Industry Insights
Paduda: Latest Research on Chronic Pain, Opioids and Other Drugs | 04/01/2021 | ||
By: Joe Paduda | |||
State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
Dr. Steve Feinberg pointed me to two studies conducted by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality on chronic pain, both systematic reviews (reviews of published studies of a specific topic). One focused on ...Read More | |||
Paduda: The Cost/Benefit of Catastrophic Case Management | 03/23/2021 | ||
By: Joe Paduda | |||
State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
A well-designed, thorough and much-needed study of the impact of nurse case management on catastrophic claims was completed late last year by the University of ...Read More | |||
Paduda: It's Not That Hard, People | 03/08/2021 | ||
By: Joe Paduda | |||
State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
Over the last few years, I’ve been involved in multiple engagements with workers' comp payers where their “vendors” just weren’t performing. ...Read More | |||
Paduda: Payers, Hold On to Your Purses and Wallets | 03/01/2021 | ||
By: Joe Paduda | |||
State: NA | Segment: Top | 2 | |||
Two news items hit the virtual desk: Hospitals ...Read More | |||
Phillips: Credibility in the Time of COVID | 02/19/2021 | ||
By: Allen Phillips | |||
State: TN | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
“The face is a picture of the mind with the eyes as its interpreter.” — Marcus Tullius Cicero, Roman philosopher (106-43 BC) ...Read More | |||
Paduda: Workers' Comp Is Still In the Dark Ages | 02/05/2021 | ||
By: Joe Paduda | |||
State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
With extremely rare exceptions, workers’ comp payers — and PPO networks — are doing next to nothing about quality. ...Read More | |||
Paduda: Haven Healthcare's Demise Offers Lessons for Workers' Comp | 01/15/2021 | ||
By: Joe Paduda | |||
State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
Haven Healthcare, the Amazon-JPMorgan-Berkshire Hathaway joint venture intended to reinvent health care, is no more. The quest to improve access to primary care, simplify insurance coverage and make prescription drugs more affor...Read More | |||
Paduda: Delays in Treatment = Delays in Recovery | 12/09/2020 | ||
By: Joe Paduda | |||
State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
Almost 400,000 surgeries (of all types) were canceled each week during the 12-week COVID peak this spring. ...Read More | |||
Paduda: More Hospital Consolidation = Higher Prices | 10/28/2020 | ||
By: Joe Paduda | |||
State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
The only demonstrable impact of facility consolidation is higher prices. ...Read More | |||
Paduda: WCRI's Latest and Greatest | 10/21/2020 | ||
By: Joe Paduda | |||
State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
For decades, the Workers Compensation Research Institute's CompScope reports have provided deep insights into workers' compensation in many states. The information is germane not only to those focused on specific states, but for anyone looking to understand what works and what doesn&rsquo...Read More | |||