| 2021 Workers Compensation Financial Results Update | | https://www.ncci.com/Articles/Pages/Insights-2021-WorkersComp-Financial-Results-Update.aspx | 2021 Workers Compensation Financial Results Update | NCCI Insights | | November 10, 2021 | This year’s NCCI State of the Line Report reflected the most up-to-date data at the time, including NCCI’s preliminary estimates for Calendar Year 2020. This report provides updated results for 2020 as well as preliminary information for 2021. | Article |
| Court Case Update, Countrywide--November 2021 | | https://www.ncci.com/Articles/Pages/Insights_CourtCase-Update-Countrywide-Nov2021.aspx | Court Case Update, Countrywide--November 2021 | NCCI Insights | | November 02, 2021 | NCCI’s Court Case Update provides a look at some of the cases and decisions monitored by NCCI’s Legal Team that may impact workers compensation across the states. | Article |
| Quarterly Economics Briefing - Q3 2021 | | https://www.ncci.com/Articles/Pages/Insights_Quarterly_Economics_Briefing-Q32021.aspx | Quarterly Economics Briefing - Q3 2021 | Len Herk | | October 27, 2021 | The summer surge of the Delta variant of COVID-19 slowed US employment growth only mildly through the third quarter. National job recovery continues at a steady pace, its trajectory largely unaffected by strong coronavirus surges last winter and summer. | Article |
| COVID-19 and The New Reality - Prolonged COVID | | https://www.ncci.com/Articles/Pages/Insights-Prolonged-COVID.aspx | COVID-19 and The New Reality - Prolonged COVID | Michael Choo | | October 26, 2021 | COVID-19 surprised the nation with its severe impact on multiorgan systems, necessitating acute medical care. But, what is even more bewildering are the lingering debilitating effects from COVID-19 infection that are just now starting to be recognized. | Article |
| INSIGHTS Video Edition: November 2021 | | https://www.ncci.com/Articles/Pages/Insights_video-november2021.aspx | INSIGHTS Video Edition: November 2021 | Channel NCCI | | October 20, 2021 | In this episode we discuss our 2021 Regulatory and Legislative Trends Report. | Article |
| Court Case Update, Minnesota and New Hampshire - October 2021 | | https://www.ncci.com/Articles/Pages/Insights_CourtCase-Update-Oct2021.aspx | Court Case Update, Minnesota and New Hampshire - October 2021 | NCCI Insights | | October 19, 2021 | NCCI provides an update of two state supreme court WC decisions in Minnesota regarding marijuana reimbursement, and compensability of death by suicide in New Hampshire. | Article |
| Medical Indicators and Trends Dashboard | | https://www.ncci.com/Articles/Pages/Insights-Medical-Indicators-Trends-Dashboard.aspx | Medical Indicators and Trends Dashboard | NCCI Insights | | October 05, 2021 | This dashboard provides an interactive way to visualize state-specific information presented in the Q2 2020 - Q1 2021 Medical Perspective reports and allows you to download various summary tables. | Article |
| NCCI's Annual Workers Compensation Industry Loss Reserve Analysis | | https://www.ncci.com/Articles/Pages/Insights-Annual-WorkComp-Analysis.aspx | NCCI's Annual Workers Compensation Industry Loss Reserve Analysis | Carolyn Wise and John Deacon | | September 28, 2021 | This article discusses the overall adequacy of loss plus loss adjustment expense (LAE) reserves held by private carriers in the workers compensation (WC) insurance industry. NCCI’s annual loss reserve analysis helps monitor the health of the WC industry. | Article |
| Workers Compensation and Group Health - Comparing Utilization of Physician Services | | https://www.ncci.com/Articles/Pages/Insights-Comparing-Utilization-Physician-Services.aspx | Workers Compensation and Group Health - Comparing Utilization of Physician Services | Barry Lipton, Tom Daley, and Dan Corro | | September 15, 2021 | In this latest research brief, NCCI taps into data from employer-sponsored group health (GH) programs as a source of information that might be critical to maintaining a viable workers compensation (WC) benefit delivery system. | Article |
| Court Case Update, Mississippi - September 2021 | | https://www.ncci.com/Articles/Pages/Insights_CourtCase-Update-Sept2021.aspx | Court Case Update, Mississippi - September 2021 | NCCI Insights | | September 13, 2021 | The Mississippi Workers’ Compensation Commission found that a claimant failed to present substantial evidence to establish a causal connection between the contraction of COVID-19 as work related. | Article |
| Is Inflation Back? | | https://www.ncci.com/Articles/Pages/Insights-Is-Inflation-Back.aspx | Is Inflation Back? | Patrick Coate and Francesco Renna | | September 08, 2021 | After a decade of price stability, rapid price increases in 2021 are raising fears of inflation. This report investigates what is driving recent price increases and evaluates prospects for future inflation. | Article |
| Save the Date for NCCI's Annual Issues Symposium (AIS) 2022 | | https://www.ncci.com/Articles/Pages/Insights-AIS2022.aspx | Save the Date for NCCI's Annual Issues Symposium (AIS) 2022 | NCCI Insights | | September 01, 2021 | Mark your calendar and plan to join us May 9–11, 2022, as the workers compensation industry meets again at NCCI's Annual Issues Symposium (AIS) 2022. | Article |
