Insight, analysis & opinion from Joe Paduda
It’s got to be weird. Former competitors standing next to each other in the booth, greeting guests at their events, talking up the advantages of companies they were competing with just a month ago. It may be even stranger for … Continue reading Vegas – the elephant hunt is on
Read More...I’m thinking the investment community’s current obsession with workers’ comp is not going to end anytime soon. For several months I’ve been saying investors will move away from work comp when the next new thing comes along. As one who … Continue reading Investors may well keep their focus on work comp
Read More...Healthcare Solutions will be acquiring PBM/DME firm Modern Medical. The deal brings together two companies with strong pharmacy clinical management programs, DME/HHC products, and somewhat different target markets. Modern has a solid customer base among self-insureds and on the … Continue reading Another transaction in the work comp space
Read More...The days of summer – and particularly August – being slow for the work comp services business are over – at least for this year. Word is the North Dakota state fund aka WSI, has chosen PBM PMSI to handle … Continue reading It’s been a busy summer in the work comp sales world
Read More...The list of those opposing health reform includes Tea Partiers, libertarians and other small government advocates; the Chamber of Commerce, Association of Manufacturers, and National Federation of Independent Businesses; health plans (some of them), brokers, and insurers. For some the … Continue reading Be careful what you wish for
Read More...Do you want to spend more taxpayer dollars on Medicare? For care that is demonstrably more expensive? That’s the question before us, and one that (I hope) we can discuss collegially. Here’s the issue. The House passed legislation that would … Continue reading Higher health care costs and taxes or free market principles – pick one
Read More...Here’s a modest suggestion re an alternative fee schedule methodology that deserves careful consideration by legislators and regulators alike – From the medical fee schedule section of the Code of Hammurabi (1730 BCE): 215 If a physician make a large … Continue reading Work comp fee schedule – a modest proposal
Read More...The annual property and casualty conference/gathering of the tribes known as RIMS is slated for Vancouver BC the first week in May. A great city, terrific restaurants, and lots to do around town. I’ll miss it this year – too … Continue reading News you might hear at RIMS
Read More...Here in no particular order is what I can recall (and am allowed to post) from the last couple days at the comp conference. First off, more activity, more smiles, more enthusiasm than I’ve seen in several years at the … Continue reading The work comp conference – more buzz…
Read More...Now that the Mitchell – Ingenix deal is in the open, the rumor mill – and the fact mill as well – is rife with discussion of pending acquisitions, investments, and mergers in the work comp managed care business. Tops … Continue reading Workers comp – deals on the horizon
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