Insight, analysis & opinion from Joe Paduda
Florida appears poised to restrict overcharging for physician dispensing of repackaged drugs to workers comp patients, so dispensing companies are looking for greener pastures. One that looks promising indeed is Hawai’i, where physician dispensing exploded onto the scene last year, … Continue reading Money buying bad policy – the Hawai’ian version
Read More...To date, Automated Healthcare Solutions and other companies owned by their principals have donated over $3 million to various politicians, campaigns, and political organizations. Automated Healthcare Solutions and their sister companies are heavily involved in physician dispensing to workers comp … Continue reading $3 million and counting
Read More...One of the most powerful firms in the physician dispensing business is sending hundreds of thousands of dollars to elected officials in Florida. [sub req] The donations, to individual politicians and their affiliated organizations, come as the Florida Senate is … Continue reading Physician dispensing in Florida – Can money buy bad policy?
Read More...Physician dispensing in Florida is back in the news, as we await with bated breath the outcome of this session’s legislative battle. On one side is the Florida Medical Association and Automated Healthcare Solutions, the Miramar company that provides software, … Continue reading Physician dispensing – the latest from Florida
Read More...This morning’s edition of WorkCompCentral came with the welcome news that legislation has been introduced in the Florida state senate to cap the price of repackaged drugs at the original manufacturer’s AWP plus a dispensing fee. The bill, which has … Continue reading Will Florida fix its (work comp) drug problem?
Read More...One big reason – physician dispensing of repackaged drugs. Two stories, seemingly unrelated, appeared in the last week or so that, when read together, clearly lay out the problem. One described the costs borne by Florida’s employers, costs much higher … Continue reading Why Florida’s work comp costs are heading up
Read More...In what has to be the irony of ironies, my experiment with Google Ads has AHCS advertising on MCM.(it may not come up on your page as Google has some weird way of determining what you see) Their ads even … Continue reading Web advertising on MCM
Read More...A lot happened in the work comp world in 2010 – here are the top issues discussed here on MCM. Mergers, acquisitions, and buyouts This has been a very busy year for the financial folks. OneCall Medical, Intracorp, Sedgwick, SRS, … Continue reading The top work comp stories of 2010
Read More...An interesting confluence of events occurred this week in the Sunshine State, one that will keep employers’ costs up while enriching politicians and physician dispensers. First, the Florida Legislature was going to meet and vote on a measure to override … Continue reading Money, politics, and workers comp
Read More...There’s a lot more happening in Vegas than we can discuss here, as many of my conversations yesterday started with the words “you can’t write about this”. Alas. There was much discussion about Texas and the demise of the voluntary … Continue reading The buzz from the comp conference
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