Industry Insights
| Why are There So Many Spinal Implants? | 05/30/2008 | ||
| State: NA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| One of the fastest growing segments of the surgical industry is the spinal implant business. In what may be the most comprehensive review of the problem, the Orange County Register reported:"About 70% of U.S. adults -- or 153 million people -- have lower back pain, according to Mill...Read More | |||
| What Would ACOEM Say About Parachutes? | 04/04/2008 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By York McGavin I can remember a time when the biggest problem faced by many a workers' compensation judge was weighing medical reports between dueling qualified medical evaluators and the judge was focused on which of the reports were more substantial, better reasoned, and more accu...Read More | |||
| Why is workers comp reimbursement based on Medicare? | 02/20/2008 | ||
| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Joe PadudaMany states have physician fee schedules for workers' comp, and most of those are based on Medicare.That makes no sense.Medicare covers all the health conditions and maladies encountered by elderly and disabled folks -- from breast cancer to catar...Read More | |||
| Workers' comp payers' deadly blind spot | 02/19/2008 | ||
| State: NA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Joe Paduda Medical costs are rising much faster in workers comp than in group health. Over the last ten years, the WC medical trend has been going up more than twice as fast as overal...Read More | |||
| What does the recession mean for workers' comp? | 01/25/2008 | ||
| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| --By Joe PadudaThe U.S. is either in a recession or about to be. What does that mean for workers' comp?Broadly speaking, there are no studies that indicate WC costs decline as a result of recessions; in general costs tend to increase. An analysis of Minnesota data publish...Read More | |||
| Work comp New Year's resolutions | 01/23/2008 | ||
| By: Mullen & Filippi | |||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Mullen & FilippiWe hope your holiday season was spectacular and that you’re energized and ready for what promises to be a lively year in California Workers’ Compensation. We thought we’d take a few moments of your time to review some interesting comp-related ...Read More | |||
| What does Medicaid have to do with workers' comp? | 11/21/2007 | ||
| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Joe PadudaWhat does Medicaid have to do with workers' comp?Nothing. At least it shouldn't. But two states (California and New York), base their workers' comp fee schedules for drugs on Medicaid's rates -- despite the complete lack of similarities between th...Read More | |||
| What happens when a fee schedule goes up? | 10/29/2007 | ||
| State: NA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| I've always been a 'non-advocate' of tight fee schedules and broad based discounted networks. Actually it's a little more than that - I believe mandated across-the-board low fees are counterproductive, ill-conceived, harmful, and may actually incr...Read More | |||
| Workers' comp grapes of wrath? | 10/22/2007 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| The kids are back in school, the breeze is kicking up a bit and harvest season, or “crush” is once again in full swing in the Napa Valley! Those beautiful, ripe grapes are headed for some serious stomping to be sure. It’s fitting, then, to take a look at some stomping within the Wo...Read More | |||
| Workers' Compensation Bill Makes System More Fair | 09/22/2007 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Gil Stein The Mercury News editorial on workers' compensation reform suggests that the governor and Legislature use the 2004 workers' comp reform as a model for solving the state's health care crisis. Hold on there. Before we pop that champagne cork in celebration, let's make sure t...Read More | |||
