Insight, analysis & opinion from Joe Paduda
Why the President and Congressional Republicans are still trying to do healthcare legislation is truly a puzzle. Unhappy with their initial effort to completely blow up the insurance markets (and their political future), they’ve re-engaged in a pointless effort that is … Continue reading Republicans channelling Monty Python
Read More...Today MCM is honored to bring you a guest post authored by the Sedgwick Institute’s Rick Victor, PhD. Rick is the former CEO of the Workers’ Compensation Research Institute, and a colleague and friend as well. The post begins below; emphasis … Continue reading Trump, Immigration, and Healthcare providers
Read More...At the Hartford, 10 percent of work comp claims with psychosocial issues account for 60 percent of costs. It’s not that claims with psych issues are inherently much more problematic, or difficult, or costly, or “bad”; but they are when these … Continue reading 10% of claims = 60% of costs
Read More...The Trump Administration’s pick to lead OSHA will push the President’s deregulation agenda far and deep as he shifts OSHA to a more “business friendly” focus. According to Administrator-designee A. Prelle Pfuelle, the watchword will be “compliance assistance” instead of enforcement. Reports … Continue reading New OSHA Administrator – big changes are coming
Read More...AHCA has failed, and with it the Republicans’ efforts to repeal ACA. Despite President Trump’s threats, cajolery, and bribing the Freedom Caucus, the attempt to repeal ACA is, for now and probably for the long term, dead. (Please allow me this … Continue reading AHCA has failed – what’s the next step?
Read More...GOP Representatives are being strong-armed by President Trump and wooed by House leadership, and nowhere is the stress more intense then where I live – upstate New York. While Trump blusters and leadership cajoles, wheedles, and bribes, Katko, Tenney, Faso … Continue reading ACA Deathwatch: Damned if they do…or don’t
Read More...It’s among the hottest topics in work comp these days. Telemedicine will be one of – if not the – most disruptive force in workers’ compensation medical care. Companies such as CHC Telehealth, Go2Care, and AmericanWell are moving rapidly, adopting … Continue reading Telemedicine – a primer
Read More...If you cut a leg off your horse, it’s not going to run far or fast. If you cut two legs off, it’s going to fall over. And if someone else cut your horse’s legs off, you wouldn’t help them … Continue reading Three-legged horses can’t run
Read More...The evidence is piling up; ACA is strongly associated with lower work comp premiums. Almost a year ago I attributed improvements in work comp’s medical expense trend to ACA; now, the impact is being seen in improving combined ratios particularly … Continue reading Health reform and Work Comp – more data is coming in
Read More...There’s lots of news out there about the Congressional Budget Office’s scoring of the Republican healthcare reform bill known as AHCA; we’ll narrowly focus on what passage of AHCA would mean for workers’ comp – and highlight what’s missing from every … Continue reading AHCA, CBO, and Workers’ Comp
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