Insight, analysis & opinion from Joe Paduda
Russian general when he learned about F-16s heading to Ukraine… Вот чёрт!! From Phillips O’Brien… Its impossible to exaggerate the intensity with which Ukrainians from all walks of life, from the top of the state and military to civil society, … Continue reading Wildly off-topic…F-16s
Read More...One of my favorite people in workers’ comp is now heading up WCRI…I connected with Ramona Tanabe who was named President and CEO. making her the third leader of this august institution. here’s our conversation… Talk about how you … Continue reading WCRI’s new leader speaks
Read More...In work comp services, far too many buyers focus solely on the price of the service. That’s the wrong metric..it isn’t the Price, it’s the Cost (we’ll leave aside the RoI/Value/…for more on that see this.) Price is what you … Continue reading It is not the price Dammit!
Read More...Medicaid for All is back on the table. In a speech in Rolling Fork MS, President Biden revealed that his administration is working in concert with Progressive Democrats – and Sen. Mitt Romney (R UT) – on legislation that would … Continue reading Medicaid for All – Biden goes big.
Read More...OK, let’s agree that the best metrics to measure workers’ comp claims are: speedy and sustained recovery, return to work, and medical cost. NOT: reductions below billed charges, or discounted medical costs, or network penetration, or litigation rate, or case … Continue reading You call THAT an “outcome”?!
Read More...B2B sales is NOT about “value”, RoI, relationships, or anything else you think it is. It is about meeting the emotional/psychological needs of the key buyers. You may have sensed this, or interpreted it as “relationships” that make deals happen … Continue reading Vendors – read this.
Read More...For the first time in forever I missed WCRI’s annual confab…a Board meeting conflicted darn it. Thanks to Stuart Colburn for his comprehensive reporting from Phoenix…I hereby give up my as-it-happens blog-casting role to the estimable Mr Colburn Esq. (subscription … Continue reading Good stuff I missed this week…
Read More...Work comp and healthcare are probably the two most highly regulated sectors of the economy – and yes I’m including the financial sector. Over the last 25 years I’ve spent a ton of time with regulators, legislators, lobbyists and the … Continue reading Regulations – the good and the bad
Read More...Last time we talked tanks… This time we’ll focus on Russia’s winter offensive. If you don’t have time, just skip to the takeaways at the bottom of this post. credit Institute for the Study of War; I highly recommend ISW’s … Continue reading Wildly off-topic # 14 – the Russian “offense”
Read More...Far too many work comp industry CEOs are dinosaurs. Their refusal to adapt to today’s labor market will ensure they fail their investors/policyholders. Two things triggered this post. an extensive conversation – or rather series of conversations – with the … Continue reading Dinosaurs.
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