Paduda Warns of Upcoming Perils Facing Industry

By Greg Jones, Western Bureau ChiefSAN FRANCISCO – Workers’ compensation carriers need to focus on efficiency and health care delivery or they’ll soon find themselves out of business, Joe Paduda said Thursday at the California Workers’ Compensation Institute 49th annual meeting of members.In addition to Paduda’s thoughts on the future of the workers’ compensation industry, attendees were also given a peek into the backroom politicking that was necessary to get Senate Bill 863 through the Legislature last year.Paduda, principal of Health Strategy Associates a...