Insight, analysis & opinion from Joe Paduda
Perhaps the most practical presentation at this year’s WCRI conference focused on outpatient facility costs. While the content itself was excellent, what was more valuable were the implications for medical spend management. Rebecca Yang PhD provided a wealth of information … Continue reading Facilities, fee schedules, and what should be your takeaway
Read More...The state legislation that will MOST affect workers’ comp is often not ABOUT workers’ comp – rather it deals with other parts of the healthcare ecosystem. For example: Regulating Pharmacy Benefit Managers FromWaPo: At least 41 state legislatures introduced bills … Continue reading State moves that will affect workers’ comp
Read More...Back to Florida… the home of many workers comp payers’ nightmares. This time in Miami – where we find Kendall Hospital. A large teaching hospital, level 1 trauma center, and…the most costly facility within a 10-mile radius. Combining scores for … Continue reading Facility cost does NOT equal quality – part 4
Read More...Even when dealing with the same health system it is important to monitor the facilities you are directing care to. In parts 1 and 2 of this series, we looked at two Florida facilities and showed the complete lack of … Continue reading Cost Doesn’t Equal Quality – Same Health System Edition
Read More...Medical inflation in workers’ comp is pretty much flat – as it has been for several years. Why? Four reasons. Claim counts continue to remain pretty flat with lost time claim frequency down yet again. Drug costs have plummeted over … Continue reading What’s really going on with workers’ comp medical…
Read More...Research indicates state abortion bans will deprive residents of healthcare. Newly minted MDs are avoiding states with restrictive abortion policies, as are physicians seeking advanced training in OB/GYN and primary care. AAMC-sponsored research found there are fewer applications for residency and … Continue reading Actions have consequences; the impact of abortion bans on healthcare access
Read More...All over the country there are areas where the more expensive facility has poor scores for patient safety and outcomes. And with facility costs accounting for about 40% of workers’ comp medical expenditures, you can hardly afford to ignore this … Continue reading Cost Doesn’t Equal Quality Part 2:
Read More...In the ever-changing world of healthcare economics, one thing is becoming more of a norm – high hospital costs. Crazy facility fees coupled with hospital/health system consolidation are leading to higher prices for payers. Facility fees, viewed by some as … Continue reading Cost Doesn’t Equal Quality
Read More...Couple things you need to track… First, hospital mergers and acquisitions soared in the first three months of 2024. From Fierce Healthcare… Among the quarter’s 20 deals, four were “mega mergers” in which the smaller party had annual revenues exceeding … Continue reading Hospital goings on…
Read More...To know why some think the US healthcare system is going to get better and cheaper – and why I strongly disagree, read on. David Cutler PhD led off the WCRI’s confab with a discussion of the future of healthcare. … Continue reading WCRI – What’s happening with healthcare – better days ahead, or collapse?
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