Insight, analysis & opinion from Joe Paduda
There’s been a lot of mergers and acquisitions in the work comp arena, and certainly more to come. But the activity in our little corner is minor indeed compared to what’s happening in the “real world” – group health, Medicaid, and … Continue reading Consolidation in the real world – implications for workers’ comp
Read More...With OneCall getting ever larger, KKR buying TPAs and tech companies, EXAM Works’ consolidation of the IME business all but complete, and the private equity world’s seemingly insatiable appetite for work comp services assets, the continued consolidation of the work … Continue reading The work comp service market’s response to consolidation
Read More...Yesterday we examined the potential impact on insurers and insureds of a failure to pass meaningful comprehensive health reform . Today we’ll look at the effect on providers. Again, we’ll leave aside the possibility of individual bills addressing physician compensation … Continue reading If health reform fails, part 2 – the providers
Read More...Healthcare costs are about to jump again, driven by exploding staffing expenses, continued healthcare provider consolidation, and the brilliant profiteering by some of the largest (mostly for-profit) healthcare systems. So, what’s a family to do? A few have turned to … Continue reading Healthcare Sharing Ministries – the latest
Read More...In addition to my focus on work comp medical management I’m deeply involved in governmental programs (Medicare/Medicaid/dual eligibles) and related businesses. Here’s a few things work comp would do well to understand/explore/pursue. Auto-adjudication of medical bills – the standard target … Continue reading Things work comp can/should learn
Read More...My apologies for the previous attempt to post this…a picture in the post somehow blocked the view of the body of the post. What’s the deal with long-term COVID? Why are facility costs increasing and where? How will labor market … Continue reading This one works…COVID, facility cost drivers, employment – don’t miss WCRI’s annual confab
Read More...What’s the deal with long-term COVID? Why are facility costs increasing and where? How will labor market disruptions affect work comp? These and other questions will be addressed in Boston March 16 and 17 at WCRI’s Issues and Research Conference. … Continue reading COVID, facility cost drivers, employment – don’t miss WCRI’s annual confab
Read More...And that has big implications for private insurance and workers’ comp. An insightful piece by Milbank Fund President Chris Koller details the carnage (Chris and I serve on Commonwealth Care Alliance’s Board of Directors). Total healthcare spending in March was … Continue reading Hospitals and medical practices are losing billions.
Read More...You can’t afford other stuff because healthcare is so expensive. Would Single Payer/Medicare for All fix that? I’m revisiting the topic so we can better understand the many variations of SP/MFA, how they are different, how those variations might work, … Continue reading Could Medicare for All solve your healthcare cost problem?
Read More...For a relatively small industry, there sure are a ton of conferences. From WCRI to NCCI to AASCIF to CSIA to CLM to PRIMA to NWCDC to SIIA to WCI360 to RIMS to AFERM to the ExecuSummit and dozens of … Continue reading Conference overload
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