Insight, analysis & opinion from Joe Paduda
Physical medicine – chiropractic, occupational and physical therapy – accounts for about one out of every six dollars of workers comp medical spend. Key takeaways from DR Rebecca Yang’s discussion of the latest CompScope(tm) report: The location of PM services … Continue reading WCRI on Physical Medicine
Read More...To the casual observer, the work comp bill review process is pretty simple: make sure the procedure codes are appropriate for the injury, compare the billed codes to the state fee schedule/allowable amount, apply any reimbursement rules, and you’re done. … Continue reading Anything but simple
Read More...There are honest disagreements about policy matters, and there is ignorance and fear-mongering. That’s what’s happening in Pennsylvania’s House of Representatives, where a bill to mandate adoption of a formulary failed to pass yesterday. It appears some politicians are being … Continue reading Pennsylvania’s work comp formulary – the real story
Read More...In the State of the Union address, President Trump said: “We must get much tougher on drug dealers and pushers if we are going to succeed in stopping this scourge,” There was only a passing reference to treatment, and there’s … Continue reading Lock ’em up!
Read More...Some doctors are changing the way they talk about and address pain, offering hope that fewer opioid addicts will be created. And we are starting to learn how to better help those with substance use disorder – a term that … Continue reading An anesthesiologist on opioid addiction and treatment
Read More...Today’s announcement that Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway, and JPMorganChase are forming a new entity to deliver health benefits to their workers may well be the harbinger of massive change to come. credit Collaborative Lab, Rachel Botsman While many details are to be … Continue reading Disruption of the US “healthcare” “system” is starting
Read More...MCM’s Telemedicine Week continues with a couple more use cases and a quick summary of where things are going – with the caveat that we’re only just beginning to understand what this is, how it can be used, what the … Continue reading Telemedicine – where next?
Read More...A few weeks ago I had the opportunity to virtually sit down with Coventry’s product development folks to hear what they’ve been doing with tele-. I checked in again this week, and here’s what they’ve been up to. Quick take … Continue reading Telemedicine – Coventry’s approach
Read More...In the 30+ years I’ve been around the workers’ comp industry, there hasn’t been anything truly disruptive, until now. Telemedicine, telerehab, teletriage are just three of the ways technology will enable remote delivery of services to injured workers and other … Continue reading Tele-everything
Read More...The current clustermess in DC around keeping the government funded is just bizarre. What’s most bizarre is politicians are holding poor kids hostage, which is the only way to describe what is happening. Republicans are refusing to consider legislation – requested … Continue reading What’s going on with health coverage for poor kids?
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