Insight, analysis & opinion from Joe Paduda
Recently I had the honor of meeting the nation’s foremost expert on disability – Glenn Pransky M.D. What a wonderful gentleman. Glenn is the Director of Liberty Mutual’s Center for Disability Research; he is an occ med physician and has his … Continue reading Dr Glenn Pransky – one of work comp’s great ones
Read More...Late last week I sat down with WCRI President/CEO John Ruser to get his views on his first few months at the helm, find out what’s on the agenda at the WCRI conference next week (if you haven’t registered, get your fingers … Continue reading WCRI’s John Ruser on today, tomorrow, and next year
Read More...Many high-injury rate jobs that drive lots of work comp premiums and services won’t exist in ten years. And lots of low-injury rate jobs will disappear as well. How we prepare for this – or rather how you prepare for … Continue reading What job?
Read More...Back from vacation and catching up on all the goings-on; some pretty big news out of California re work comp these days… We’ll start with the highest impact news, and that is the California Supreme Court’s “decision” to let stand a lower … Continue reading Tuesday’s California catch-up
Read More...Warning – rant follows… The two main takeaways from last night’s SuperBowl are: A really good defense and great defensive plan can beat a really good young quarterback. Drugs are where the money is. I’ll leave the first point to … Continue reading The Super Bowl of Drugs
Read More...Welcome to the war, everyone. Okay, so work comp is not the most progressive industry. We are – often justifiably – seen as slow-moving, overly conservative, reluctant to adopt change and averse to innovation. Except when it comes to opioids, … Continue reading Workers’ comp is leading the way on opioids
Read More...Just realized I’ve yet to post my annual Top Ten Predictions for Workers’ Comp – my apologies! Here we go… The comp market will soften pretty much everywhere*. As rates continue to come in flat or a few points down, … Continue reading Workers’ comp – predictions for 2016
Read More...Well, that didn’t take very long… Hard as it is to believe, Health Wonk Review has been around for a decade. Yup, since way back in the DSL days, before the birth of the iPhone, before the Great Recession, before health … Continue reading Health Wonk Review – The Tenth Anniversary Edition!
Read More...The demise of many co-ops and United Healthcare’s threat to pull out of the Exchanges due to some $700 million in past and forecast losses has generated more speculation that ACA, the Exchanges, and health reform in general are in dire … Continue reading Co-Ops fail, United pulling out of Exchanges; ACA’s death knell?
Read More...is Dale Wolf. Wolf, OCCM’s executive chair, was named CEO yesterday after serving as the interim CEO since Joe Delaney’s departure last summer. Wolf’s history includes a stint running the small group health insurance business at the Travelers (where he … Continue reading OneCall’s new CEO
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