Insight, analysis & opinion from Joe Paduda
OK, this is just a little outside the usual focus here. I’ve been fascinated by CorVel’s stock price lately. For a company that does not appear to have much in the way of growth prospects, with a record of declining … Continue reading Mystified
Read More...Coventry is going to get into the work comp case management business. Public and private sources indicate that an acquisition is in the offing, and while it may not be CorVel, it will likely include an asset with case management … Continue reading Coventry’s work comp strategy
Read More...There’s been a lot of news, non-news, and rumor about deals and transactions and changes in the work comp managed care industry floating around out there. As usual, for some of the rumors there’s a little basis in fact and … Continue reading The work comp rumor mill
Read More...There’s been so much activity on the national health care scene involving managed care, medicare, provider reimbursement, consumer-directed health plans and Part D, I’ve neglected another loyal readership, the brave souls who toil in the workers comp managed care business. … Continue reading The latest on the work comp managed care world…
Read More...The workers comp PPO is dead. Well, dying. The era of large, national PPOs delivering a single generic discount-based model is coming to a close. Payers are finding that their medical costs are still going up; their managed care fees … Continue reading Workers Comp PPOs are dead
Read More...These are wild times for the workers comp managed care industry. With Aetna’s recent announcement that they are expanding their workers comp network into additional states, it appears the big health plan is becoming a serious competitor for network business. … Continue reading The wild world of workers comp managed care
Read More...Concentra Inc.’s presentation at the Bank of America Investor Conference earlier this month focused on their continued growth, focus on workers comp, and impact of the acquisitions of Beech Street and Occupational Health and Rehab. Here are some of the … Continue reading Concentra’s investor briefing
Read More...Back to my review of the audit of Broward County School Board’s workers comp program. My last post focused on some of the specific problems identified in the Broward School Board work comp audit. This post will concentrate on more … Continue reading Broward County Workers’ Comp problems – part three
Read More...The Broward County School Board audit of their workers compensation program is even-handed, insightful, detailed, and brutal. It shows no mercy for managed care firm CorVel, administrator Gallagher Bassett, or the Board’s own risk management department. And according to my … Continue reading the Broward workers comp scandal, part two
Read More...CorVel and Gallagher Bassett are the subject of a highly critical article in the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, that could be subtitled “When bad claims management and bad managed care meet bad employers, it’s bad news.” In this case, Broward County … Continue reading A new scandal in workers compensation
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