Industry Insights
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Paduda: WCRI: Deductibles and Claims | 03/01/2019 | |
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| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| I showed up late to the Workers Compensation Research Institute's annual meeting Thursday in Phoenix, and thanks to American Airlines I missed three great sessions. Two dealt with opioids and one was a deep dive into coordinating medical and return-to-work services. ...Read More | |||
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Price: Preparing for the New York Formulary | 02/20/2019 | |
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| Source: David Price | |||
| State: NY | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| I recently found myself in a discussion with Mark Pew about the latest version of the proposed New York workers' compensation drug formulary. As is often the case, he had some very good questions. One of those questions really got me thinking: What should payers do —...Read More | |||
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Paduda: What Is Transparency? | 02/05/2019 | |
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| Source: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Buyers are asking health care intermediaries for “transparency.” I’ll try to concisely describe what this transparency thing is. ...Read More | |||
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Paduda: The Danger of Assumptions | 01/28/2019 | |
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| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The older I get, the more I understand the value of experience. Convenient, huh? ...Read More | |||
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Paduda: Predictions for Workers' Comp in 2019, Part 2 | 01/09/2019 | |
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| Source: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| I'm continuing my predictions for workers’ comp in 2019. The first five were Tuesday. ...Read More | |||
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Paduda: Predictions for Workers' Comp in 2019, Part 1 | 01/08/2019 | |
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| Source: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| If there were ever an impossible-to-predict year, 2019 is it. ...Read More | |||
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Paduda: Watch Out for Facility Costs | 12/24/2018 | |
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| Source: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Pharmacy costs are dropping, imaging is not an issue, physician expenses are growing modestly, and while PT payments are going up a bit, much of that is fee-schedule driven. ...Read More | |||
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Paduda: Work Comp Services: Specialize or Generalize? | 11/30/2018 | |
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| Source: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| WorkCompWire’s Leaders’ Speak column features a two...Read More | |||
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Paduda: And the Big Winner of the 2018 Midterms Is: Medicaid | 11/08/2018 | |
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| Source: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Three deep red states voted to expand Medicaid, and a fourth voted in a governor who will comply with her state’s 2017 referendum results and do the same. ...Read More | |||
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Paduda: Workers' Comp Claim Counts Are Down … Right? | 11/02/2018 | |
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| Source: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| A recently released analysis of workers’ comp claim frequency tells us what we’ve known for years: The percentage of workers who get hurt on the job has been ...Read More | |||
