Research

A new CWCI Industry Score Card finds that a high percentage of job injury claims in California's trucking industry result in lost time, and given the high volume of relatively serious injuries in this sector, the average medical and indemnity payments on trucking industry claims are well above the average for all claims in the state.

A new CWCI "Industry Score Card" shows that most job injury claims filed by California nursing home and long-term care workers are simple medicalonly claims that result in no lost time, and about half of all claims in the sector involve strains and sprains, most of which close within a year.

A new CWCI analysis, based on claims experience from AY 2002 through June 2009, takes an updated look at the development of California workers' comp paid medical costs.

A new CWCI study, based on claims from AY 2002 through March 2008, provides updated data on average temporary disability payments and paid TD days measured at 12 and 24 months following the initial TD payment.

New CWCI Research finds that the use of network providers to deliver medical services to injured workers, which rose sharply following the introduction of MPNs, has continued, albeit at a slower pace, as has the growth in the percentage of medical dollars flowing to network providers.

A new CWCI study on Calif. workers' comp prescriptions shows the use of compound drugs, medical foods, and "co-packs" that combine prescription drugs and medical foods, increased sharply in the 2nd quarter of 2007 – coinciding with state regulators' crackdown on physician-dispensed repackaged drugs.