Insight, analysis & opinion from Joe Paduda
To hear hospital lobbyists talk, you’d think Florida’s taxpayers and employers should subsidize hospital losses by paying exorbitant amounts for hospital care. Yesterday’s virtual meeting of the State’s Three Member Panel (TMP) featured several hospital lobbyists and officials waxing poetic … Continue reading Florida’s solution to hospitals’ financial mess is…
Read More...This isn’t going to be “over” for at least a year. Probably longer. Long enough that all of us must focus not on preparing for the end of the pandemic, but adapting to it and accepting that tomorrow will look … Continue reading The long haul
Read More...Finishing up the second survey report on the impact of COVID19 on workers’ comp and one takeaway has me shaking my head. There’s a lot more fear and trepidation about presumption than I think is warranted. Across the 24 payers … Continue reading Work comp is worried about the wrong thing.
Read More...In less than 4 months, COVID19 has killed more of us than died in the Vietnam war’s 11 years. Some have stated this is a “great success story.” Healthcare providers may not see this as such a great success, as … Continue reading COVID catch-up
Read More...Ten days ago I wrote: Ignore anyone who says there will be this many infections and this many deaths – their “models” are based on data that is likely wildly inaccurate and [based on] assumptions that differ wildly. Not much … Continue reading COVID infections – what’s the real number?
Read More...Obsessing over stuff we don’t know and can’t control will make us nuts. Instead, focus on what you can do to protect yourself and your loved ones, and help others any and every way you can. Why you should ignore … Continue reading Don’t obsess.
Read More...What I missed when I was busy working last week… Workers’ comp HomeCareConnect launched a new service last week intended to smooth the transition for patients moving from acute care facilities to a skilled rehab facility. HCC folks have credentialed … Continue reading Quick hits – new services, good news, and why your health insurance costs are stupid expensive
Read More...MFA/M4A uses Medicare as the health insurance mechanism for people younger than 65. Some advocates are pitching “Medicare for Some” wherein folks older than 50 or 55 would be able to “buy-in” to Medicare (which covers everyone over 65 today). … Continue reading What is “Medicare for All”?
Read More...I’m somewhat encouraged, but mostly confused. Briefly, this is the problem with national opioid policy. There’s a major disconnect in DC on what to do about opioids – criminalize addicts, incarcerate them, kill drug dealers – or expand treatment, go … Continue reading What the %$#(*& is going on with opioid policy?
Read More...The budget resolution that Republicans are basing their budget on would cut $1.8 trillion from healthcare, mostly from Medicaid over the next decade. The impact of this on healthcare would be akin to Harvey hitting Houston. We will leave aside Republicans’ … Continue reading GOP budget’s impact on healthcare
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