Insight, analysis & opinion from Joe Paduda
The takeaway from the American Hospital Association’s “study” of hospital mergers is NOT that mergers are good for patients, employers, and taxpayers. It is that all of us should be skeptical readers of research conducted/paid for by entities that have … Continue reading No, hospital mergers do NOT reduce your costs
Read More...Middle class voters can’t afford healthcare. Total health insurance cost for the average family with employer-sponsored coverage is over $22,000 annually. Even families that have coverage are being crushed by costs not covered by insurance. lawsuits keep the “Debt and … Continue reading Three reasons we’ll have major healthcare reform by 2025
Read More...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
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