Industry Insights
Paduda: Work Comp Is the Innovation-Prevention Industry | 06/24/2021 | ||
By: Joe Paduda | |||
State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
Workers’ comp is the innovation-prevention industry. ...Read More | |||
Paduda: A Business Model in Search of a Problem | 06/17/2021 | ||
By: Joe Paduda | |||
State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
The workers’ comp services business is brutally competitive, a shrinking pie fought over by increasingly aggressive vendors, each striving to differentiate and demonstrate value. ...Read More | |||
Paduda: What's the State of Work Comp Managed Care? | 06/04/2021 | ||
By: Joe Paduda | |||
State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
I spend a lot of time in the weeds, digging into: ...Read More | |||
Paduda: Have Work Comp Payers Given Up on Physician Dispensing? | 05/27/2021 | ||
By: Joe Paduda | |||
State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
It sure looks that way. Joe Paduda ...Read More | |||
Paduda: Price, Network Penetration Drive Costs | 05/21/2021 | ||
By: Joe Paduda | |||
State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
That’s the conclusion I reached after reviewing WCRI’s latest treasure trove of research on medical prices paid for professional services ...Read More | |||
Paduda: Comp's Culture of Catastrophizing | 05/06/2021 | ||
By: Joe Paduda | |||
State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
At the height of the COVID crisis last year, some research organizations, brokers/consultants and “thought leaders” were gravely forecasting how awful this was going to be for workers’ comp. ...Read More | |||
Paduda: The Right Way to Think About Buying WC Services | 04/30/2021 | ||
By: Joe Paduda | |||
State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
Here’s how to think about price and service. Hint: Getting it right requires taking the time to dig deep. ...Read More | |||
Paduda: A Really Bad Idea | 04/22/2021 | ||
By: Joe Paduda | |||
State: CA | Segment: Top | 3 | |||
A long list of real and very difficult problems faces California’s legislators. Nowhere on that list is workers' compensation. ...Read More | |||
Paduda: Care Managers vs. Cost Centers | 04/20/2021 | ||
By: Joe Paduda | |||
State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
All “discounts” are not bad. Joe P...Read More | |||
Paduda: Why Are You Using That Metric? | 04/16/2021 | ||
By: Joe Paduda | |||
State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
I’ve had several conversations with claims and managed care folks over the last few months about measuring performance, outcome metrics versus process metrics, and the challenges of data collection, aggregation and analysis. ...Read More | |||