Climate change creates heightened workers comp exposures
• Mental health, other workplace issues plague employment

Insurance Journal:

• Employers Grappling With Changing Workplace Where Labor Is Scarce & Workers Feel Isolated

Managed Care Matters:

• WCRI kicks off…

WorkCompCentral:

• Leadership, Training Needed to Address Changes in Workplace
• The Long Tail of Workers' Compensation and COVID
• Climate Change Impacts Workers' Compensation Claims
• Medical Inflation Largely Tracks National Averages Despite Steep Rise in Hospital Costs

Please save the date for our 2024 WCRI Issues & Research Conference, March 5-6 in Boston, MA. If you have any questions or feedback on the conference that you would like to share, you can use the form at the bottom of this page.

 

Return to Blog listing