Joseph Paduda

Joseph Paduda, the principal of Health Strategy Associates and president of CompPharma, LLC, is a nationally recognized expert in medical management with deep experience in workers’ compensation and pharmacy services. In addition to consulting with managed care organizations, employers, healthcare providers, and insurers, Mr. Paduda conducts regular surveys on bill review and claims systems managing work comp pharmacy costs, and utilization review services. He is also the prolific and insightful author of the ManagedCareMatters.com blog and a founder of HealthWonkReview.com, a collaborative blog on healthcare policy.

As president of CompPharma, Mr. Paduda provides strategic direction and oversight to the organization, which informs and assists public policy makers tasked with regulating workers’ compensation, pursues advocacy efforts, and conducts and publishes research on issues related to work comp pharmacy.

As principal and founder of Health Strategy Associates, Mr. Paduda has provided strategic direction for integrating operations for a billion-dollar healthcare services firm; survey of top 50 customers for a top five claims administrator; management of the entire managed care vendor selection process for a workers’ compensation insurer; revamping of the medical management processes for a Fortune 50 employer; and evaluation of multiple companies on behalf of private equity investors and secondary debt investors.

Prior to his present engagements, Mr. Paduda was vice president of product development for Travelers Health Company from 1994 to 1997. In this role, he led efforts to develop new managed care products for both the workers’ compensation and group health industries. He was also previously a manager with Liberty Mutual Insurance from 1990 to 1994 and a marketing director with American International Group (AIG) from 1987 to 1990.

Mr. Paduda holds a Bachelor of Arts in anthropology from Syracuse University and a Master of Science in health and fitness management from American University.