Insight, analysis & opinion from Joe Paduda
Work comp and auto payers in many southeastern states have seen a sharp rise in facility costs over the last five years. While ineffective fee schedules are partially to blame, the real driver may well be politicians’ refusal to expand … Continue reading High hospital costs? This may be why.
Read More...I think it’s only fair to allow One Call to tell their side of the story. So, here it is. Yesterday One Call execs had an off-site meeting and subsequently released a letter to customers extolling the successes the firm … Continue reading OneCall’s doing great!
Read More...Happy Friday! It’s Research Roundup time. Here’s my quick takeaways on new research – and how it affects you. WCRI on the interaction of health insurance and workers’ comp Bogdan Savych PhD of WCRI has provided an excellent review of … Continue reading Worker outcomes, opioid reductions, and prices for drugs and hospitals
Read More...This month marks the second longest economic expansion in US history; it’s been a decade since things turned around back in June 2009. Like all expansions, this one is going to end – and there’s mounting evidence it will happen … Continue reading The next recession – Not if, but when, and how bad will it be?
Read More...or the longer version…What does this have to do with workers’ comp? I hear that far too often, usually when talking with a work comp exec about Medicare reimbursement changes, the number of workers without health insurance, MS-DRGs, Medicaid expansion, … Continue reading So what?
Read More...Yesterday’s post covered why work comp is a soft target for “revenue maximizers” – particularly facilities. Today we’ll talk solutions. First, on a macro level, states need to develop and use fee schedules based on Medicare. For inpatient that’s MS-DRGs … Continue reading The soft target that is work comp, part 2 – Solutions
Read More...Note – due to a snafu in a system upgrade, email notifications for this post never went out last week. So, republishing it for those who missed it. Continuing my predictions for workers’ comp in 2019, the first five were … Continue reading Predictions for workers’ comp – Part 2b
Read More...Continuing my predictions for workers’ comp in 2019, the first five were Wednesday. But before I do, you may want to read this on the fallacy of so-called “experts” – I occasionally think I am one. (thanks To Tom Lynch … Continue reading Predictions for workers’ comp in 2019 – part 2
Read More...Three deep red states voted to expand Medicaid, and a fourth voted in a Governor who will comply with her state’s 2017 referendum results and do the same. Four states; Montana, Utah, Nebraska, and Idaho, all consistently Republican – had … Continue reading And the big winner of the 2018 midterms is…Medicaid.
Read More...Here’s why. China can outlast the US. China’s leaders aren’t afraid of public pressure to give in to Trump. Despite claims to the contrary, the impact of tariffs on US consumers is being felt – and the pain, while minimal … Continue reading The trade war should scare you
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