Insight, analysis & opinion from Joe Paduda
and here’s why. Work comp payers actually care about the patients recovery, return to functionality, ability, and productivity. Work comp HAS to…screwing up recovery = huge financial penalties in the form of claims that last forever, really costly settlements, and … Continue reading Workers’ comp > all other healthcare payers. Period.
Read More...I was fortunate indeed to attend Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Corporation’s annual provider meeting last week. Well attended, learned a lot, really enjoyed the people and the weather was really nice too. I was blown away by their office building. It … Continue reading LWCC’s got it going on
Read More...Because they can. Healthcare – and more specifically facility-based healthcare – is a very mature industry and – with one huge exception – exhibits all the hallmarks of such…continued widespread consolidation, shuttering of marginal locations and elimination of unprofitable business … Continue reading Why hospital costs are going up
Read More...Today’s the latest in a three-part update on Russia’s war on Ukraine – we covered military manpower and the motivation to fight before the holidays, today we finish with (a very brief) discussion of losses and supplies of materiel and … Continue reading Wildly off topic #12 – Ukraine has the edge in materiel, weapons, and logistics
Read More...Last night, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy spoke to both Houses of Congress, both parties, and all of us. He spoke eloquently and passionately, describing the suffering of his people and their total commitment to defeating Russia and reclaiming all Ukrainian … Continue reading Wildly off-topic #11 – the Will to Fight
Read More...It’s been four months since we talked about Ukraine, a period during which Russia put scores of thousands of poorly-equipped, pretty-much-untrained, and wholly incompetent civilian men into army uniforms (or facsimiles thereof) and fed them into the meat grinder that … Continue reading Wildly off-topic #10 – Manpower
Read More...is pretty good. Here are the very preliminary takeaways from the latest Survey of Prescription Drug Management in Workers’ Comp…so far 21 phone interviews completed and several more still to go. [if you’re new to MCM, we’ve done an annual … Continue reading The state of work comp pharmacy
Read More...Those who continue to deny the results of the 2020 elections are anti-American; they seek to reject any result they don’t like. That is incredibly dangerous and a threat to our Republic. Across more than 60 cases in 12 states, final … Continue reading The core issue – the anti-Americans.
Read More...House Republicans are planning to impose massive cuts to Medicare, raise Medicare’s eligibility age, and withhold payments to early retirees and retirees earning more than a certain limit. News sources indicate the GOP will use the upcoming debt limit to … Continue reading Republicans planning to force Medicare cuts
Read More...After 2 1/2 days of nonstop meetings, change encounters, and talks, it is a relief to be heading out. What was notable Loved the way the conference planners set up the sessions in “rooms” surrounding the exhibit hall. Exhibitor attendance … Continue reading Leaving Las Vegas
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