Industry Insights
| How Much will Opioids Really Cost You? | 03/20/2012 | ||
| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| A lot more than you think.I met with a large workers comp payer recently to discuss (among other things) their strategy regarding long-term work comp claims; they have more than 40,000 claimants that have been on opioids for extended periods.The research strongly suggests mos...Read More | |||
| Higher Workers' Comp Costs for Fla. Employers are Coming | 03/12/2012 | ||
| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: FL | Segment: | 0 | |||
| The bill to stop outrageous markups on physician-dispensed drugs is all but dead, a victim of a highly effective, and very well-coordinated lobbying and public relations campaign financed by wealthy opponents who used employers' own dollars to kill the bill.Dispensing companies make ...Read More | |||
| High Court Strikes Reform Provisions | 01/03/2012 | ||
| State: OK | Segment: | 0 | |||
| While I was out sick with the stomach flu the Oklahoma Supreme Court acted with surprising speed in surgically excising offending parts from that state's recent attempt at workers' compensation reform.Striking provisions limiting service as independent medical examiners to medica...Read More | |||
| How to Save Big: A Book Review | 07/11/2011 | ||
| State: NA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By David J. DePaoloWorkCompCentral"How to Save Big on Workers' Compensation" by Adam Friedlander is a quick read at 143 pages inclusive of supplemental material.And while the book is primarily about the New York workers' compensation market, the overall theme of...Read More | |||
| Humana to Acquire Concentra for $790 Million | 11/29/2010 | ||
| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Joe PadudaCompPharma and Health Strategy AssociatesIn an announcement a few minutes ago, health plan company Humana announced it intends to buy occ-med clinic firm Concentra for $790 million.Currently Concentra has about 300 facilities and 240 on-site clinics and rev...Read More | |||
| Handling WC Death Claims in Illinois | 11/22/2010 | ||
| By: Eugene Keefe | |||
| State: IL | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Eugene KeefeKeefe Campbell & AssociatesWe have received so many questions about it, here are some solid pointers to save for the day an Illinois WC death claim hits your desk.Note the minimum cost for a WC death claim in Illinois, if there is a widow or dependent...Read More | |||
| Hertz v. WCAB (Aguilar) | 05/28/2010 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| By Mark RemasRemas GroupThe issue raised is whether the workers' compensation insurance company should be liable for non-industrial factors that affect an injured worker’s ability to return to the labor market. The Supreme Court dismissed this case, whic...Read More | |||
| Health Reform Act Charts New Course for Occupational Medicine | 04/20/2010 | ||
| By: Jon Gelman | |||
| State: NA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Jon GelmanThe occupational healthcare program embodied in the recently enacted legislation has the potential for being the most extensive, effective and innovated system ever enacted for delivering medical care to injured workers. The “Libby Care” provisions, and its envis...Read More | |||
| Health Reform's Implications on Workers' Comp | 04/01/2010 | ||
| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Joe PadudaHealth Strategy AssociatesThere are two types of comp networks, those based on group health network contracts and comp-specific preferred provider organizations. The comp-specific PPOs include HFN, Rockport, CompPartners; they are contracted specifically for work comp ...Read More | |||
| How Many Dollars are Wasted on Physical Therapy? | 02/25/2010 | ||
| State: NA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| How many dollars are wasted on physical therapy?Probably a lot. Perhaps most. And certainly a big chunk of the bucks your insurer/tthird-party administrator is paying.Unlike surgery, imaging, drugs, and other types of medical treatment, PT has long been a bit of a black art....Read More | |||
