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
Good news Friday…paid sick leave. more $ for home care workers, bye yellow pill bottles, and a NEW THING!
Here’s some of the good stuff happening these days… The number of workers with paid sick leave has jumped…lowest-wage workers’ access to paid sick leave has nearly doubled from 20% to 39% since 2010 – driven by more states enacting … Continue reading Good news Friday…paid sick leave. more $ for home care workers, bye yellow pill bottles, and a NEW THING!
Medicare drug price negotiations – implications abound!
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 Medicare to negotiate drug prices for 10 medications. Those 10 meds have been identified, … Continue reading Medicare drug price negotiations – implications abound!
Physician dispensing in work comp is roaring back
mostly because insurers and employers have a been asleep at the switch. Republishing a post with minor edits from two years ago…LOTS more on the sleazy business of physician dispensing here… WCRI’s latest report finds: Physician-dispensed drugs (PDDs) accounted for … Continue reading Physician dispensing in work comp is roaring back