Insight, analysis & opinion from Joe Paduda
To know why some think the US healthcare system is going to get better and cheaper – and why I strongly disagree, read on. David Cutler PhD led off the WCRI’s confab with a discussion of the future of healthcare. … Continue reading WCRI – What’s happening with healthcare – better days ahead, or collapse?
Read More...Ramona Tanabe, CEO of WCRI – a most excellent workers’ comp research organization – was kind enough to carve out a few minutes on the eve of this year’s gathering of the brainiacs to answer a few of your reporter’s … Continue reading Ramona Tanabe on WCRI’s annual confab.
Read More...Medicare is slashing what it pays physicians, an annual event that – till now – was almost always rejected by Congress. That will reduce old folks’ access to care, cut workers’ comp fee schedules, and likely lead to more provider … Continue reading Signs of the coming apocalypse
Read More...Some of you know Jay Stith – he’s been working with HSA for half a decade now, heading up data analytics and research. Jay’s brilliant, has a great dry wit, and most of all very insightful. He sees stuff – … Continue reading Predictions for healthcare in 2024
Read More...Here’s the second half of my predictions – and how they panned out… 6. The growing impact of global warming will force changes in risk assessment, management and mitigation; technology adoption; and claims. The predicted (heat injuries, wildfires, hurricane intensity, sea … Continue reading 2023 work comp predictions…how’d I do part 2
Read More...Over the last two decades work comp bill review has A) changed a lot and B) remained stagnant. Both things are true… Here’s the top takeaways from our just-released Survey of Workers’ Comp Bill Review (public version is available here; respondents received … Continue reading Work comp bill review – the state of the industry
Read More...Isn’t a problem. In most states. Today. That is the headline takeaway from WCRI’s presentation last week… First a few key factors. Drug spend is a much lower percentage of total medical today than it was a decade ago. I’m … Continue reading Medical inflation in work comp…
Read More...M&A activity in the world of workers’ comp services has been somewhat quiet of late, although there’s been some under-the-radar activity that – taken together – shows consolidation continues. That’s no surprise…workers’ comp is a classic mature industry with all … Continue reading Mergers, acquisitions, and reasons therefore
Read More...Loyal readers know I hold myself accountable…if I call out others, I need to do the same for my own errors and misjudgments. also – I dumped my Twitter account and moved to Threads – joe_paduda is the handle. so … Continue reading 2023 predictions for workers’ comp – how am I doing? part 2
Read More...Because they can. Healthcare – and more specifically facility-based healthcare – is a very mature industry and – with one huge exception – exhibits all the hallmarks of such…continued widespread consolidation, shuttering of marginal locations and elimination of unprofitable business … Continue reading Why hospital costs are going up
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