Insight, analysis & opinion from Joe Paduda
What’s the deal with long-term COVID? Why are facility costs increasing and where? How will labor market disruptions affect work comp? These and other questions will be addressed in Boston March 16 and 17 at WCRI’s Issues and Research Conference. … Continue reading COVID, facility cost drivers, employment – don’t miss WCRI’s annual confab
Read More...It’s time once again to see how I did on my 2021 predictions for workers’ comp. Today we’ll dive into the first 5 and finish up with the last 5 tomorrow. Total premiums will stay low. As employment, payroll, and … Continue reading 2021 predictions – How’d I do?
Read More...Yes, attendance was way down. Yes, the exhibit hall was pretty quiet. Yes, it was really good to see old friends and colleagues, to re-connect and just smile at each other live, in person, and not in 2D. Yes, it … Continue reading National Work Comp – general impressions
Read More...The Biden administration is clamping down on hospital mergers and ramping up enforcement of surprise billing laws. Meanwhile, most hospitals are pretty much ignoring the requirement that they post prices. and are going to the mattresses to fight over mergers. … Continue reading The hospital war is ramping up.
Read More...An excellent article by Washington Monthly’s Eric Cortellessa described a Senate antitrust hearing focused on hospital and health care system consolidation. Believe it or not, the problems created by hospital consolidation have brought bipartisanship to the Senate, with arch-conservative Josh … Continue reading Bipartisanship at last!
Read More...Lots of good stuff… Those darn facility costs… WCRI’s latest survey of outpatient hospital costs, reimbursement, and all manner of related matters is just off the presses. There’s data about specific states’ costs, network penetration, facility cost trends, surgical costs … Continue reading Research Round-up – the Hospital Edition
Read More...Swamped with WCRI’s annual confab (more posts to come on that event) and client work. And the ubiquitous Zoom/Teams/Webex meetings…my high is 6 in one day. Hoping that’s more than you – for your sake. Okay, here’s a few items … Continue reading Friday catch-up
Read More...Two news items hit the virtual desk this morning; hospitals will lose more than $50 billion this year, and consolidation among hospitals and health systems is continuing, isn’t improving quality, and is increasing health systems’ leverage over payers. The bad … Continue reading Worker comp payers – hold on to your purses and wallets
Read More...Never has the crystal ball been cloudier. A lack of visibility does not mean one shouldn’t think through what might be hidden within the clouds. To quote Dwight Eisenhower, “plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.” While what we think … Continue reading Predictions for 2021 – Workers’ comp
Read More...As tempting as it is to just ignore my predictions for workers’ comp in 2020 and blame mis-calls on COVID, that wouldn’t be right. So, here’s how I did. 1. The work comp insurance market will stay soft. Yep. And … Continue reading Last year’s predictions…how’d I do?
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