Insight, analysis & opinion from Joe Paduda
Is up and available for your downloading pleasure here. Among the highlights are the following… drug spend for the 25 respondents declined year-over-year, marking the fourth year of flat or decreasing spend despite that good news, payers remain more concerned … Continue reading Pharmacy Management in Worker’s Comp – 11th annual survey
Read More...This is the eleventh (!) year I’ve been involved in surveying workers’ comp payers to get their take on pharmacy management. Now that Yvonne Guibert (thank you Yvonne) has finished collecting the data, I’m working on the report. It’s going … Continue reading Survey of Drug management in work comp – quick take
Read More...Almost done analyzing the megabytes of data from our Survey of Opioid Management in Workers’ Comp; here are some of the key takeaways. Here’s the key takeaway; most respondents understand the problem and know (generally) what needs to be done, … Continue reading Opioids in Work Comp Survey – more results & Webinar
Read More...We’re plowing thru the responses from 400 front-line and management folks who responded to HSA’s first Survey of Opioids in Workers’ Comp; thanks to CID Management for sponsoring the Survey. Thanks also to the folks who took the time to … Continue reading First Survey of Opioids in Work Comp – initial results
Read More...CompPharma’s Tenth Annual Survey of Prescription Drug Management in Worker’s Comp is available for download here. There are two key takeaways from this year’s Survey; the continued decline in drug costs for programs managed by PBMs, and the industry’s sophistication, knowledge, … Continue reading Survey of Prescription Drug Management in Work Comp – results are in
Read More...Apologies to those who clicked on the (broken) link in yesterday’s post on our Opioid Survey – here’s the right one. All respondents who complete the Survey (and only respondents) will receive a detailed Survey Report…so click away!
Read More...We are just about done with our Survey on Opioid Management in Workers’ Comp and there are a few early findings that caught our attention. (to complete the survey, and register for the iPad we’re giving to one respondent, click … Continue reading Opioids in work comp – Survey says…
Read More...Payers’ views of drug management in workers’ comp have evolved dramatically over the last decade; here are a few initial takeaways from the 10th Annual Survey of Prescription Drug Management in Worker’s Compensation. For the third consecutive year, respondents’ drug … Continue reading Highlights of the Survey of Drug Management in Work Comp – 2013 edition
Read More...It is NO secret that opioids are an issue for the workers’ compensation industry – the cost of the average lost-time claim with long acting opioids 900% higher than those without. What is a secret is why there’s a picture … Continue reading Survey – Opioids and Workers’ Compensation
Read More...We’ve recently completed the First Annual Survey of Utilization Review in Workers’ Comp, and some of the results are a bit surprising. Sponsored by CID Management, there were 118 respondents, both front line and executive staff. While there were some consistent … Continue reading Workers’ comp utilization review – highlights from the First Annual Survey
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