KALEIDOSCOPE brings you unique new perspectives on the world of insurance through discussions with industry leaders, influencers, and idealists.
In this Episode, Joe Paduda, Principal of Health Strategy Associates, is an industry veteran and nationally recognized expert on manage care in group health and workers’ compensation. With over 25 years of experience, Joe has the ability to take complex topics and data and turn them into actionable knowledge. In addition to his consulting practice, Joe also writes for his blog Managed Care Matters, where he takes on the insurance industry, shares his perspective, and speaks his mind.
“The biggest problem that I see in this business is very few people in senior and executive positions know anything about health care. There is a lack of understanding the impacts of provider consolidation, changes in Medicare, physical medicine reimbursement codes, and decisions relative to drug pricing coming out of Washington. We need to understand that we are less than 1% of total US medical spend, and if you don’t understand anything about the thing that drives your business then that is something you need to pay much more attention to.” – Joe Paduda
Today on the Kaleidoscope Podcast:
- Where the “bodies are buried” and what the real dangers are within workers’ compensation
- The adverse effects of company leadership overlooking workers’ compensation
- What disruptions will cause a wakeup call in the industry
- Current call outs and challenges with quality of care
- Success stories around PBM and worker’s compensation
- Mental health within workers compensation
- Joe’s perspective on what’s working, what broken, and what needs to be disrupted
Key Takeaways:
- Workers’ compensation rates have been declining for many years, frequency is down on average 3.5% per year over the last 31 years. Workers’ compensation profits for insurance companies are still at record highs. Why is this? Because workers’ compensation is almost always a non-issue for executives.
- Mental health will rise to the forefront of workers compensation over the next few years. There is an opportunity for this profession to step up and begin to break down barriers for injured employees.
- People in this business need to understand health care on a deeper level. If you don’t know what quality is, then you can’t define weather it is good or bad.
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