Insight, analysis & opinion from Joe Paduda
Last week the Senate Judiciary Committee held an initial hearing aimed at removing some of the health insurance industry’s anti-trust exemptions. The hearing, entitled “Prohibiting Price Fixing and Other Anticompetitive Conduct in the Health Insurance Industry”, may be a reaction … Continue reading Anti-trust and the Health Insurance Industry – what’s this all about?
Read More...For at least a couple weeks, many of the 1642 people who subscribe to MCM didn’t receive notices when new posts went up. It looks like we’ve figured out the problem (electronic fingers crossed), so here’s what’s been on the … Continue reading What you missed on MCM
Read More...New news on yesterday’s post – turns out that ‘costs’ are not based on billed charges, but on payments. Unfortunately, the report doesn’t make that clear – nowhere in the report does it define ‘costs’ as payments, it does state … Continue reading UPDATE – the Texas report on work comp networks
Read More...The odds that comprehensive health reform will pass are up – a bit. Word from Washington is the Democrats in the Senate Finance Committee are ‘coalescing’ around Baucus’ original bill’s provisions. While there’s been much discussion, few of the 564 … Continue reading Handicapping health reform
Read More...Reform – whether it happens this year, in ten years, in one big change or a series of smaller steps – is going to have a big impact on workers comp. That’s the takeaway from one of the sessions yesterday … Continue reading Health reform and workers comp – the view from IAIABC
Read More...The morning panel led off with a talk by WCRI President Rick Victor on the factors impacting workers comp. His view is the economic downturn will have lasting, and deep, effects on the economy. There will be less consumer demand; … Continue reading IAIABC report – The economic downturn’s impact on workers comp
Read More...From comments made by management at Coventry’s presentation at Morgan Stanley investor day last week, the company’s efforts to refocus on core businesses appears to be working. Of he two key takeaways one was wildly obvious while the other much … Continue reading Coventry Healthcare – they’ve solved yesterday’s problem
Read More...Here, in no particular order, are a few questions you may want to pose to the folks who manage your work comp medical dollars. Whether the answers are ‘right’, ‘wrong’, or neither depends on your situation, but regardless of the … Continue reading Questions for your work comp managed care vendors
Read More...The Baucus bill is out, and despite multiple concessions made in an effort to garner some GOP support, not a single Republican Senator has voiced even equivocal support. While Sens Snowe Grassley and Enzi allow that they’re still negotiating, the … Continue reading Baucus’ bill is out to little applause
Read More...Today’s Washington Post reports that Sens. Enzi and Grassley have asked Sen Baucua to consider a lengthy list of changes to his health reform bill, changes that include elimination of state funding for the expansion of Medicaid, reduction or elimination … Continue reading Health reform – it’s not looking good…
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