Insight, analysis & opinion from Joe Paduda
Controlling drug usage in workers’ comp is – far too often – the proverbial pushing on the rope. Sure, PBMs and payers have done a remarkable job constraining costs and reducing the initial inappropriate use of opioids. Virtually all payers … Continue reading Drug formularies – much needed in workers comp
Read More...And only one post…clearly I’ve been slacking. Time to catch up! Workers Comp There’s been much discussion of the implications of the demise of the APAX-Coventry Work Comp Services deal; CWCS staff seem to have mixed views, but most are … Continue reading A very busy week…
Read More...Today’s post is authored by Jack Johnston who is spending his summer interning at Health Strategy Associates; Jack is going to be a senior at Syracuse University (my alma mater); he’s studying Health and Exercise Science. The three largest PBMs … Continue reading Work Comp PBMs – it’s drug trend report time
Read More...There’s so much excitement about big data and the potential for it in work comp that it would be all to easy to forget some basics. The law of small numbers chief among them. Work comp accounts for a tad … Continue reading Big data in work comp – no panacea
Read More...Happy December. While we were doing all things Thanksgivukkah, the world continued. Here are the “high”-lights. Such as they are. The deadline to “fix” the federal health care exchange passed; with White House officials declaring: it never really was a … Continue reading What happened while we were focused on important stuff
Read More...Allstate Insurance has filed suit in Federal Court against Prescription Partners, the billing entity owned with Automated Healthcare Solutions. The suit was filed in the Eastern Michigan Federal District Court; here are a couple of the more salient assertions in … Continue reading Allstate sues AHCS subsidiary Prescription Partners
Read More...Gensco Labs has been busy filing trademarks for new and wonderful topical medications that are sure to solve myriad problems – to date they’ve filed for 46! They sure are busy down there in Miramar, Florida! There are a LOT … Continue reading The new compounds and who’s making them…
Read More...70 doctors are writing one-third of the scripts for opioids in California. Most of those scripts are for conditions where opioids are NOT appropriate treatment. Those claimants that get opioids are off work 3.6 times longer; litigation is 60 percent … Continue reading California State Fund’s great work on opioids
Read More...The group of five Maryland physicians charged with inappropriate prescribing are getting their day in court – or rather, the court is getting their day with the docs. According to an article [sub req] in the Daily Record, “IWIF [Maryland state … Continue reading Maryland’s medical miscreants coming to justice
Read More...There’s precious little good news on the subject of opioid overuse in work comp; NCCI and WCRI report increased usage, pill mills abound, CWCI’s research shows longer disability durations, and payers lament their inability to do much of anything to … Continue reading Progress on opioids – Texas leads the way
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