Insight, analysis & opinion from Joe Paduda
Is well underway. Likely impacts include: more hospitals shutting down their inpatient operations a decline (!!) in hospital employment even more aggressive land-grab efforts by rival health systems seeking highly profitable commercially insured patients (that’s you, dear reader) doubling down … Continue reading The hospital shakeout
Read More...A dozen states have yet to expand Medicaid, a decision that has led to untold suffering for millions without healthcare. This has also led to: more healthcare “deserts” in poor and rural areas economic damage in non-expansion states higher costs … Continue reading Why expanding medicaid is a no-brainer
Read More...heading up. First, a bit of background. Big health insurers that sell insurance via the Exchanges have to file their rates with the Feds now. While they don’t insure a lot of people, their filings are detailed, public, and cover … Continue reading Healthcare costs are…
Read More...With all the attention paid to abortion these days, I thought it worthwhile to dig into the financial and health impact of abortion and childbirth. First, the cost. Women who give birth incur about $19,000 in additional healthcare costs compared to … Continue reading (Perhaps) unintended consequences of abortion bans
Read More...Sedgwick has acquired Orchid Medical in what is the giant TPA’s latest move to add more services to its portfolio. Sedgwick hasn’t posted on this yet; when it does it should be here. Over the last few years Sedgwick added … Continue reading Sedgwick buys Orchid Medical
Read More...The prices private insurers have paid to hospitals and physicians have increased much faster than prices paid by Medicare and Medicaid. And it’s not because providers are cost-shifting. Those are the main takeaways from a just-released CBO report; here’s what … Continue reading (Most) private insurers aren’t controlling costs
Read More...Three days ago President Biden signed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, a notable accomplishment coming after bipartisan support in Congress. Pretty remarkable that this happened at all; past Administrations – both Democratic and Republican that enjoyed majorities in Congress … Continue reading Infrastructure = jobs = premiums and claims
Read More...Good to be back in the habit of regular posting…lots going on deserving of your attention. Drugs From myMatrixx, a very useful post from Phil Walls, everyone’s favorite pharmacist. Phil highlights three drugs in the pipeline that may well find … Continue reading Friday catch-up
Read More...To hear hospital lobbyists talk, you’d think Florida’s taxpayers and employers should subsidize hospital losses by paying exorbitant amounts for hospital care. Yesterday’s virtual meeting of the State’s Three Member Panel (TMP) featured several hospital lobbyists and officials waxing poetic … Continue reading Florida’s solution to hospitals’ financial mess is…
Read More...With President Trump’s nominee for the Supreme Court all but confirmed, there are huge implications for healthcare. If the Court rules the ACA/Obamacare is unconstitutional, “a host of provisions may be eliminated” including: protections for people with pre-existing conditions, subsidies … Continue reading If the Supreme Court kills “Obamacare”
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