Insight, analysis & opinion from Joe Paduda
A rather busy week to be sure. Not exactly beach reading, but plenty of food for thought while you’re manning the grill, watching the game, or lolling about. Reform rollout The biggest news was the decline in health care … Continue reading Friday catch-up
Read More...After spending the last few days on vacation – the boys’ annual mountain biking trip – plane time is needed to catch up on all that happened while I was getting lost in the high desert west of Fruita, Colorado. … Continue reading Monday catch-up
Read More...Nope, the wonkers are hard at it while the rest are vacationing…we know you’re busy, so we’ll do this one quick – but NOT dirty! This biweek’s edition of Health Wonk Review starts with the big question – we all … Continue reading HWR’s not taking any time off!
Read More...With Apax’ just-announced acquisition of Genex, the pending Coventry transaction, and ongoing consolidation in the PBM space, the work comp services industry will look much different at the end of 2014 than it did even a year ago. OneCall Care … Continue reading Just when you thought it couldn’t keep going…
Read More...I’m beginning to think this is a misnomer, as there’s so much going on these days it is impossible to “catch up”. We’ll try. I did not attend RIMS this year (or the last few). While the must-go for brokers … Continue reading Friday’s catch up
Read More...I was in Atlanta most of the week at the third annual Rx Drug Abuse Summit, a terrific-if-somewhat-depressing meeting of 1300 folks focused on ending the abuse of prescription drugs. I’ll do a series of posts on this next week; … Continue reading Friday’s the-week-was-a-blur post
Read More...Happy spring – hope the weather where you are is as great as it is in the northeast…we finally get to tell our friends in Florida that things are just fine, thank you. Off we go to catch you up … Continue reading Friday catch-up
Read More...Lots of big info out this week, and a few tidbits about pending deals in the workers’ comp services space too. Here are the highlights…(for the latest on deals in the work comp space, scroll down) There’s a lot of … Continue reading Friday catch up and idle speculation
Read More...well, not really. I’m referring to yesterday’s annual April Fool’s Day post, in which I “reported” Obamacare would include a single-payer federal workers’ comp system for small employers. While some chalk it up to my sophomoric attempt at humor, (and … Continue reading Sorry about that…
Read More...A week on the road ends today – if flights are on time and the weather gods are merciful. Here’s what I missed while sitting on planes and in airports… This week marked the 103rd anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist … Continue reading Friday’s catch up post
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