WCRI Webinar to Focus on Value-Based Care

The Workers Compensation Research Institute is hosting a webinar at 2 p.m. Eastern on Jan. 10 to discuss value-based medical care and its potential use in workers’ compensation. The free, one-hour webinar will be presented by Dr. Randall Lea, an orthopedic surgeon and senior research fellow at WCRI. Value-based programs reward health care providers with incentive payments for the quality of care they give to patients, according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. “Some believe VBC will never come to pass in workers’ compensation,” Lea said. “Othe...