Insight, analysis & opinion from Joe Paduda
A couple weeks back NCCI released information about its annual survey of work comp execs. About 100 participated in the survey; some of the results were a bit surprising. Execs were asked about their “concerns” re workers’ comp…frankly I found … Continue reading NCCI’s executive survey…what medical inflation??
Read More...Our fourth (!!) Survey of Workers’ Comp Bill Review is nearing completion…one of the good things about doing this every few years is we can identify trends and the industry’s evolution. This year we surveyed both executives and front-line staff. … Continue reading Survey of workers’ comp bill review – Fourth edition
Read More...We are more than halfway thru our second Survey of COVID19’s Impact on Workers’ Compensation (details on the first survey and a link to the abstract is here). Respondents include: TPAs Insurers State Funds Large self-insured/self-administered employers Service providers/managed care … Continue reading Covid’s impact on workers’ comp – initial Survey results
Read More...With 20+ interviews to date, we are starting to see some patterns in responses. For those unfamiliar with our annual survey, click here to get access to public versions of the last dozen-plus Survey Reports. Respondents are the folks in … Continue reading Survey of prescription drug management in workers’ comp – early findings
Read More...Our last Bill Review Survey was in 2012; things have changed a lot since then – and mostly for the better. Overall Industry rating Six years ago we asked the 24 respondents to rate their overall impression of vendors on … Continue reading Bill Review Survey, Takeaway #3
Read More...One of the more intriguing findings from our third Survey of Bill Review in Work Comp and Auto pertains to data analytics. Multiple questions probed into respondents’ utilization of data analytics. The questions ranged from the state of their data … Continue reading Bill Review Survey – Takeaway #2
Read More...The three top takeaways from HSA’s 2018 Survey of Bill Review in Workers’ Compensation and Auto are: It’s all about customer service Analytics are lacking Medata leads the pack We’ll dive into customer service today, and discuss the other takeaways … Continue reading Bill Review Survey – Takeaway Number One
Read More...I’m up to my eyeballs in the 13th (!!) Annual Survey of Prescription Drug Management in Workers’ Compensation; the response from payers willing to devote time to the project has been gratifying indeed. Previous Survey reports are available here; note … Continue reading Work comp pharmacy – early results of 2016 Survey
Read More...CompPharma, a consortium of workers’ comp pharmacy benefit managers, released the 12th Annual Survey of Prescription Drug Management in Workers’ Comp yesterday. The Survey is an in-depth look at the issue based on telephonic interviews with 21 TPAs, insurers, state … Continue reading Workers’ comp pharmacy costs – Survey says…
Read More...We’ve finished collecting the data for CompPharma’s 12th (!) Annual Survey of Prescription Drug Management in Workers’ Comp; working on compiling and analyzing the data now and expect to get the report out next week. The survey uses both quantitative and qualitative … Continue reading WC Rx Survey – early results are in…
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