Industry Insights
Paduda: Climate Change's Impact on Comp Is Here | 03/12/2024 | ||
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 | |||
Paduda: The Heat Is On | 03/01/2024 | ||
By: Joe Paduda | |||
State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
Heat exposure has killed 40 workers per year since 2011. ...Read More | |||
Paduda: Ramona Tanabe on WCRI's Annual Confab | 02/29/2024 | ||
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 | |||
Paduda: Things to Not Do if You Sell Workers' Comp Services | 02/16/2024 | ||
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 | |||
Paduda: Predictions for Healthcare in 2024 | 02/12/2024 | ||
By: Joe Paduda | |||
State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
Some of you know Jay Stith — he’s been working with HSA for half a decade now, heading up data analytics and research. Jay’s brilliant, has a great dry wit, and most of all very insightful. ...Read More | |||
Paduda: What Should Happen in Workers' Comp but Probably Won't | 01/24/2024 | ||
By: Joe Paduda | |||
State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
I’ve finally figured out that what I think should happen often doesn’t. ...Read More | |||
Paduda: How'd I Do in Predictions for 2023 (Part 2)? | 01/04/2024 | ||
State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
Here’s the second half of my annual predictions and how they panned out. Part 1 can be read ...Read More | |||
Paduda: How'd I Do in Predictions for 2023? | 01/03/2024 | ||
By: Joe Paduda | |||
State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
Yikes! A year has passed (good riddance), and it’s time to own up to how I did on my annual predictions for workers’ comp, and stuff that will drive WC &mdas...Read More | |||
Paduda: Provider Consolidation Means Higher Comp Costs, Longer Disability | 12/19/2023 | ||
By: Joe Paduda | |||
State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
Health care provider vertical integration increases work comp medical costs, increases disability duration and does not deliver better outcomes. ...Read More | |||
Paduda: Another Deal Is Done in Work Comp Services | 12/08/2023 | ||
By: Joe Paduda | |||
State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
Private equity firms Lee Equity Partners and Elements Health Investors completed a recap of Carisk Partners last week, marking one of the very few deals to be done over the last many months. ...Read More | |||