Insight, analysis & opinion from Joe Paduda
Yesterday’s executive order by President Trump requires HHS to develop regulations requiring healthcare providers and insurers to publicly post the prices paid for healthcare. According to Trump, this is “a giant step towards a heath care system that is really fantastic.” … Continue reading Posting prices for medical care – Giant leap, baby step, or pointless political stunt?
Read More...Over the last two + weeks I’ve had a dozen or so calls with investors asking about the workers’ comp space. Mostly this seems driven by the OneCall debt issuance and financial situation, but the conversations all started with a … Continue reading Work comp services – quick takes
Read More...It’s been a crazy busy week – here’s the notable stuff you may have missed. Pharma and Transparency There’s a good bit to unpack here – the two big things you need to know are: list prices for branded drugs did not … Continue reading Friday catch-up
Read More...If there was ever an impossible-to-predict year, 2019 is it. An unstable White House, divided Congress, uncertain-at-best economic outlook, contentious relations with Russia, China, and North Korea, Brexit…jeez I yearn for the days of boredom. But, far be it from … Continue reading Predictions for workers’ comp in 2019
Read More...Yesterday I recapped my first 5 predictions; today it’s the second 5 (predictions and details are here). 6. Claims counts will bump up In hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico, Florida and Texas. Alas a lot of injuries and illnesses will go unreported … Continue reading 2018 Predictions – How did I do Part 2
Read More...The end of the year is fast approaching, and with it the end of the year for Health Wonk Review. Thanks to Peggy Salvatore for bringing the holiday spirit to all things healthcare; her edition is up and ready for … Continue reading Holiday for Health Wonks
Read More...Randy Lea MD of the Dartmouth Institute (one of the nation’s leading healthcare research organizations, and my personal favorite) just completed research on value-based care (VBC) in work comp – a timely and much-needed project. Dr Lea presented at last … Continue reading Value-based care in Work Comp
Read More...The coverage of the JPMorgan/Amazon/Berkshire Hathaway healthcare initiative has been universal, breathless, and mostly superficial. Scoffers, “experts” are gleefully predicting this attempt to do something really different will fail miserably, victim of ignorance and hubris. While there are no guarantees, … Continue reading Media coverage of Amazon/Berkshire/JPMorgan misses the point.
Read More...Frank Pennachio is one of those people every industry really needs. He’s blunt, outspoken, deeply insightful and completely unafraid to challenge established practices. Especially when those practices need to be challenged. Thursday at NWCDC, Frank and Denise Algire discussed the … Continue reading Uncomfortable truths at NWCDC
Read More...Hurricane recovery Thanks to NCCI for a very timely article by Chief Actuary Kathy Antonello on evaluating construction contractors based on information on experience modification rates. Key takeaway – “It’s not appropriate to use E-mods to compare the relative safety of … Continue reading Friday catch-up
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