Lots of good stuff to start your weekend… First a California Senate Committee passed a bill to protect workers from heat-related injuries. SB1299 establishes a presumption that: a heat-related...
http://www.joepaduda.com/2024/04/12/good-news-friday-protecting-workers/
It’s happening sooner than expected…a new entrant into the workers’ comp insurance business (following other P&C lines by companies including Omnius) is pursuing regulatory approval for an...
http://www.joepaduda.com/2024/04/01/ai-djusters-are-becoming-a-reality/
Aren’t getting near enough coverage from industry media. We’re talking about the battle over prior authorizations (PA) and the Change Healthcare cyber attack. Both have major implications for...
Friends and colleagues Yvonne Guibert and Rafael Gonzalez went waaaay out on a limb and asked me to do another podcast. I was all over the place, but Yvonne and Rafe were kind enough – and smar...
http://www.joepaduda.com/2024/03/20/deconstructing-comp-pod/
Kudos to WCRI – it is the first workers’ comp research organization to give center stage to the impact of climate change – primarily heat – on workers’ comp claims. Dr David Bonauto of ...
275,000 new jobs last month – VERY good news indeed! Since the beginning of 2021, over 10 million jobs have been created. Yesterday’s jobs report showed strong employment growth across multip...
http://www.joepaduda.com/2024/03/08/good-news-friday-jobs-and-pay-are-both-up/
To know why some think the US healthcare system is going to get better and cheaper – and why I strongly disagree, read on. David Cutler PhD led off the WCRI’s confab with a discussion of the ...
Good decision to add three very different employers to the conference; Publix, Disney and Duke University. Here’s my quick take…there was a ton of content with … Continue reading WCRI – ...
http://www.joepaduda.com/2024/03/05/wcri-employers-weigh-in/
Vennela Thumula PharmD and Randy Lea, MD doves into the presence and influence of psychosocial factors on recivery. Dr Thumula led off by noting psychosocial barriers are the number one obstacle ...
I connected with CWCI President Alex Swedlow – and good friend and colleague – to find out what’s been going on in the Golden State and what the annual confab will feature. Here’s the r...
http://www.joepaduda.com/2024/03/04/cwcis-annual-conference-is-almost-here/