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Deconstructing CompA COMPlicated Framework with Joe PadudaSend us a textJoe Paduda joins us to explain the basic framework of our workers' compensation system. In this episode, we discuss why our system is so complicated and some of the key features of several states. While Yvonne tries to keep the conversation focused on basics, Ralph and Joe wander on a few tangents, such as discussing the potential of a federalized workers' compensation system. Joe explains why that is not likely to happen and they explore Medicare and Medicaid components.Whether you are new to workers' comp or are a s...
2025-03-1441 min
IN-the-KnowWhy Managed Care Matters with Joe PadudaJoe Paduda is the principal of Health Strategy Associates and the author of the thought-provoking Managed Care Matters blog. He is also the president of CompPharma, LLC, a research and consulting firm dedicated to improving pharmacy programs in workers' compensation. In 2012, Joe received IAIABC's President's Award for his efforts to address the opioid problem in workers' compensation. He currently participates in the "Comparative Effectiveness of Two State Payer Strategies to Prevent Unsafe Opioid Prescribing" research project funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute. Before starting his consulting business in 1997, Joe...
2024-05-0122 minDeconstructing CompJoe Paduda: Not So Swiftie!Send us a textIn this episode, we talk to Joe Paduda, Principal of Health Strategy Associates, blogger, Syracuse Lacrosse fanatic, speaker and owner of a 1795 farmhouse in New Hampshire with a super squeaky farmhouse chair! Listen for the squeaky sounds during the episode. This is Joe's second time as our guest. We invited him back, specifically to discuss important issues related to the economy and how they may or may not impact insurance, and more specifically, the workers' compensation industry. Another interesting conversation, where we talk about several important issues, but mostly ab...
2024-03-1551 min
ADJUSTEDUnderstanding Pharmacy Benefits Managers with Joe PadudaIn this Rebroadcast episode, ADJUSTED welcomes Joe Paduda. Joe shares his insights on the benefits of using a pharmacy benefit manager and their place within the workers compensation industry.Season 6 is brought to you by Berkley Industrial Comp. This episode is hosted by Greg Hamlin and guest co-host Matt Yehling, Directory of Claims at Midwest Employers Casualty.Visit the Berkley Industrial Comp blog for more!Got questions? Send them to marketing@berkindcomp.comFor music inquiries, contact Cameron Runyan at camrunyan9@gmail.com
2023-11-1348 min
Talking Wisely: The Wisedocs PodcastJoe PadudaOur guest today is Joe Paduda, president of CompPharma, a consortium of workers' comp Pharmacy Benefit Management companies. It's a great chat talking through a lot of the issues in the industry today.
2022-08-0123 minDeconstructing CompThoughts on Protoplasm, Opioids and Work CompSend us a textJoin Yvonne and Rafael as they kick off Season 2 of Deconstructing Comp with none other than Joe Paduda, industry expert, speaker and blogger, author of the Managed Care Matters blog. Joe is one of the foremost experts in the workers' compensation industry. Yvonne and Rafael catch up with Joe as he discusses how he landed in our industry, what he's been up to lately, and what we should be looking at in terms of important issues on the horizon. If you don't know Joe, I'm not sure what rock yo...
2022-02-1648 minADJUSTEDUnderstanding Pharmacy Benefit Managers with Joe PadudaIn this episode, ADJUSTED welcomes Joe Paduda. Joe shares his insights on the benefits of using a pharmacy benefit manager and their place within the workers compensation industry.Season 3 is brought to you by Berkley Industrial Comp. This episode is hosted by Greg Hamlin and guest co-host Matt Yehling, Directory of Claims at Midwest Employers Casualty.Visit the Berkley Industrial Comp blog for more!Got questions? Send them to marketing@berkindcomp.comFor music inquiries, contact Cameron Runyan at camrunyan9@gmail.com
2022-02-0747 min
Beyond the ClaimThe Past, Present & Future Challenges in Workers’ Comp w/ Joe PadudaThe pandemic had a profound impact on workers compensation. Because of COVID, workers’ comp had to revolutionize how it addressed claim intake, claim triage, claim reporting, claim qualification, and medical management virtually overnight. And it’s still changing. Partially due to covid, but also a variety of other factors. In fact, the future of workers’ comp remains unwritten. Joe Paduda, Principal of Health Strategy Associates, joins the show to discuss how workers’ comp has changed and how it may continue to evolve into the future. In this episode, we discuss: - The effect opioids have had on claims cost...
2021-10-2025 min