Industry Insights
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Paduda: Where Did the Comp Claims Go? | 03/20/2026 | |
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| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
| Private employers and insurers are happy. Claims service entities? Not so much. ...Read More | |||
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Paduda: The Connection Between Medicaid and Workers' Comp | 02/27/2026 | |
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| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| Workers' comp and Medicaid are intertwined. ...Read More | |||
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Paduda: Catastrophic Claims Are Changing | 02/04/2026 | |
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| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
| Excellent research on high-cost work comp claims by NCCI’s Brett Foster and Yuchen Su indicates that we need to take a step back and revisit how we characterize, think about and manage catastrophic claims. ...Read More | |||
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Paduda: Health Care Is Missing the Point | 01/26/2026 | |
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| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
| There’s an opinion piece in HealthAffairs from last week calling for providers to add “mobility” to the list of quality indicators assessed by governments, employers and health care practitioners. ...Read More | |||
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Paduda: Does Comp Care About Workers? | 12/05/2025 | |
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| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
| I have my doubts. Joe Paduda De...Read More | |||
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Paduda: Hot Stuff From WCRI | 09/29/2025 | |
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| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
| The brainiacs at the Workers Compensation Research Institute crammed more insights into a webinar than anyone could reasonably expect. ...Read More | |||
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Paduda: About Work Comp Medical Costs in Texas | 09/03/2025 | |
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| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | |||
| Dated but revealing information from the Texas Department of Insurance indicates that the average medical cost per claim dropped 4% from 2019 to 2023. ...Read More | |||
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Peabody: Request for Remote Testimony Can Satisfy WCAB Rules With Due Process at Stake | 08/25/2025 | |
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| By: Michael D. Peabody | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| The Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board issued a new en banc decision, making it easier for parties to have witnesses testify at trial via videoconferencing software. ...Read More | |||
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Paduda: California Comp Drivers, Part 2 | 08/13/2025 | |
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| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| California’s a fifth of U.S. workers’ comp benefits, and medical expenses are on the rise. ...Read More | |||
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Paduda: California Comp Drivers, Part 1 | 08/11/2025 | |
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| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| California represents one-fifth of total workers’ comp benefits. ...Read More | |||
