Blog Roundup: Texas Report Cards, Chimp Attack

They say don't mess with Texas, but prolific health care blogger Joe Paduda gave the Texas Department of Insurance a slap on Oct. 5 -- and kept coming back for more.Before the week was over, Paduda had blogged three times on his Managed Care Matters website pointing to flaws in the department's report cards on health care networks. The report cards were mandated by the Legislature as part of the same 2005 reform bill that allowed employers to direct care into certified networks, known as HCNs. The Texas Workers' Compensation Research and Evaluation Group's 2009 report represent...