Former BLS Commissioner to Open WCRI Conference

The Workers Compensation Research Institute will hold its 34th Annual Issues & Research Conference March 22-23 at the Westin Copley Place Hotel in Boston. The program will highlight WCRI’s research and will cover such topics as the impact of opioids on return to work, value-based care and whether low fee schedules create access-to-care issues for injured workers. The impact of the prescription drug crisis on U.S. employers, and how are they responding, will be another topic. Challenges facing the workers’ compensation system will be discussed, as well as how might th...