11/15/2007
By Joe PadudaI have long assumed individuals working at employers that do not offer
health insurance are more likely to file workers comp claims. With the
number of employers offering health insurance declining a logical
corollary is more claims will be filed.
Logical
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11/09/2007
By Joe PadudaYou can't cover the National Workers' Compensation and Disability Conference & Expo conference without addressing the gorilla in the room - Coventry Workers' Comp.With capabilities in networks bill review pharmacy case management MSAs
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11/06/2007
Joe Paduda principal and founder of Health Strategy Associates and Francis Fey chief executive officer and president of JI Companies will present a case study featuring Cypress Cares work with JI Companies during the 16th Annual National Workers' Compensation and Disability Conference & Expo
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10/29/2007
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That's where the real power lies.
Joe Paduda is a principal of Health Strategy Associates an employer consulting firm based in Connecticut. This column was reprinted with his
Category: Industry Insights
10/26/2007
onsite have the power to issue fines and even shut down their jobsites
Again what works in Oregon may not work in your state but there are clearly lessons to be learned.
Joe Paduda is principal of Health Strategy Associates an
Category: Industry Insights
10/17/2007
--By Joe Paduda
Coventry was wasted no time. Just a month after the company signed an essentially exclusive deal to market Aetna's workers comp network a deal that
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09/25/2007
all respondents HSA said.
"Investing in utilization management tools more and better data mining and analysis and addressing third-party billers is paying off" said HSA Principal Joseph Paduda.
One survey participant actually decreased its drug spending by 8 while another reported a
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08/29/2007
priorities. Among the organization's other initiatives are capturing the first fill of workers' comp prescriptions and working with manufacturers on the appropriate use of various medications.
Industry consultants Joseph Paduda and Helen Knight co-founded CompPharma.
Source Modern Medical Inc.
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08/13/2007
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Joe Paduda owner of Health Strategy Associates in Madison Conn. said the California South Carolina Washington D.C. and federal workers' compensation systems automatically update their hospital fee schedules to conform to changes by Medicare. He said 10 other states including New York Illinois
Category: News
07/14/2007
By Joe Paduda
From the big big world of national health care reform we're heading to the tiny niche of drugs in workers comp where some pretty interesting things are happening.
Well interesting to the six or eight people who are remotely interested in WC drug management
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