Insight, analysis & opinion from Joe Paduda
For a relatively small industry, there sure are a ton of conferences. From WCRI to NCCI to AASCIF to CSIA to CLM to PRIMA to NWCDC to SIIA to WCI360 to RIMS to AFERM to the ExecuSummit and dozens of … Continue reading Conference overload
Read More...It’s not “if”, it’s when the next will recession hit. Things were looking iffy a couple months ago, and – if anything – the outlook has worsened since then And when it does, workers’ comp will be affected – like … Continue reading The coming recession’s impact on workers’ comp
Read More...Hope your week was excellent, and the weekend is full of family and fun. Here’s a few takeaways from this week… Congratulations to Ken Martino; he’s been named president of MedRisk, a post formerly held by Mike Ryan. Mike remains … Continue reading Quick takes on the week that was
Read More...It’s been a decade since work comp payers and PBMs got the big wakeup call, the one that changed the industry. From looking at drugs just as an expense, the industry began to see how devastating these drugs were to … Continue reading Work comp vs. opioids – how we’re doing
Read More...Summer isn’t off to a sunny start for OneCall. Two good-sized customers are moving their business to other suppliers. Sources indicate concerns over OCCM’s financial situation led to the switch to other vendors for transportation, PT, imaging, DME and home … Continue reading Quick update on OneCall
Read More...Back to the work comp services business… A while ago I wrote about how some buyers’ attitudes are a bit overbearing. I know, unusual for me to be rather subtle. The post itself generated a few comments; many more were … Continue reading The Golden Rule, Part Two
Read More...The generic drug manufacturers’ price-fixing scheme raised prices by up to 1,000 percent. There’s good news for workers’ comp payers as the impact has been minimal. Here’s why. Workers’ comp is mostly about trauma treatment and pain management; relatively few … Continue reading Drug price fixing – the impact on workers’ comp
Read More...In which I drop a “Nerd Bomb” into your email folder… Here’s this week’s research-that-impacts-you I found compelling… From WCRI, a report analyzing the relationship between prices for medical services and patient outcomes. More specifically, authors Olesya Fomenko and Bogdan … Continue reading Research Roundup
Read More...What are your risks if one of your vendors goes bankrupt? Health insurers have gone belly-up in the past, in some cases leaving hundreds of millions in unpaid claims. Here’s a potential scenario, where a payer – say a TPA … Continue reading Bankruptcy: financial risk and patient impact
Read More...or the longer version…What does this have to do with workers’ comp? I hear that far too often, usually when talking with a work comp exec about Medicare reimbursement changes, the number of workers without health insurance, MS-DRGs, Medicaid expansion, … Continue reading So what?
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