Insight, analysis & opinion from Joe Paduda
Yesterday I recapped my first 5 predictions; today it’s the second 5 (predictions and details are here). 6. Claims counts will bump up In hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico, Florida and Texas. Alas a lot of injuries and illnesses will go unreported … Continue reading 2018 Predictions – How did I do Part 2
Read More...Most times I’m right, sometimes I’m not – at least that’s what I want to believe. I’ll let you be the judge – here’s how I did on my predictions for 2018. A lifetime ago here’s what I said would … Continue reading 2018 Predictions – how did I do?
Read More...Yesterday’s top takeaway – the consolidation continues – and the impact can be seen on the exhibit hall floor. Sure there were some new names on the floor, but there seemed to be fewer companies exhibiting this year than in … Continue reading Vegas Day Two – Industry headwinds and poker
Read More...One of the more intriguing findings from our third Survey of Bill Review in Work Comp and Auto pertains to data analytics. Multiple questions probed into respondents’ utilization of data analytics. The questions ranged from the state of their data … Continue reading Bill Review Survey – Takeaway #2
Read More...WorkCompWire’s Leaders’ Speak column features a two-parter from Jack Bailey of Bailey Southwell. He has worked on a lot of transactions in our space and knows a lot about deal-making. Bailey’s point about the growing importance of technology, and specifically … Continue reading Work comp services: Specialize or Generalize?
Read More...HSA’s third Survey of Bill Review in Workers’ Comp and Auto is done – final editing is in process and we’ll have the report out shortly. There’s one key takeaway – it’s all about customer service. We will dig into … Continue reading It’s all about customer service
Read More...Some ill-informed but perhaps well-intentioned people opine that all we need to do to solve the healthcare cost problem is unleash the free market. Their thinking seems to be that creative approaches and Adam Smith’s “invisible hand” will conquer the … Continue reading Capitalism will never solve our healthcare problem – because capitalism is the problem
Read More...Three deep red states voted to expand Medicaid, and a fourth voted in a Governor who will comply with her state’s 2017 referendum results and do the same. Four states; Montana, Utah, Nebraska, and Idaho, all consistently Republican – had … Continue reading And the big winner of the 2018 midterms is…Medicaid.
Read More...This election is about your health and your family’s, because: “Virtually every American has someone with an existing health condition in their family at any given time” Dan Mendelson, CEO, Avalere (Note to readers – this isn’t a “liberal” or … Continue reading What this election means to you.
Read More...Well, some posts get a life of their own, and so it is with this discussion of claims frequency and claims counts. After much discussion with colleagues and several back-and-forth emails with WCRI CEO John Ruser PhD about the correlation … Continue reading Workers’ comp claims, OSHA reportables, and why both are dropping
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