Insight, analysis & opinion from Joe Paduda
President Trump announced two major policy changes yesterday; one will do little to affect healthcare markets and insurance, the other will have a drastic and almost immediate impact. Cost Sharing Reimbursement payments help those making less than 250% of the … Continue reading Trump’s ACA Orders – One’s big news, the other’s just political fluff
Read More...With her announcement that she won’t vote for the Graham-Cassidy bill, Sen. Susan Collins (R ME) has ended GOP efforts to kill the ACA. She also saved her party from the disaster that would befall it if the bill had … Continue reading Susan Collins saves the GOP
Read More...Is a question asked over and over by pretty much everyone in this and other businesses, but it is especially important in workers’ comp services, where companies and sales people are fighting over what’s been a shrinking pie for years. … Continue reading Motivating sales people
Read More...Genex acquires Prium… Good move by Genex, as Prium’s portfolio of services including physician review and pharmacy management ties in well to Genex’ current offerings. I’m a big fan of Prium CEO Michael Gavin – he’s one of the most thoughtful, … Continue reading Thursday catch-up
Read More...Happy Labor Day Weekend readers! Make sure to thank the folks who work hard every day to make our lives better – teachers and support staff, building trades, healthcare workers, factory folks, agriculture and food workers, public safety, transportation, public … Continue reading Labor Day Special Edition
Read More...Friend and colleague Peter Rousmaniere penned a terrific piece in workerscompensation.com on how and why Harvey may expose huge holes in the workers’ compensation “system” in Texas. here it is in its entirety- thanks Peter and WorkersCompensation.com! Harvey brought 50 … Continue reading Will Harvey be a disaster for recovery workers?
Read More...In the fourteen years I’ve been surveying work comp payers on their views on pharmacy, I’ve never seen so little consensus among respondents on emerging issues. In past years compounds, physician dispensing, opioids, price inflation, and new drug introductions have … Continue reading There’s no BIG problem in work comp pharmacy – and that’s scary.
Read More...Greetings – David Deitz here. Joe has kindly offered to let me provide a guest post on the latest report on the opioid epidemic from the National Academy of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM). The report is available here. It’s … Continue reading Opioid Exceptionalism – why these drugs are different than all others
Read More...California’s work comp pharmacy formulary process is moving ahead, but I have grave concerns in two areas – timing and cost. (these are my personal concerns and are not intended to represent the views of CompPharma, LLC.) First, timing. The … Continue reading California’s work comp formulary
Read More...Couple quick items from the never-boring world of workers’ comp services… First up, OneCall is kinda/sorta taking over Spreemo’s workers’ comp imaging business. Not sure how to characterize the “deal”, but it sounds like OCCM is just going to handle … Continue reading Random news from workers’ comp services
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