WCRI Webinar to Explore unintended Consequences of Regulating Medical Costs

The Workers Compensation Research Institute will discuss two studies highlighting the unintended consequences of legislative and regulatory efforts to control medical costs during a one-hour webinar next month. Dongchun Wang will discuss findings from a WCRI study examining the sustainability of physician-dispensing reforms. The report found providers in California and Illinois were able to skirt regulatory efforts to control prices paid for drugs dispensed to injured workers by using novel formulations with high average wholesale prices set by manufacturers. The study said there was no incr...