Insight, analysis & opinion from Joe Paduda
MCM has been up and running for more than a dozen years, over 3,000 posts, and multiple iterations. We average about 1400 visitors each day we post. It’s time to review what we do and see what needs to change. … Continue reading The future of Managed Care Matters
Read More...Okay, time to dig into what this election means for health care. I’m still working thru how this will affect workers’ comp; my first post next week will focus on that. To my loyal readers, thanks for your patience while … Continue reading TrumpCare – initial takes
Read More...Good morning all. Out in SoCal for the CompLaude event; looking forward to two days of great discussion about the good things in workers’ comp. More evidence that WC medical trend is flattening WCRI released it’s Indiana CompScope report earlier … Continue reading Friday catch-up; CorVel, deals, & drugs
Read More...Sorry folks – it’s been a very busy few days with client meetings and project deliverables. When you’re a one-person operation, it’s just not possible to keep up with posting when client stuff needs doing! So, here’s a quick review … Continue reading Thursday catch-up
Read More...With just a couple Health Wonk Review publication dates between now and the election, we decided to jump into this with both feet. Which is decidedly different from anything we’re hearing from the Presidential candidates, and pretty much everyone running … Continue reading Pre-election pundit ponderings!
Read More...A busy week indeed! Here’s what happened that’s worthy of your attention. The Feds have been all over healthcare fraud for several years; earlier this week, Attorney General Loretta Lynch announced charges against 301 people accused of defrauding taxpayers – … Continue reading Friday catch-up
Read More...Got to love May! Everything is greening up, baseball season is in full swing, college graduations, flowers are blooming. While I was out smelling the new blossoms, a bunch of stuff happened. Implementing health reform There’s been a lot of … Continue reading Friday catch-up
Read More...Headed to Florida for the annual NCCI AIS confab, one of the best-organized conferences in the workers’ comp world. Looking forward to NCCI Chief Actuary Kathy Antonello’s State of the Line presentation; will be live-blogging as she reveals the latest … Continue reading On the way to NCCI
Read More...Back from vacation and catching up on all the goings-on; some pretty big news out of California re work comp these days… We’ll start with the highest impact news, and that is the California Supreme Court’s “decision” to let stand a lower … Continue reading Tuesday’s California catch-up
Read More...On holiday this week, hiking in Arizona. Hope your week is fabulous, unless you are a physician dispensing advocate or opioid overuse apologist, in which case I hope it is anything but. Speaking of which, opioid guidelines are becoming more … Continue reading Catch up Monday
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