Insight, analysis & opinion from Joe Paduda
There is an excellent interview with Revolution Health’s Steve Case in Fortune that sheds light on Case’s ideas, plans, goals, and thinking about health care. His motivations are classically entrepreneurial – personal experience with a sibling wrestling with cancer, a … Continue reading Case’s strategy for Revolution Health
Read More...Several readers have asked why insurance companies are so interested in the Medicare Part D program. While there are several reasons, the most significant one is they are protected from losses for a defined period of time. Buried within the … Continue reading Federal subsidy of Part D providers
Read More...My post of a couple weeks ago on Third Party Billers (TPBs) generated a good bit of heat and even some light amongst interested readers. It has also caused a few payers to examine their own reimbursement policies in some … Continue reading Third party billers and usual and customary
Read More...New information is coming out on consumer directed health plans that indicates member satisfaction rates are significantly lower than those of individuals enrolled in “traditional” health plans. These plans are based on the premise that empowering consumers with information and … Continue reading Consumer directed plan members’ satisfaction rates
Read More...First Health’s performance to date was addressed in a presentation by Coventry CFO Shawn Guertin earlier this week. First Health, a subsidiary of Coventry, produced revenues for Workers Comp of $53.7 mm in Q1 (corrected for acquisition timing), $53.65 in … Continue reading First Health’s Workers Comp – results and future prognostications
Read More...I’ve been keeping my eye on Revolution Health since its founding earlier this year, and the item posted last week about Kaiser’s work on electronic health records reminded me to check back on Revolution’s progress. Why the focus on Revolution? … Continue reading Revolution Health and Kaiser Permanente
Read More...It looks like Congress may actually do something about terrorism insurance. The government insurance program, set to expire at the end of this year, provides reinsurance for property and casualty lines (property, workers comp, auto) when claims are incurred as … Continue reading Terrorism Act (TRIA) extension in the works
Read More...USAToday reported that 19 states are considering some form of state-wide health insurance programs. While there is wide variation in the programs being considered by the legislatures, all seem to be in response to frustration with the lack of movement … Continue reading State health care reform initiatives
Read More...Wal-Mart’s impact on health care costs, wages, employment and other indices will be the subject of a conference in Washington DC today. According to an article in Bloomberg, when the nation’s largest employer opens a store, it significantly impacts the … Continue reading Wal-Mart’s impact on Medicaid and local economies
Read More...Another insightful view of the debacle at GM and Ford is offered up the The Economist, (subscription may be required) which notes: “GM says that $1,500 of the price of every new vehicle it sells goes towards health care for … Continue reading GM Ford and health care costs
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