Insight, analysis & opinion from Joe Paduda
Back from the boys’ annual mountain biking trip…this one to Hurricane Utah. Great riding in a beautiful area… Okay, at last week’s NCCI conference we learned workers’ comp insurance is earning insurers record profits…despite continued drops in claims frequency, rater … Continue reading This won’t last.
Read More...WCRI is out with its latest inventory of state regulations re prescription drug management. This is a must-have for claims execs, managed care leaders, medical directors and risk managers…pricing, utilization review, opioid management, formularies and PBM regs are all covered. … Continue reading Stuff I missed while my server was down…drugs, profiteering hospitals
Read More...and for the first time in forever I’m not there…apologies to my friends at WCRI; a Board meeting conflicted with this year’s annual meeting. Good news is the estimable Stuart Colburn Esq. provided an excellent summary of the session on … Continue reading WCRI kicks off…
Read More...After 10 days away from the keyboard – family vacation in Mexico and gravel bike race in California – it’s back at it. shockingly the world kept turning while I was unplugged… The estimable Charles Gaba has just updated his analysis … Continue reading Monday update…insurance coverage, hurting hospitals, and work comp medical trend
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
Read More...Yesterday the annual crawling-out-on-a-limb began, today it concludes with 5 more predictions for workers’ comp in 2023. 6. The growing impact of global warming will force changes in risk assessment, management and mitigation; technology adoption; and claims. The predicted (heat injuries, … Continue reading Workers’ comp 2023 – what does the year hold – part 2
Read More...Proving I never learn, we return to score how I did on my 2022 predictions for workers’ comp… a sneak peek inside Health Strategy Associates’ intergalactic HQ as the analytical team finalizes its prediction algorithm today we’ll look at the … Continue reading 2022 Predictions for workers’ comp – How’d I do?
Read More...The CDC recently reported gabapentin was involved in one out of every ten fatal overdose deaths in reporting states. Similar to opioids, gabapentin can cause severe breathing difficulties – which are exacerbated when the drug is combined with other central … Continue reading Watch out for gabapentin…
Read More...Is well underway. Likely impacts include: more hospitals shutting down their inpatient operations a decline (!!) in hospital employment even more aggressive land-grab efforts by rival health systems seeking highly profitable commercially insured patients (that’s you, dear reader) doubling down … Continue reading The hospital shakeout
Read More...Sean Cooper and Raji Chadarevian delivered perhaps the most useful presentation I’ve seen at any NCCI Conference…There’s a LOT 0f important – and very timely – information in their presentation, so I strongly encourage you to watch it – or … Continue reading Medical cost drivers in work comp – NCCI’s take
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