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2012
An Evaluation of the California Injury and Illness Prevention Program
This evaluation of the California Injury and Illness Prevention Program (IIPP) measures program effectiveness using information on citations for violations of the program and data on worker safety in California.
2011
Asbestos Bankruptcy Trusts and Tort Compensation
This book examines how state tort laws and court proceedings consider the compensation available from asbestos bankruptcy trusts and the evidence submitted in trust claim forms, and how the establishment of the trusts can affect compensation.
Bankruptcy Trusts, Asbestos Compensation, and the Courts
People with asbestos injuries are increasingly receiving compensation from trusts set up by bankrupt asbestos defendants. This brief documents how courts handling these cases consider trust payments when determining compensation.
Business-to-Business Arbitration in the United States: Perceptions of Corporate Counsel
Presents findings from a survey and follow-up interviews of corporate counsel on their thinking about arbitration and its use in business-to-business contracts. The data fill a significant gap in the commercial arbitration literature.
California's Workers' Compensation Reform: Effects on Return to Work
This brief summarizes a study of how changes to the workers' compensation system have affected return-to-work rates in California, how return-to-work trends compare with policy changes, and recent trends in benefit adequacy.
Challenges to Value-Enhancing Innovation in Health Care Delivery: Commonalities and Contrasts with Innovation in Drugs and Devices
Discusses obstacles to steering innovation in health care toward activities that are worth their social costs and away from other innovative activities and considers drugs, devices, and delivery, with particular attention to delivery.
Does Employer-Based Health Insurance Discourage Entrepreneurship and New Business Creation?
Raises concerns that the bundling of health insurance and employment may discourage business creation.
For Whom the Whistle Blows: Advancing Corporate Compliance and Integrity Efforts in the Era of Dodd-Frank
On May 11, 2011, RAND convened a symposium to discuss the implications of proposed SEC whistleblower rules and how internal corporate compliance and reporting processes can be strengthened in light of provisions in the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act.
Innovations in the Provision of Legal Services in the United States: An Overview for Policymakers
Discusses innovation's role in the legal services industry, factors affecting innovation's production, and the research and data infrastructure needed by policymakers to understand whether restrictions on the practice of the law should be altered.
Malpractice Risk, by Physician Specialty
Large variations exist across medical specialties in the frequency of malpractice claims and the amount paid on them. Most physicians face at least one claim during their careers, but most claims do not result in a payment.
Medical Care Provided Under California's Workers' Compensation Program: Effects of the Reforms and Additional Opportunities to Improve the Quality and Efficiency of Care
This book examines changes to California's workers' compensation affecting medical care provided to injured workers and identifies areas in which more changes could improve quality and efficiency of care.
RAND/UCLA Quality-of-Care Measures for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: Tools for Assessing Quality of Care and Appropriateness of Surgery
Offers two rigorously developed tools for assessing the quality of care received by patients with carpal tunnel syndrome and for determining whether surgery is necessary for individual patients.
Recovery Under the Medicare Secondary Payer Act: Impact of Reporting Thresholds
Offers findings from an analysis of how the reporting thresholds set for the Medicare Secondary Payer Act will affect the recovery efforts of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
Use of Compound Drugs, Medical Foods, and Co-Packs in California's Workers' Compensation Program: An Overview of the Issues
Explores issues surrounding the use of compound drugs, co-packs and medical foods under the California workers' compensation program and assesses whether policy changes are needed to promote medically appropriate and efficient use of these products.
Workers' Compensation Reform and Return to Work: The California Experience
Provides a comprehensive analysis of the effects of several large changes to the workers' compensation system on return to work rates for California's injured workers.
2010
Alternative Litigation Financing in the United States: Issues, Knowns, and Unknowns
Describes the extent and types of alternative litigation financing (ALF) -- also known as ''third-party'' litigation financing -- in the United States as of early 2010 and discusses the legal ethics, social morality, and potential economic effects of ALF.
Asbestos Bankruptcy Trusts: An Overview of Trust Structure and Activity with Detailed Reports on the Largest Trusts
This report describes the creation, organization, governance, and operation of asbestos personal-injury trusts and compiles information on the assets, outlays, claim-approval criteria, and governing boards of the 26 largest trusts.
Call for Reform in the Residential Insurance Market after Hurricane Katrina
In light of what occurred after Katrina and the other 2004-2005 hurricanes, the authors propose goals for an effective Gulf Coast residential insurance market and highlight policy reforms that warrant consideration for achieving those goals.
Directors as Guardians of Compliance and Ethics Within the Corporate Citadel: What the Policy Community Should Know
Documents a May 12, 2010, symposium that RAND convened to examine the perspective and role of corporate boards of directors in overseeing ethics and compliance matters within their firms.
Does Improved Patient Safety Reduce Malpractice Litigation?
Investigates the relationship between safety outcomes in hospitals and malpractice claiming against providers, using data for California hospitals and insurers from 2001 through 2005.
Earthquake Insurance and Disaster Assistance: The Effect of Catastrophe Obligation Guarantees on Federal Disaster-Assistance Expenditures in California
Proponents of the Catastrophe Obligation Guarantee Act argue that lower-cost catastrophe insurance could reduce federal disaster-assistance expenditures. This report estimates the law's potential effects in California.
The Frequency, Severity, and Economic Consequences of Musculoskeletal Injuries to Firefighters in California
This book describes the effect of work-related musculoskeletal disorders on firefighters' earnings and employment, disability ratings, and employment outcomes since California's reforms to workers' compensation and medical delivery systems.
Health Savings Accounts for Small Businesses and Entrepreneurs: Shopping, Take-Up and Implementation Challenges
The Health Savings Account marketplace may have expanded access to health insurance for the smallest firms but not for small firms more generally, who face challenges in implementing them.
How Effective are Employer Return to Work Programs?
Examines the effectiveness of employer-based return to work programs.
Improving the Performance of the California Workers' Compensation Insurance Market
Analyzes factors that led to swings in the California workers' compensation insurance market after partial rate deregulation in 1995 and suggest ways to reduce market volatility and insurer insolvencies while maintaining the benefits of competition.
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