Managed Care Matters
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Joseph Paduda's weblog on managed care for group health, workers compensation & auto insurance, covering health care cost containment, health policy, health research, and medical news for insurers, employers, and healthcare providers.
Managed Care Matters
1d ago
Physical medicine management firm MedRisk will acquire Conduent’s Casualty Claims Solutions business. So…what and why and how? What will MedRisk do now? Improve Conduent’s performance is Job One. Conduent has – to be kind – struggled to deliver customer ..read more
Managed Care Matters
1d ago
There’s a ton of good stuff happening…we’ll start with the economy. The US economy is booming – we now account for more than a quarter of the world’s production. Over the last three years: 15.2 million new jobs were created 768,000 ..read more
Managed Care Matters
3d ago
In the ever-changing world of healthcare economics, one thing is becoming more of a norm – high hospital costs. Crazy facility fees coupled with hospital/health system consolidation are leading to higher prices for payers. Facility fees, viewed by some as ..read more
Managed Care Matters
4d ago
Three things. First, healthcare is a very complicated and complex business, nothing like Walmart’s core business Walmart’s culture, ethos, business practices, priorities, and people built a multi-gazillion dollar consumer business by TBH, beating the crap out of vendors to deliver really ..read more
Managed Care Matters
5d ago
Couple things you need to track… First, hospital mergers and acquisitions soared in the first three months of 2024. From Fierce Healthcare… Among the quarter’s 20 deals, four were “mega mergers” in which the smaller party had annual revenues exceeding ..read more
Managed Care Matters
1w ago
There’s a LOT of good news today… The House finally approved a massive aid bill for Ukraine – and the aid is already flowing – hallelujah. Several encouraging takeaways… It was bipartisan, with strong support from both parties (who’da thought ..read more
Managed Care Matters
1w ago
Congratulations to Florida and Texas for passing new laws barring local governments from protecting workers from heat-related injuries! This at a time when global warming is leading to record heat waves with temperatures hitting – and staying at – record ..read more
Managed Care Matters
2w ago
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band have long been a favorite…last night I got to see them perform – and wow did they perform – at the JMA Dome in Syracuse. The energy this 74 year old rocker has ..read more
Managed Care Matters
3w ago
There’s increasing evidence that higher corporate profits are driving inflation. From the Hill: Adjusted profits after taxes hit a record high of $2.8 trillion, beating the record of $2.7 trillion in the third quarter of 2022. Profits increased 3.9 percent ..read more
Managed Care Matters
3w ago
Consolidation among health systems and hospitals continues apace, and with it comes higher costs, more utilization, and longer disability durations. Get the details from WCRI’s much-watch webinar on the impact of vertical provider integration on prices, medical utilization and outcomes ..read more