Industry Insights
Paduda: No, Higher Indemnity Payments Do Not Equal Longer Disability | 02/21/2020 | ||
By: Joe Paduda | |||
State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
A recent piece in WorkCompCentral highlighted research that ostensibly said paying injured workers higher indemnity benefits results in longer disability duration and hig...Read More | |||
Paduda: Now's the Time to Fix That Roof | 02/13/2020 | ||
By: Joe Paduda | |||
State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
Barring some catastrophic exogenic event (war with Iran, pandemic, sudden recession), workers’ comp premiums will continue to shrink. ...Read More | |||
Paduda: The One Call Overhaul, Part 1 | 02/07/2020 | ||
By: Joe Paduda | |||
State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
One Call’s new owners just announced the hiring of Tom Warsop as the company’s new CEO, replacing Rone Baldwin. ...Read More | |||
Paduda: What Would You Do With Another $8,000? | 01/27/2020 | ||
By: Joe Paduda | |||
State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
The U.S. health care system is costing you $8,000 more than it should. That’s because you, the consumer, are at the mercy of hospitals, insurers, doctors, device companies, pharma. ...Read More | |||
Paduda: How'd I Do With 2019 Work Comp Predictions? | 12/19/2019 | ||
By: Joe Paduda | |||
State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
Each year I make predictions about what the work comp world will do in the coming dozen months. Here’s how that went in 2019. (Spoiler alert: The ball was a bit cloudy last January.) ...Read More | |||
Paduda: Who Are Those Guys? | 12/05/2019 | ||
By: Joe Paduda | |||
State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
That’s the question many have asked when told a handful of California physicians file most of the utilization review and independent medical review requests. ...Read More | |||
Paduda: Time for an Effective Workers' Comp Opioid Solution | 12/03/2019 | ||
By: Joe Paduda | |||
State: LA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
Monday's WorkCompCentral arrived with William Rabb’s report on the use of opioids by workers’ comp patients in Louisiana. ...Read More | |||
Paduda: What's Up With Paradigm? | 11/26/2019 | ||
By: Joe Paduda | |||
State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
Paradigm is evolving rapidly, and none too soon. A data-driven firm known for taking risk on catastrophic claims, Paradigm has strengthened its behavioral health offerings and added case management, specialty and network services, all intended to make the company one...Read More | |||
Paduda: WC Rates Are Still Too High — and Will Continue to Drop | 11/20/2019 | ||
By: Joe Paduda | |||
State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
I’m going to convince you that despite years of continued decreases, work comp premiums are still too high. And will likely remain too high for the next few years. ...Read More | |||
Paduda: Opioids and Work Comp Premiums | 11/14/2019 | ||
By: Joe Paduda | |||
State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
Two seemingly unrelated papers hit the inbox yesterday: the California Workers’ Compensation Institute's just-completed analysis of opioid usage in California, and the National Council on Compensation Insurance's report on 2019 workers’ comp financials. ...Read More | |||