Industry Insights
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Paduda: Opioids, Marijuana, Pain and Workers' Comp | 05/25/2018 | |
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| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The National Council on Compensation Insurance's Raji Chadarevian discussed opioid utilization, price and cost at NCCI’s recent Annual Issues Symposium 2018. ...Read More | |||
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Paduda: State Fund Is Solving Opioids | 05/01/2018 | |
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| Source: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| I’ve lauded the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Comp for its great successes reducing opioid usage. But, I’ve heard from many stakeholders that Ohio’s got a unique advantage. ...Read More | |||
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Paduda: 919,400 People Aren't Working Because of Opioid Use | 04/11/2018 | |
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| Source: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| My best guess is about a quarter of those are work comp patients. ...Read More | |||
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Paduda: Opioids: Bad News and Good | 03/23/2018 | |
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| Source: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Patients taking opioids over the long term don’t go back to work, yet many long-term opioid patients can be weaned off opioids within two years. ...Read More | |||
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Paduda: Is Work Comp Medical Inflation Increasing? | 03/16/2018 | |
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| Source: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| USI’s 2018 Insurance Market Outlook indicates workers’ comp medical inflation will hit 6%, a significant jump over recent years. ...Read More | |||
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Paduda: Are You Being Gamed? | 02/26/2018 | |
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| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| I’ve had a number of conversations of late with self-insured employers about their workers’ comp “savings” reports. One thing that keeps coming up is how — and why — vendors game the numbers. ...Read More | |||
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Paduda: Stone Point Buys Genex — Again | 02/16/2018 | |
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| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Case management/bill review/utilization review/independent medical exam company Genex has been re-purchased by Stone Point Capital. Stone Point sold the business to Apax in 2014. ...Read More | |||
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Paduda: An Anesthesiologist on Opioid Addiction and Treatment | 02/08/2018 | |
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| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Some doctors are changing the way they talk about and address pain, offering hope that fewer opioid addicts will be created. ...Read More | |||
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Paduda: Concentra's Approach to Telemedicine | 01/26/2018 | |
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| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Today we’re continuing to dig into what individual companies are doing in telemedicine. ...Read More | |||
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Paduda: Predictions for Work Comp in 2018 | 01/08/2018 | |
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| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Good to be back at work — and ready to opine on what 2018 holds for work comp. Here, in no particular order, are my educated guesses, considered opinions and wild-assed speculations. ...Read More | |||
