Industry Insights
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Paduda: The Latest on Workers' Comp Pharmacy | 06/24/2024 | |
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| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
| We are finishing up our annual survey of pharmacy benefits management in workers’ comp. Here are three findings from the 15 we’ve done so far. ...Read More | |||
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Paduda: OSHA Makes Progress on Heat Exposure | 06/14/2024 | |
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| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
| In a key step to help protect workers from excessive heat, OSHA’s Advisory Committee on Construction Safety and Health (ACCSH) met to review a draft rule’s initial regulatory framework....Read More | |||
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Paduda: What's Up With Optum Workers' Comp? | 06/06/2024 | |
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| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
| Tuesday's non-announcement that ExamWorks bought Optum’s Settlement (MSA) business should not have been a surprise. ...Read More | |||
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Paduda: A Workers' Comp Quiz | 05/16/2024 | |
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| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
| Workers comp is: Joe Paduda ...Read More | |||
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Paduda: Cost Doesn't Equal Quality | 05/02/2024 | |
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| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
| In the ever-changing world of health care economics, one thing is becoming more of a norm: high hospital costs. Crazy facility fees coupled with hospital/health system consolidation are leading to higher prices for payers. ...Read More | |||
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Phillips: It's All Settled | 04/17/2024 | |
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| By: Judge Allen Phillips | |||
| State: TN | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | |||
| One of the goals of the 2013 Reform Act was an efficient and timely system for resolution of claims. Settlement by agreement furthers that goal by getting employees their benefits more quickly and by allowing employers to avoid undue litigation expenses. ...Read More | |||
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Paduda: Climate Change's Impact on Comp Is Here | 03/12/2024 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Kudos to the Workers Compensation Research Institute. It is the first workers’ comp research organization to give center stage to the impact of climate change — primarily heat — on claims. ...Read More | |||
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Paduda: The Heat Is On | 03/01/2024 | |
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| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
| Heat exposure has killed 40 workers per year since 2011. ...Read More | |||
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Paduda: Ramona Tanabe on WCRI's Annual Confab | 02/29/2024 | |
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| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
| Ramona Tanabe, CEO of the Workers Compensation Research Institute — a most excellent workers’ comp research organization — was kind enough to carve out a few minutes on the eve of this year’s gathering of the brainiacs to answer a few of my questions. ...Read More | |||
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Paduda: Things to Not Do if You Sell Workers' Comp Services | 02/16/2024 | |
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| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 1 | |||
| If you’re in the workers’ comp space, there are several things you should avoid at all costs. ...Read More | |||
