Insight, analysis & opinion from Joe Paduda
I posted on the slaughter of kids and Black Americans a couple weeks ago; David Vittoria, Carisk’s Chief Behavioral Health Officer sent this in as a comment – it is well worth your time. (lightly edited; highlights are mine. Carisk … Continue reading Behavioral health is vitally important.
Read More...Sean Cooper and Raji Chadarevian delivered perhaps the most useful presentation I’ve seen at any NCCI Conference…There’s a LOT 0f important – and very timely – information in their presentation, so I strongly encourage you to watch it – or … Continue reading Medical cost drivers in work comp – NCCI’s take
Read More...More details from NCCI Chief Actuary Donna Glenn’s presentation yesterday… Claim costs are driven by employment, frequency (what percentage of workers gets hurt), the cost to provide medical care to those injured workers and the cost of paying their income … Continue reading Work comp loss drivers…NCCI’s 2021 findings
Read More...Quick as in this won’t take up much of your time, and “‘quick” as in how fast NCCI has published useful data. NCCI’s Medical Indicators and Trends dashboard has been updated to include data up to September 2021…you can access … Continue reading Quick updates
Read More...This is the fourth attempt to warn you about the impending disaster facing all of us. Our incredibly dysfunctional healthcare system is collapsing, falling apart as thousands of highly-experienced and very well-trained critical staff leave care provider roles. Two national … Continue reading Our healthcare system is breaking, part 4
Read More...Between doing grandfatherly duties (hanging out with our granddaughter), business obligations and snow plowing, it’s been a busy week. here’s what’s up. COVID stuff Yeah, like you, I was hoping this pandemic would be just an unpleasant memory by now. … Continue reading Thursday catch-up
Read More...In a tiktok video circulating among healthcare workers a traveling nurse bluntly describes the very near future – no beds. For those blithely going on about their lives, ignorant of the impact of the anti-vaccine movement on our healthcare system … Continue reading We are not “In This Together”
Read More...Last week the first five predictions about what happens in workers’ comp this year went up…today’s the second five. 6. With one or two exceptions, don’t expect much in the way of private equity investments. There may be one or … Continue reading Predictions for workers comp in 2022, part 2
Read More...Yesterday we went through the first 5 of my predictions for 2021, today we’ll wrap up the second batch before I attempt to predict what 2022 brings. 6. The workers’ comp insurance market will stay soft. Here’s a few reasons … Continue reading 2021 Predictions – How’d I do, part 2
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?
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