Insight, analysis & opinion from Joe Paduda
With big wins in the Senate, House, and governors’ races, the GOP is poised to push its policies – here’s a brief review of potential moves. For the next two years the GOP will be in charge of Congress where it … Continue reading The GOP wins big – now what?
Read More...While by no means certain, it looks as if the GOP is going to gain control of the US Senate in January. What, if any, are the implications for PPACA? There’s a good piece in today’s California Healthline digging into … Continue reading The GOP wins the Senate – implications for ACA
Read More...We are starting to get some insight into how 10 million (plus or minus a couple million) newly-insured people will affect the health care delivery system. For years, we’ve been speculating about the impact of coverage expansion on care – Will … Continue reading Are the newly insured clogging the system?
Read More...I know, you are as tired of reading about physician dispensing in work comp as I am writing about it. At last, there’s some very good news. Quick refresher – docs dispensing drugs adds about a billion dollars in excess … Continue reading Physician dispensing in work comp; two victories!
Read More...This biweekly edition of Health Wonk Review brings the best writing about health care, policy, and the impacts thereof direct to your eyeballs – with NO effort on your part! Apologies to Hank Stern – somehow I missed his contribution for … Continue reading UPDATE – Lots of health policy stuff, all right here!
Read More...And only one post…clearly I’ve been slacking. Time to catch up! Workers Comp There’s been much discussion of the implications of the demise of the APAX-Coventry Work Comp Services deal; CWCS staff seem to have mixed views, but most are … Continue reading A very busy week…
Read More...Is off. The latest intel from several folks in the know is consistent; APAX will not be buying Aetna’s Coventry Workers’ Comp business. While its possible Aetna will look for another buyer, that is doubtful; the issues that reportedly led … Continue reading Aetna’s sale of Coventry Work Comp Services…
Read More...Today’s catch up leads off with some pretty grim news. Pennsylvania’s drug problem is getting worse. WCRI’s just-released report on physician dispensing drugs to work comp claimants in Pennsylvania provides a clear warning to the Keystone State’s employers and taxpayers – … Continue reading Friday catch up – Pennsylvania’s drug problem and other news
Read More...In follow up to my posts on MSAs, I had the chance to interview Peter Foley of the American Insurance Association yesterday. Peter is quite knowledgeable about MSAs, the Medicare Secondary Payer Act, CMS’ perspectives, and how this affects payers. … Continue reading MSAs – another perspective
Read More...Today most of the news is about PPACA enrollment, prices, and issues related thereto. First up, paid enrollment as of mid-August was about 7.3 million via the Exchanges. That’s a pretty big number, and substantially above initial goals (and below … Continue reading Friday catch-up
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