Insight, analysis & opinion from Joe Paduda
If ever there was a time to be writing about health reform, this is it. It’s an even better time to be reading about health reform. Is health reform dead, or is it just snoozing, waiting for a Prince Charming … Continue reading Health Wonk Review – so, what do we do now?
Read More...President Obama’s recent visit to Baltimore to speak with (as he said, “not to, but with”) the House Republican Conference was one of the best things to happen in politics in recent memory. Not that there’s a long list. During … Continue reading Obama and the Republicans on health care – the Baltimore dialogue
Read More...As industry insiders have known for almost a year, Average Wholesale Price as published by First DataBank, is going away. Triggered by a settlement in a lawsuit filed in Boston in 2006, as of March 2011 FDB will no longer … Continue reading What’s replacing AWP?
Read More...That’s the question Sandy Blunt, former CEO of North Dakota’s state workers comp fund must be asking himself. Because the most serious charge against Blunt was based on Blunt authorizing sick leave for and not getting expenses repaid by an … Continue reading What if you were convicted of a crime that wasn’t?
Read More...The growing furor over the tax on high-cost healthplans is welcome indeed, as it is exposing the tax for what it is – an unfair burden on some based on a superficial understanding of cost drivers. First, lets clear up … Continue reading The ‘Cadillac’ health plan tax – wrong solution, right problem
Read More...The decrease in the workers comp drug cost inflation rate that persisted for five years appears to be over. According to HSA’s Sixth Annual Survey of Prescription Drug Management in Workers Compensation, the five-year ‘decrease in the rate of drug … Continue reading Sixth Annual Survey of Prescription Drug Management in Workers Compensation
Read More...The finish line is in sight, but it’s uphill and the path is icy. The Senate and House conference committee will be working overtime to try to get to a health reform bill acceptable to 218 Representatives and 60 Senators … Continue reading Health reform reconciliation – What’s on the table
Read More...Sandy Blunt was the victim of prosecutorial misconduct on the part of a North Dakota state prosecutor, accused and convicted of ‘crimes’ that the prosecutor knew – in advance – were not crimes. That’s the conclusion of an article authored … Continue reading If this could happen to him, it could happen to you
Read More...CIGNA has a new CEO, David Cordani, who is planning on growing the company internationally. Which may, or may not, have implications for CIGNA’s IntraCorp subsidiary. IntraCorp, the managed care subsidiary of insurance company CIGNA, was perhaps one of the … Continue reading What does the future hold for IntraCorp?
Read More...A recent dialogue on the LinkedIn WC group got me to dive back into the question of what, if any, influence does the presence of health insurance have on work comp claim frequency? The data aren’t conclusive, but the answer … Continue reading Health insurance and workers comp claim frequency
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