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Evaluation of the Return-to-Work Fund in California's Workers' Compensation System: Performance to Date and Options for Modification

California's Return-to-Work Supplement Program provides a $5,000 payment to some workers who cannot return to work after a permanently disabling workplace injury. RAND researchers evaluated program performance and identified options for improvement.

Jun 20, 2018
Report

Medical Care Provided to California's Injured Workers: Monitoring System Performance Using Administrative Data

This report provides a framework for understanding changes in medical spending levels and provides the results from RAND's analysis of Workers' Compensation Information System data for 2007--2012.

May 16, 2018
Report

Understanding the Economic Benefit Associated with Research and Services at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health: An Approach and Three Case Studies

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) asked the RAND Corporation to develop an approach for estimating the economic benefit of NIOSH research, using three case studies. A new report details findings and recommendations.

Jan 2, 2018
Report

Report

Physician Reporting Requirements for Injured Workers in California: A Review of Reporting Processes and Payment Policies

This report assesses California workers' compensation-required reports -- including the structure and content, level of effort, and allowances -- and compares the elements and processes with other systems to inform potential improvements.

Dec 19, 2017
Report

Report

Technical Quality and Clinical Acceptability of a Utilization Review Guideline for Occupational Conditions: ODG® Treatment Guidelines by the Work Loss Data Institute

The Official Disability Guidelines (ODG) Medical Treatment Guidelines is a utilization review guideline used in the field of workers' compensation. This report evaluates the ODG's technical quality and clinical acceptability.

Jul 18, 2017
Report

Report

Modeling the Economic Impact of a California Workers' Compensation Formulary

This report estimates the potential impacts of a California Workers' Compensation formulary in terms of changes in prescription drug use and spending and discusses the potential broader impacts of these changes on the California economy.

Jul 17, 2017
Report

Provider Fraud in California Workers' Compensation: Selected Issues

Workers' compensation fraud costs insurers and businesses billions of dollars each year nationwide. This report focuses on the intentional manipulation of rules and procedures by providers of health care services and supplies.

Jun 26, 2017
Research Brief

Research Brief

How Does Expanding Health Insurance Coverage Affect Workers' Compensation Costs?

The Affordable Care Act's expansion of coverage for people under age 26 led to a 1-percent reduction in uninsurance, equating to a 0.8-percent decrease in workers' compensation claim frequency, and a roughly 1-percent decrease in overall claim costs.

Nov 22, 2016
Research Brief

California's 2012 Workers' Compensation Reforms Helped Replace Wages and Offset Earnings Losses After the Great Recession

Workers' compensation reforms (Senate Bill 863) have likely increased wage replacement rates for permanently disabled Californians by 21.4 percentage points since 2012. The bill is helping to offset the recession's lasting effects on earnings losses.

Sep 27, 2016
Report

Report

Benefits and Earnings Losses for Permanently Disabled Workers in California: Trends Through the Great Recession and Effects of Recent Reforms

Following California's major reforms to the state workers' compensation system, RAND researchers assess trends in earnings loss and permanent partial disability benefits before the reforms, as well as how the reforms might affect injury compensation.

Sep 27, 2016
Report

Implementing a Drug Formulary for California's Workers' Compensation Program

This report supports the California Division of Workers' Compensation's efforts to establish a drug formulary by comparing existing workers' compensation formularies and analyzing options for designing and implementing the formulary.

Aug 25, 2016
Dissertation

Dissertation

The Global Epidemic of Occupational Injuries: Counts, Costs, and Compensation

Provides estimates of the number and rate of workplace fatalities for 215 countries from 1989-2013 using data from the International Labor Organization.

Jul 18, 2016
Report

Report

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Workers' Compensation Leaders Research Colloquium, December 11, 2014: Proceedings

This report summarizes the proceedings of a colloquium to elicit input from key occupational safety and health and workers' compensation stakeholders to help the Center for Workers' Compensation Studies maximize the impact of its research activities.

Aug 18, 2015
Report

Report

Home Health Care for California's Injured Workers: Options for Implementing a Fee Schedule

The California Department of Industrial Relations/Division of Worker's Compensation asked RAND to help develop a fee schedule for home health services provided to injured workers. The researchers made three sets of recommendations.

Jan 27, 2015
Dissertation

Dissertation

Reducing the Economic Burden of Work-Related Injuries

Examines the effectiveness of employer return to work programs in reducing the average duration of absences from work-related injuries.

Jun 17, 2014
Commentary

3 Terrorism Risk Insurance Act Facts for Congress to Consider

With the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act set to expire this year, Congress is currently revisiting a crucial question: What is the appropriate government role in terrorism insurance markets? As the debate unfolds on Capitol Hill, policymakers should consider three key research findings.

Jun 12, 2014
Report

Report

Ambulatory Surgical Services Provided Under California Workers' Compensation: An Assessment of the Feasibility and Advisability of Expanding Coverage

Analyzing requirements for ambulatory surgical centers and Medicare coverage criteria for ASC services, authors examine whether common workers' compensation inpatient procedures should be added to California's Official Medical Fee Schedule for ASCs.

May 22, 2014
Report

Allowing Terrorism Risk Insurance Act to Expire Would Negatively Impact Workers' Compensation Insurance Markets

Without TRIA in place, employers perceived to be at high risk for terrorism might have to obtain workers' compensation coverage in markets of last resort, known as residual markets, which could charge higher premiums.

May 7, 2014
Report

Implementing a Rb-Rvs Fee Schedule for Physician Services

An examination of the impact of implementing a resource-based relative value scale to pay for physician and other practitioner services under the California workers' compensation system finds in the aggregate across all services, allowances are projected to increase 11.9 percent.

Apr 28, 2014
News Release

News Release

Affordable Care Act Could Change Costs for Auto, Malpractice, Other Liability Insurance

As more Americans become newly covered under the ACA, the cost of providing automobile insurance, workers compensation, and homeowners insurance may decline. But an increase in the number of people using the health care system may trigger an increase in the number of medical malpractice claims.

Apr 9, 2014

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