| The Latest Trends in Time to Treatment | | https://www.ncci.com/Articles/Pages/Insights-Latest-Trends-Time-Treatment.aspx | The Latest Trends in Time to Treatment | Barry Lipton, Tom Daley, and Dan Corro | | August 31, 2021 | This study explores the impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic on time to treatment for injured workers. We also associate costs with the time to treatment for injuries based on historical information. | Article |
| 2021 Regulatory and Legislative Trends Report | | https://www.ncci.com/Articles/Pages/Insights-Regulatory-Legislative-Trends2021.aspx | 2021 Regulatory and Legislative Trends Report | Laura Kersey | | August 24, 2021 | An overview of key legislative, regulatory, judicial, and other developments affecting the workers compensation system in 2021. | Article |
| Is There a Labor Shortage? | | https://www.ncci.com/Articles/Pages/Insights_Quarterly_Economics_Briefing-Q22021_LaborShortage.aspx | Is There a Labor Shortage? | Francesco Renna, Patrick Coate | | August 11, 2021 | As the economy recovers from the COVID recession, employers are finding it difficult to hire workers. This report analyzes labor shortages—what they are, key drivers, and possible outcomes. | Article |
| Court Case Update, Federal - August 2021 | | https://www.ncci.com/Articles/Pages/Insights_CourtCase-Update-Aug2021.aspx | Court Case Update, Federal - August 2021 | NCCI Insights | | August 10, 2021 | The federal Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled that the federal Airline Deregulation Act expressly preempts the Texas Workers Compensation Act regulating of price restrictions as applied to the reimbursement of air ambulance providers. | Article |
| Quarterly Economics Briefing - Q2 2021 | | https://www.ncci.com/Articles/Pages/Insights_Quarterly_Economics_Briefing-Q22021.aspx | Quarterly Economics Briefing - Q2 2021 | Len Herk | | August 06, 2021 | The US economy added jobs steadily during the second quarter. As economic recovery continues, the pace of recovery is slowing and industry-specific differences are becoming more prominent. | Article |
| Court Case Update, Maryland - August 2021 | | https://www.ncci.com/Articles/Pages/Insights_CourtCaseUpdate-August2021-Maryland.aspx | Court Case Update, Maryland - August 2021 | NCCI Insights | | August 02, 2021 | The Court of Special Appeals of Maryland ruled, for the first time, that the offset in Maryland statute LE § 9-610(a)(1) applies to permanent total or permanent partial wc benefits for injuries related to the same employment. | Article |
| INSIGHTS Video Edition: July 2021 | | https://www.ncci.com/Articles/Pages/Insights_video-july2021.aspx | INSIGHTS Video Edition: July 2021 | Channel NCCI | | July 14, 2021 | In this episode we discuss our recent report: Workers Compensation Burn Injuries—Catastrophic Claim Management—What's New. | Article |
| Court Case Update, Florida - June 2021 | | https://www.ncci.com/Articles/Pages/Insights_CourtCaseUpdate-June2021-Florida.aspx | Court Case Update, Florida - June 2021 | NCCI Insights | | July 02, 2021 | A Florida appellate court ruled that medical marijuana is not reimbursable in workers compensation and a referral to a physician authorized to prescribe medical marijuana is not medically necessary. | Article |
| Workers Compensation: Lessons Learned From the Pandemic | | https://www.ncci.com/Articles/Pages/Insights-Lessons-Learned-From-Pandemic.aspx | Workers Compensation: Lessons Learned From the Pandemic | Bill Donnell | | June 29, 2021 | NCCI President and CEO, Bill Donnell, offers his perspective on lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic. | Article |
| 2021 Marijuana Legalization Update: Five Things You Need to Know | | https://www.ncci.com/Articles/Pages/Insights-2021-Marijuana-Legalization-Update.aspx | 2021 Marijuana Legalization Update: Five Things You Need to Know | Laura Kersey | | June 24, 2021 | NCCI is monitoring marijuana legislation in more than 20 jurisdictions and at the federal level. This report outlines key developments as of June 22, 2021. | Article |
| Court Case Update, Colorado and Arkansas - June 2021 | | https://www.ncci.com/Articles/Pages/Insights_CourtCaseUpdate-June2021-Colorado-Arkansas.aspx | Court Case Update, Colorado and Arkansas - June 2021 | NCCI Insights | | June 23, 2021 | NCCI provides an update of workers compensation decisions in Colorado regarding apportionment and benefit caps, and reimbursement of marijuana in Arkansas. | Article |
| COVID-19 and Workers Compensation - What We Know Now | | https://www.ncci.com/Articles/Pages/Insights-COVID-19-WorkersComp-What-We-Know-Now.aspx | COVID-19 and Workers Compensation - What We Know Now | Brad Rosin, Vicky Mayen, and Kevin Fernes | | June 23, 2021 | This paper discusses the direct impact the pandemic may ultimately have on workers compensation costs and leverages COVID-19 claims data reported to NCCI through year-end 2020. | Article |
| Examining PTSD - What's the Impact on Future Workers Compensation Costs | | https://www.ncci.com/Articles/Pages/Insights-Examining-PTSD-Impact-on-Future-WorkersComp-Costs.aspx | Examining PTSD - What's the Impact on Future Workers Compensation Costs | Bruce Spidell | | June 17, 2021 | This article focuses on potential impacts that post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) may have on WC system costs. | Article |
