We analyze transactional pharmacy data, identify pricing issues, and work with payers to maximize savings in their pharmacy programs. If you want help sorting through the complexity of work comp pharmacy, need expert assistance when writing RFPs and selecting a PBM, or want to see if you’re paying the prices you should, it’s worth a fact-finding conversation to see if we can help.
Call Joe Paduda at 203-314-2632 or email jpaduda@comppharma.com
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ABOUT US
CompPharma offers retrospective and real-time pharmacy benefit management (PBM) audits along with a range of consulting services to workers’ compensation payers. Founded in 2006 by Joe Paduda and Helen King Patterson, CompPharma was initially a research, education and advocacy consortium of PBMs active in workers’ compensation. The company changed direction in 2019, partnering with HealthPlan Data Solutions to provide services to payers.
Joe Paduda, President
Joe is a nationally-recognized expert in medical mangement with extensive experience in the workers’ compensation industry. MORE >
CONTACT JOE: 203-314-2632
jpaduda@comppharma.com
Helen King Patterson, Vice President
Helen is a public relations consultant specializing in health care, medical management and workers’ compensation. MORE >
CONTACT HELEN: 813-690-4787
hpatterson@comppharma.com

HealthPlan Data Solutions (HDS), provides workers’ compensation payers transparency into their prescription drug data so they can measure their PBMs’ contract compliance and performance against competitive benchmarks. MORE >

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NEWS
Pharma Blogs from Joe Paduda
Trigger warning…
I love reading CWCI’s Bulletins – even if they make me want to tear my hair out and scream. The latest from the brilliant analysts in Oakland is an update on 3 unnecessary-and-wildly expensive-drugs-with-no-purpose-other-than-Hoovering-millions-out-of-employers-and-taxpayers’-pockets… these three drugs account for 2% of … Continue reading Trigger warning…
Friday catch-up
Lots happened this week while I was hunting, driving, and finishing up the annual survey of pharmacy management in work comp. A quick update on pharmacy data points… across the 30 respondents we have so far (a few more to … Continue reading Friday catch-up
The state of work comp pharmacy
is pretty good. Here are the very preliminary takeaways from the latest Survey of Prescription Drug Management in Workers’ Comp...so far 21 phone interviews completed and several more still to go. [if you’re new to MCM, we’ve done an annual … Continue reading The state of work comp pharmacy