Insight, analysis & opinion from Joe Paduda
There’s a lot going on these days; several major private equity transactions in the works with one on the cusp of closure (and no I can’t name the companies), ARAWC is a new group led by Sedgwick’s Chris Mandel in an effort to … Continue reading Friday update
Read More...There are plenty of bad actors in the workers’ compensation industry – there are also lots of people – many unrecognized – who do the right thing day in and day out. Some do so behind the scenes, others are … Continue reading The good ones
Read More...An enterprising journalist located the 4 individuals so harmed by PPACA that the Competitive Enterprise Institute is taking their case, now known as King v Burwell, to the Supreme Court. Two of the four qualify for hardship exemptions – that … Continue reading The individuals suing to overturn Obamacare
Read More...Just two things today – Let’s start with the CorVel – Fort Worth PD incident. After a police officer was shot, CorVel sent a nurse to the hospital, where the nurse was accused of asking “inflammatory” questions by an outraged … Continue reading Friday catch-up
Read More...In a press release issued late yesterday, OneCall Care Management indicated the company had named Chris Watson as EVP Operations. While the release doesn’t provide any clear indication if this position is superior to the current two “divisional” COOs, word is Watson … Continue reading Update on OneCall’s executive moves
Read More...While the dust is a long way from settled, it is quite apparent there have been some major changes in personnel among some of the big players in workers comp services. Two senior Coventry staff – industry veteran and network expert … Continue reading Quite a Friday
Read More...Here’s what happened over the MLK weekend… Kudos to Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D Minn) for her efforts to reduce Medicare drug prices. She introduced a bill that would allow CMS to negotiate drug prices, a seeming no-brainer. Reasons to support the … Continue reading Tuesday catch-up
Read More...Monday, Aetna announced it will be increasing the company’s minimum wage to $16/hour. In the internal memorandum provided to managers, the company said “We will not be funding this program through job eliminations… According to a source, during a company-wide … Continue reading Aetna raises minimum wage, then cuts work comp staff
Read More...The first week back from a couple of pretty slow weeks is always hectic – here’s a brief recap of what happened while we all were working. The big news in the comp world is Congress passed the TRIA extension. … Continue reading Friday catch-up
Read More...I’ve decided to split my predictions into work comp stuff (where I do most of my work) and health care stuff not directly related to work comp. Here’s my health care predictions… 1. Health care cost inflation will remain low. After … Continue reading 2015 health care predictions
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