Insight, analysis & opinion from Joe Paduda
Here in the US, life is getting better – a LOT better. The three main COVID indicators – deaths, hospitalizations, and infections, continue to trend down. That’s due to multiple factors – immunization rates, warmer weather and more outdoor time, … Continue reading Good news on the COVID front
Read More...Could COVID have a “very alarming potential outcome that could have a huge impact on workers’ comp” due to claims for neurological and psychiatric issues? That’s a concern raised by Mark Walls in tweet that was noted in a recent … Continue reading COVID’s impact on workers’ comp…focus on the facts
Read More...The 2021 WCRI Annual Issues and Research confab kicked off today with several excellent presentations – not surprisingly there was a lot about COVID and its impact on employment, injuries, and claims. The conference continues tomorrow – register here if … Continue reading WCRI on COVID and non-COVID claims, treatment delays (not) and drivers thereof
Read More...Those are my two top takeaways from CWCI’s excellent analysis of 2020. I had the opportunity to tune into the virtual annual meeting, and Alex Swedlow was kind enough to walk me through questions on several key issues. (note that … Continue reading COVID claims aren’t expensive, and treatment isn’t being delayed
Read More...Now that things are sort of returning to “normal”, the investment community is again looking into the work comp services business for potential investments. Couple things I’ve noticed in conversations with investors. Some service entities are conflating revenue increases due … Continue reading The post COVID service bump
Read More...Quick takes on stuff you need to know – and most of it is good news indeed. Eli Lilly has what may be one of the more promising treatments, a cocktail of two unpronounceable drugs showed strong results in a … Continue reading COVID quick update
Read More...One of the top work comp events is three weeks away – WCRI’s annual research conference kicks off on March 23 and continues the following day. Registration is here. I connected with John Ruser PhD to get the scoop on … Continue reading COVID, Claims, Employment, Opioids, and Physical Therapy – WCRI’s got it all
Read More...COVID is likely to become an endemic disease, one that is with us forever. It will morph, adapt, and change over time, evolving constantly as the virus does what all “living” things do – seek to survive and propagate. Like … Continue reading COVID update #56
Read More...The good. David Colon and Raji Chadarevian of NCCI have produced an excellent summary of COVID’s impact on workers’ comp medical treatment. Colleagues Brittni Moore and Vicky Mayen have authored a companion piece that provides an early projection of 2020 … Continue reading COVID update – good news and bad.
Read More...Premiums and injury claims are way down; profits remain really high. Those are the key takeaways from just-released analyses of COVID’s impact on comp from NCCI and WCRI (WCRI report free to members, fee for non-members). That’s also what Mark … Continue reading COVID’s impact on workers’ comp
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