There’s a health crisis in the US – more people are dying younger, most from preventable diseases. The good news is this is fixable. Sure there are any number of causes – the opioid epidemi...
http://www.joepaduda.com/2024/03/26/the-pro-life-solution-to-the-us-health-crisis/
Medicaid Checking in on Medicaid…41 states have expanded Medicaid, and by dribs and drabs some of the holdouts are moving to do the same. Georgia may well be the next state to follow suit; a co...
http://www.joepaduda.com/2024/03/15/good-news-friday-fixing-past-mistakes/
With the unwinding of Medicaid post-COVID emergency, rural healthcare is falling deeper into financial trouble. Consulting form Chartis just published their review of rural healthcare…among the...
http://www.joepaduda.com/2024/02/20/rural-hospitals-are-in-deep-trouble/
We Americans pay much more for drugs than anyone else. Those very high prices are a major contributor to increasing health insurance premiums and Federal and state budgets. Across the political s...
http://www.joepaduda.com/2024/02/08/drug-prices-and-the-power-of-consensus/
Medicare is slashing what it pays physicians, an annual event that – till now – was almost always rejected by Congress. That will reduce old folks’ access to care, cut workers’ comp fee s...
http://www.joepaduda.com/2024/02/07/signs-of-the-coming-apocalypse/
A pending CMS rule may lead to major changes in the use of Prior Authorization, changes that would reverberate across all payers – Medicare, Medicaid, group health, Exchange plans and workers�...
http://www.joepaduda.com/2024/01/09/prior-auth-are-you-flying-blind/
The Tar Heel State is the latest to expand access to Medicaid, a move that will drastically improve the health of 600,000 (!!!) North Carolinians and financial stability of dozens of hospitals an...
Joni Mitchell’s Big Yellow Taxi provides today’s lede…and for good reason. The handful of elected House members on the verge of shutting down the entire government claim no one will notice ...
http://www.joepaduda.com/2023/09/25/a-gubmint-shutdown-and-you/
Medicare will negotiate drug prices, Big pharma’s really upset…AARP is really happy…what’s the REAL story? Briefly…One of the key parts of the Inflation Reduction Act authorized Medicar...
http://www.joepaduda.com/2023/08/30/medicare-drug-price-negotiations-implications-abound/
Healthcare costs for the average family of four topped $31,000 in 2023. That’s the latest from Milliman. Think about that – what percentage of your annual income is $31,000? a third? a quarte...