Industry Insights
|
Paduda: Haven Healthcare's Demise Offers Lessons for Workers' Comp | 01/15/2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Haven Healthcare, the Amazon-JPMorgan-Berkshire Hathaway joint venture intended to reinvent health care, is no more. The quest to improve access to primary care, simplify insurance coverage and make prescription drugs more affor...Read More | |||
|
Paduda: Delays in Treatment = Delays in Recovery | 12/09/2020 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Almost 400,000 surgeries (of all types) were canceled each week during the 12-week COVID peak this spring. ...Read More | |||
|
Paduda: More Hospital Consolidation = Higher Prices | 10/28/2020 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The only demonstrable impact of facility consolidation is higher prices. ...Read More | |||
|
Paduda: WCRI's Latest and Greatest | 10/21/2020 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| For decades, the Workers Compensation Research Institute's CompScope reports have provided deep insights into workers' compensation in many states. The information is germane not only to those focused on specific states, but for anyone looking to understand what works and what doesn&rsquo...Read More | |||
|
Paduda: COVID and Work Comp in the Sunshine State | 10/06/2020 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: FL | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| WorkCompCentral hosted a webinar last week (you can watch at no cost) diving into key issues related to Florida’s experience with COVID-19 and workers’ comp. ...Read More | |||
|
Paduda: Lots Going On in Workers' Comp | 09/21/2020 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| It's been a very busy week, indeed. Here’s what happened. ...Read More | |||
|
Paduda: BWC's Dividends and Drug Costs | 08/27/2020 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: OH | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Last week, Ohio’s Bureau of Workers’ Compensation announced it will consider $1.5 billion in dividends to policyholders. ...Read More | |||
|
Paduda: Agriculture, COVID-19 and Workers' Comp Claims | 08/19/2020 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Here’s what’s puzzling me about agricultural workers, COVID-19 infections and workers’ comp: Few agricultural wo...Read More | |||
|
Paduda: COVID Is Crushing Work Comp Claim Counts | 08/07/2020 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Thank you, California Workers' Compensation Institute. Due to its diligence and foresight, we now know: ...Read More | |||
|
Peabody: WCAB Explains That SIBTF PD Should Be Added, Not Combined | 08/06/2020 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| By: Michael Peabody | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board issued an en banc decision in June clarifying that prior and subsequent injuries should be “added” and not “combined” to determine whether the Subsequent Injuries Benefits Trust Fund (SIBTF) should be involved. ...Read More | |||
