Insight, analysis & opinion from Joe Paduda
Here’s stuff to brighten your day… Our cities and rural areas are getting safer. Overall crime rates have dropped – a lot… unless you own a Kia or Hyundai. Murder rates are dropping as well Net – safer cities and … Continue reading Good news Friday!
Read More...With the unwinding of Medicaid post-COVID emergency, rural healthcare is falling deeper into financial trouble. Consulting form Chartis just published their review of rural healthcare…among the findings The unwinding issue is exacerbating problems in states that failed to expand Medicaid…the … Continue reading Rural hospitals – and healthcare – are in deep trouble.
Read More...Private equity firms Lee Equity Partners and Elements Health Investors completed a recap of Carisk Partners last week, marking one of the very few deals to be done over the last many months. While this may be an indication that things … Continue reading Work comp services – another deal is done
Read More...The Tar Heel State is the latest to expand access to Medicaid, a move that will drastically improve the health of 600,000 (!!!) North Carolinians and financial stability of dozens of hospitals and hundreds of other care providers. 40 states … Continue reading Yay North Carolina!
Read More...If we didn’t invent it, it didn’t need to be invented. That’s an expansion of the well-known “not invented here” meme, one far too common among workers’ comp insurers, TPAs, health plans and other large organizations. We have all encountered … Continue reading Not invented here
Read More...Texas has some rather troubling healthcare problems…and Texas’ legislators are asking the state’s largest workers’ comp insurer to help solve those problems. First, a few Texas healthcare data points… more Texans are uninsured than in any other state, access to … Continue reading Can Texas Mutual help Texas’ health insurance/healthcare needs?
Read More...Medicaid is the second largest payer in the US, with spending approaching three-quarters of a trillion dollars this year. In 2023, workers’ comp medical spend will be around $32 billion – just over 4% of Medicaid. Medicaid is a major … Continue reading Medicaid, workers’ comp claim severity, and healthcare deserts
Read More...Is well underway. Likely impacts include: more hospitals shutting down their inpatient operations a decline (!!) in hospital employment even more aggressive land-grab efforts by rival health systems seeking highly profitable commercially insured patients (that’s you, dear reader) doubling down … Continue reading The hospital shakeout
Read More...A dozen states have yet to expand Medicaid, a decision that has led to untold suffering for millions without healthcare. This has also led to: more healthcare “deserts” in poor and rural areas economic damage in non-expansion states higher costs … Continue reading Why expanding medicaid is a no-brainer
Read More...heading up. First, a bit of background. Big health insurers that sell insurance via the Exchanges have to file their rates with the Feds now. While they don’t insure a lot of people, their filings are detailed, public, and cover … Continue reading Healthcare costs are…
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