WCRI 2020 Annual Conference Next Month – Show Me The Data + Secret

THEME: GAINING CLARITY THROUGH RESEARCH 

Day 1 – Thursday, March 5, 2020 

9:00 a.m. – 9:15 a.m. | Welcome & Introductions

Mr. Steve Perroots, Marriott International, Inc.       
Chair, WCRI Board of Directors

Dr. John W. Ruser, WCRI
President and CEO 

9:15 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. | Generational Differences and Stereotypes in the Workplace

In this session, Jennifer Deal ─ Wall Street Journal Experts panel contributor, author of several books, and senior research scientist at the Center for Creative Leadership ─ will discuss her research on generational differences and stereotypes in the workplace.

10:15 a.m. – 10:35 a.m. | Networking Break

10:35 a.m. – 11:05 a.m. | How Injuries, Claims, and Outcomes Change with Age

The age distribution of the workforce is projected to change in the next 10 years. The large cohort of baby boomers will have largely retired, shifting the age distribution toward younger workers. 

11:05 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. | Alternatives to Opioids for Pain Management

WCRI’s latest research finds the frequency of opioid dispensing is decreasing while non-opioid and non-pharmacologic pain treatments have increased. 

12:15 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. | Luncheon

1:30 p.m. – 2:25 p.m. | Economic Cycles and Their Impact on the Labor Market

Heavyweight and Distinguished Keynote Speaker

Our keynote speaker is Dr. Michael Horrigan who is the president of the W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research and a former Associate Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

2:25 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. | Networking Break

2:45 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. | Business Cycles and Their Impact on Workers’ Compensation

In this session, learn more from John Ruser from WCRI and Len Herk from NCCI about the impact of economic upturns and downturns on workers’ compensation claims and how macroeconomic factors influence the frequency of injuries, claims duration, and medical utilization and costs.

3:30 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. | Highlights from WCRI’s State Inventory Studies

This session will highlight information from WCRI’s inventory studies (e.g., prescription drugs, workers’ compensation laws, medical cost containment, etc.) to outline key regulatory provisions in today’s workers’ compensation environment. 

4:15 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. | Announcements & Adjourn

5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. | General Networking Reception

Day 2 – Friday, March 6, 2020

9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. | State of the States: Selective Findings

This session features selective findings and trends seen across WCRI’s core benchmark studies, including our 18-state CompScope™ Benchmarks reports, a multistate benchmarking program that measures the performance of a growing number of state workers’ compensation systems. One set of findings will focus on readmission and reoperation rates as seen below. 

Readmission and Reoperation Rates among Workers’ Compensation Patients

According to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, two of the main indicators of surgical quality are whether patients are readmitted or reoperated upon after a surgical procedure.