Insight, analysis & opinion from Joe Paduda
It’s the worst kind of government over-reach. It’s an easy solution to a huge problem that will cost nothing. And everything in between. Between now and Election Day you are going to hear a lot about Medicare for All and … Continue reading What’s all this about Single Payer and Medicare For All?
Read More...CMS Administrator Seema Verma said last week that “Medicare for All would become Medicare for None.” Verna said – and I quote: A) “By choosing a socialized system, you are giving the government complete control over the decisions pertaining to … Continue reading Are claims that “Medicare for All” will hurt Medicare accurate?
Read More...Yesterday we gave a brief overview of Medicare – the various parts and pieces. Today – what exactly is the plan, who would pay for it, and how much would it cost? Sen. Bernie Sanders, (I VT) is the original … Continue reading Medicare for All – explaining what it means and what it would cost
Read More...After last night’s gubernatorial primary elections, no one can claim “those politicians are all the same.” Gillum v DeSantis in Florida, Ducey v Garcia in Arizona, Abrams v Kent in Georgia, Evers v Walker in Wisconsin…the contrast between candidates in … Continue reading Medicare for All means…what?
Read More...As the GOP goes about repealing and replacing ACA, they’ll have to carefully consider how Medicare will be affected, because it absolutely will be. Briefly, reimbursement, senior drug benefits, hospital funding, and private Medicare Advantage programs were all altered by passage of ACA. Outright repeal … Continue reading Getting serious about health reform, part two – Medicare
Read More...My post earlier this week on the pending changes to provider reimbursement resulted in a few emails from colleagues looking for clarification and more detail. So, here goes. First, why? Well, everyone agreed that the Medicare doc payment program known … Continue reading Medicare doc payment – the details
Read More...It isn’t possible to exaggerate the implications of the changes to Medicare’s provider fee schedule. When Medicare shifts its weight, the foundations of workers comp move – a lot. Here’s why. First, around a third of provider reimbursement is governmental – … Continue reading What Medicare’s reimbursement changes mean for work comp
Read More...Before you read further, cast your vote… Okay, a couple initial thoughts. First, when comparing health care systems’ ability to control cost over multiple years, the best metric is the cost trend per member; this accounts for differences in demographics and … Continue reading Which better controls spending – Private insurance or Medicare/Medicaid?
Read More...The estimable Gary Franklin MD, Medical Director of Washington Labor and Industry, weighed in with passion and precision at CWCI; Gary’s message was simple and straightforward: Workers injured on the job get worse and worse and worse, unlike people with … Continue reading Poor quality of care in work comp and the impact on SSDI and medicare
Read More...The annual caterwauling about Medicare physician reimbursement has begun. For those who just want the takeaway – there very likely won’t be any substantive, long-term “fix”, but rather another temporary – and very slight – increase in reimbursement. The latest … Continue reading Medicare doc fix – here we (don’t) go again…
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