New WCRI Webinar: Comparing Virginia's Workers' Compensation System to Other States

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People watching a WCRI webinar.

Cambridge, MA (PRWEB) June 15, 2012

To better understand Virginia’s workers’ compensation benefit delivery system and how it compares to other states, join WCRI’s Senior Analyst, Carol Telles, for an in depth discussion on Thursday, June 28, 2012 at 1pm ET (12pm CT, 11am MT, 10am PT).

Ms. Telles will be using the latest editions of CompScope™ Benchmarks and CompScope™ Medical Benchmarks, which provide the most meaningful comparisons currently available for more than 300 system performance measures for sixteen large states.

Some Virginia system stakeholders are particularly concerned about high and rising medical costs. Ms. Telles will also share insights from other recent WCRI studies that examine medical prices and hospital costs under different regulatory approaches.

Things you will learn:

•     The major cost drivers in Virginia’s workers’ compensation system.
• Performance of Virginia’s workers ' compensation system compared to other states.
• Trends seen in system performance in Virginia's workers' compensation system.
•     How Virginia’s medical prices, payments, and utilization (per claim) differ from other states for similar injuries and workers.

Click on the following link to register now: http://www.wcrinet.org/6.28.12_webbriefing_reg.html. Webinars are $35 for WCRI Members, $50 for Non-Members, and no charge for public officials or members of the media.

Upcoming Webinars:

•     Factors Influencing Return to Work for Injured Workers: Lessons from Pennsylvania and Wisconsin – Wednesday, July 11, 2012 at 1pm ET (12pm CT, 11am MT, 10am PT)
• Monitoring New York’s Workers’ Compensation System – Thursday, July 19, 2012 at 1pm ET (12pm CT, 11am MT, 10am PT)

About WCRI:

The Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) is an independent, not-for-profit research organization based in Cambridge, MA. WCRI is recognized as a leader in providing objective, credible, and high-quality information about public policy issues involving workers' compensation systems. WCRI's members include employers; insurers; governmental entities; managed care companies; health care providers; insurance regulators; state labor organizations; and state administrative agencies in the U.S., Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
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