Insight, analysis & opinion from Joe Paduda
Well, yes – but it’s not intentional. Most medical practices have seen a sharp drop in patient visits – and revenues – due to patient concern over COVID19 exposure. Hospitals have also suffered, as have ancillary providers, and many are … Continue reading Are health insurers profiting while providers suffer?
Read More...The implications of Mitchell’s acquisition of Coventry’s workers’ comp business are broad, from insight into the future of M&A in workers’ comp services to impact on competitors. (press release is here) Today we’ll dive into a few of the top-line … Continue reading Mitchell’s Coventry acquisition – implications abound
Read More...After almost 5 months of negotiations and COVID19-related delays, Mitchell International owns Coventry Workers’ Comp. The price was around $875 million, with most of the value based on Coventry’s work comp PPO. The network is a cash machine, has been … Continue reading It’s done; Mitchell owns Coventry work comp
Read More...COVID and client work has kept me way too busy this week – hope to be back to more frequent posting soon. Meanwhile, here’s what I missed… Workers’ comp drug trends myMatrixx released its annual Drug Trends Report. Key findings … Continue reading Friday catch-up
Read More...There’s a lot of hope – in my house just as in your’s – that we will have a safe, effective and durable COVID19 vaccine in 2020. Hope is not a strategy, nor should it guide our personal or professional … Continue reading Hope-driven Hype
Read More...We are in the midst of a national pandemic, where: 3 million of us have been infected; over 20 million have lost their jobs, and likely their health insurance; many states – including those hardest hit – haven’t expanded Medicaid, … Continue reading Help me understand…
Read More...COVID19 is morphing, affecting different regions differently, infecting a different age cohort, and perhaps mutating. What should workers’ comp service providers do? Pay attention to the facts. Not the politicized nonsense from people who should know better, but the facts. … Continue reading The stuff is hitting the fan
Read More...This isn’t going to be “over” for at least a year. Probably longer. Long enough that all of us must focus not on preparing for the end of the pandemic, but adapting to it and accepting that tomorrow will look … Continue reading The long haul
Read More...So, who knew masks could be so dangerous? In our continued effort to keep us all honest about “science” and “research”, I have to weigh in on a recent piece wherein some folks seem to be concerned about mask wearing’s … Continue reading Masks and IWP gets hammered.
Read More...A good friend and colleague sent me this note; with their permission I am posting it in its entirety. I read your post today with interest. Your projection that ALAE will be depleting the result of changes to operations during … Continue reading Do you know how to knit?
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