Insight, analysis & opinion from Joe Paduda
This is a special post-election edition of Health Wonk Review – we asked our contributors to share their thoughts about how the GOP’s sweep will affect health care, health reform, and the health care system. I’d like to profusely thank … Continue reading The election’s impact on health care – experts opine
Read More...After several years of intense activity and billions of dollars invested in the work comp service industry by a score of private equity investors, it’s time to take a step back and figure out what’s worked, and why. And what … Continue reading Serving workers’ comp patients and payers – what works and why
Read More...I cannot believe we actually have to discuss presumptive GOP Presidential nominee Donald Trump’s health care plan. Trump’s website calls for few specifics; most are recycled from other GOP positions while some directly contradict his past statements about healthcare or standard GOP … Continue reading Trump on health care
Read More...What with the HealthWonkReview Tenth Anniversary celebration at HWR HQ last week and finishing up a client project, I neglected my posting duties. Here’s what I shoulda been writing about. Work comp Working with Harbor Health, the State Fund of … Continue reading Monday catch up
Read More...There’s 10 docs in LA who account for 1 of every 8 IMR requests in California’s work comp system. That’s about 3 for every working day for each physician. That’s a shipload of IMR respects. According to research just released … Continue reading The real problem with California’s IMR process
Read More...That’s the one-word takeaway from a read of Healthcare Solutions latest Drug Trends report. A decade ago work comp pharmacy was driven overwhelmingly by utilization; ever-increasing volumes of pills prescribed and dispensed to claimants was the primary cost driver. Now, price … Continue reading Work comp pharmacy – it’s getting complicated
Read More...What a %^&*$#$* week! Like many, I spent far too much time this week dealing with the fallout from the ProPublica/NPR series on workers’ comp. I really need to devote more time to real work, and less to educating folks … Continue reading It’s Friday…and none too soon
Read More...The variation in the cost to manage work comp clams varies wildly across states – from a low of less than $4000 in Wisconsin to more than twice that in Louisiana. And, these costs are steadily increasing at annual rates … Continue reading The state of the States’ work comp systems
Read More...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...“When one person suffers it is a tragedy, when millions do, it is a statistic.” As abhorrent as quoting Josef Stalin might be, the monster was right. Opponents of Obamacare love to cite specific examples of people “harmed” by PPACA. … Continue reading The real cost of rejecting Obamacare
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