Insight, analysis & opinion from Joe Paduda
Greetings – David Deitz here. Joe has kindly offered to let me provide a guest post on the latest report on the opioid epidemic from the National Academy of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM). The report is available here. It’s … Continue reading Opioid Exceptionalism – why these drugs are different than all others
Read More...Priority Care Solutions just introduced a new take on ancillary services, one involving risk sharing between the payer and PCS. It allows the payer – insurer or self insured employer – to set their “budget” for specific services going … Continue reading Sharing risk – a new approach to ancillary services
Read More...WCRI CEO John Ruser PhD led the final panel discussing the status and future of workers’ comp as the Grand Bargain between employees and employers. Bruce Wood and Emily Spieler PhD sparred over who pays for workers’ comp and tort … Continue reading WCRI – Does the “Grand Bargain” exist? Should it continue to?
Read More...Gotta love the start of summer; hope your weekend is going to be filled with fun and family. But before you go, here’s what’s been going on over the past couple of weeks. First, your morning outrage…here’s the latest from … Continue reading Friday catch-up
Read More...We are now getting into the meat of the matter; we are not going to get health care costs under control and quality improved without major structural change in the health care delivery and financing “system”. Several components of PPACA … Continue reading Obamacare and workers’ comp – Part 5 of 9
Read More...With a day and a drive to reflect on the WCRI conference, there’s much to be taken away. Attendance was high. Over the last decade, WCRI has become a must-attend for many payers and regulators, and as a result the number … Continue reading WCRI Wrap-up
Read More...Word is the recent flurry of acquisitions and mergers in the work comp services industry isn’t likely to taper off any time soon. Genex is reportedly up for sale, Injured Workers Pharmacy has seemingly been in play for months, a … Continue reading Acquisitions in the offing?
Read More...The periphery of the trade show floor at RIMS is where you’ll find innovators – new companies, with new ideas and concepts, new solutions to old problems, all described by their owners, founders, and top execs. To give credit where … Continue reading Where innovation can be found
Read More...HealthAdvocate is a relatively new company that is making a business (and by all accounts a fairly successful one) by helping consumers deal with the increasingly complex, frustrating, convoluted world of health care. I don’t have any personal experience with … Continue reading Navigating the health care jungle
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