Insight, analysis & opinion from Joe Paduda
Well, duh. My pejorative use of the playgound expression is not directed at Health Affairs or the authors of the excellent study that is the cause of my use of the childish expression, but rather at those who actually think … Continue reading HSAs won’t reduce spending.
Read More...In a presentation to the Global Six Sigma Summit, CIGNA (health plan) CEO Ed Hanway made the link between good health and economic viability. This is one of the few times I have seen a health plan exec directly address … Continue reading CIGNA gets it
Read More...While primary P&C insurance markets appear to be flat to softening, the opposite seems to be occuring in the reinsurance business. According to leaders of several of the top reinsurers, capacity is down while demand is up, the indication of … Continue reading Reinsurance getting harder to find
Read More...Edition eight of Health Wonk Review is up at HealthVoices.
Read More...The latest health care plan to enter into a very public battle with a large provider is Oxford Health, a subsidiary of United Healthcare. And their opponent, Jamaica Hospital of Queens, New York, appears to be on the losing end … Continue reading UHC fighting the wrong battles
Read More...My post last week on Medical Malpractice generated a good bit of virtual commentary, some calling me to task for supporting one point of view and others saying I missed the central issues. Thanks to all for their considered and … Continue reading Readers’ views on med mal and my biases
Read More...The malpractice insurance crisis does not exist. Actually, it does, but only in the popular press and in the minds of the AMA, a few politicians and alarmists. In the real world, the cost of malpractice insurance as a percentage … Continue reading The myth of the med mal crisis
Read More...CMS’ head Mark McClellan believes that over 90% of Medicare beneficiaries will have drug coverage after Monday’s deadline for Part D enrollment. That may be true, but that does NOT mean Part D enrollment is at 90%. As has been … Continue reading 90% < 72%
Read More...In baseball parlance, sometimes its the trades you don’t make that are the best ones. And it looks like the much-ballyhooed Health Week has ended with the trade deadline slated to pass with no blockbuster moves. As discouraging as that … Continue reading “Health Week” ends with a whimper
Read More...In one of the more creative approaches to managing employee disability expense, an insurance company in Holland is issuing policies to employers who may suffer from significant increases in employee disability during the upcoming Soccer (sorry, Football) World Cup. Dutch … Continue reading Those brainy Dutch
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