Insight, analysis & opinion from Joe Paduda
If GOP Presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani had been a British resident, he may well have died of prostate cancer. At least that’s what he claims. He’s wrong.
Read More...Yes, they are innocent until proven guilty. But it doesn’t look good for Wellcare, the Florida-based Medicaid and Medicare health plan. And what’s bad for WellCare may be bad for private insurers.
Read More...I’ve always been a ‘non-advocate’ of tight fee schedules and broad based discounted networks. Actually it’s a little more than that – I believe mandated across-the-board low fees are counterproductive, ill-conceived, harmful, and may actually increase costs while decreasing access … Continue reading What happens when a fee schedule goes up?
Read More...Back pain is a huge issue in workers comp – not only due to cost, but also because the range of treatment options is seemingly as broad as the number of claimants.
Read More...Oregon’s workers comp system is a success. It is 42nd lowest in insurance rates and among the highest benefits for injured workers in the nation. Premium rates have not gone up for eighteen (18) years. Costs have declined 50% during … Continue reading How does Oregon do it?
Read More...A fake email from a fake Canadian has been circulating in cyberspace. It purports to help we Americans understand the problems inherent in mandated universal coverage by exposing the dark and dirty secrets of Canada’s dysfunctional health care system. The … Continue reading The Faux Canadian
Read More...Health reform is coming. This looks to be a huge win for private insurers – millions of potential new members signing up for mandated coverage. Unless, of course, the industry proves itself completely incompetent. That’s a real possibility.
Read More...As I’ve noted before, there are clear differences between the GOP and Democratic Presidential candidates on health care. And it looks like the Dems’ approach is a heckuva lot closer to what regular voters want than that espoused by the … Continue reading Win the nomination, lose the election – the GOP on health care
Read More...TPS, the last third party biller standing, has wasted no time. Just hours (well, perhaps a couple days) after their acquisition of rival WorkingRx was announced, TPS launched their new strategy. They are positioning themselves as a vertically-integrated pharmacy solution … Continue reading Third Party Solutions’ new strategy
Read More...When WalMart introduced the $4 prescription program, my commentary headline was “much ado about not much”. In retrospect, too strong a statement that early on. The initial program covered less than 1% of the scripts filled at WalMart, and was … Continue reading Will WalMart change US healthcare?
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