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FDA May Need Major Restructuring – Catch up with Technology

Some issues are a result of still being paper driven as timely reports and real time information are not available, but they are not the only government agency in this scenario, only one of the most critical though. Also, some members of Congress...

Published Wed, Nov 11 2008 3:11 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Pharma/FDA News, personalized medicine, healthcare, Medical Records, Pharma, FDA, Congress, integration, CMS, Leavitt
Is there a CPT Code for Maggots Yet?

Specially prepared maggots have been approved by the FDA since 2004 for neuropathic foot ulcers, pressure ulcers,venous stasis ulcers, and traumatic and post-surgical wounds. Insurance companies spend thousands of dollars for an amputation but back...

Published Wed, Nov 11 2008 10:16 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Insurance, Other Items of Interest, FDA, AMA, CMS, Maggots, Wound care, CPT Codes
Poor Understanding Of Medicare Leads To Worse Healthcare Access

When you look at the system, even folks like me who are not in the senior category have issues at times as the system, along with those in place by the insurers get more complicated every day, so what, who, and where still continue to be on the horizon...

Published Wed, Nov 11 2008 1:48 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Insurance, healthcare, medicare, Education, Personal Health Records, CMS, Seniors, commission, audits, PHR Pilot program
Leavitt Says Personalized Medicine is 'Central' to Future Healthcare System

Personalized Medicine will create many answers and solutions in healthcare, but will we have the money to afford it? I post quite a bit about genomics and personalized medicine on the blog here and the one thing it has in common with the rest of...

Published Fri, Nov 11 2008 3:36 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Insurance, Other Items of Interest, personalized medicine, healthcare, Medical Records, FDA, integration, CMS, Leavitt
CMS spending more time on Guidelines For Medicare Sales Agents

This brings about a good question when it comes to paying commissions on selling health insurance, why do we need to pay this and not have some additional revenues paid here go towards claims? The reason I say this is so many of the health insurance...

Published Wed, Nov 11 2008 7:46 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Insurance, My Commentaries, medicare, health insurance, CMS, commission, audits
Epic Wins 3 CCHIT Certifications – Medical Records

For the Stark law to apply to allow hospitals to subsidize medical records for physicians, the software needs to be certified. Epic systems is probably best known for being the system used by Kaiser through out their networks of hospitals and clinics...

Published Wed, Nov 11 2008 5:08 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Other Items of Interest, healthcare, EHR, PHR, Personal Health Records, Kaiser Permanente, integration, CMS, Epic, CCHIT, Stark Law
CMS names four PHR vendors for Medicare pilot program and includes Google Health

Well so much for certification, it sounds like CMS doesn’t care whether or not PHRs get certified (grin). It is almost an impossible task as well with all the areas of integration to cover, so certification could theoretically be done in perhaps...

Published Tue, Nov 11 2008 4:33 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, healthcare, medicare, Education, PHR, Personal Health Records, CMS, CCHIT
ICD-10 Coding, is this a reality or a myth at present?

I am sure we are all in agreement that the new codes will allow for a better reporting system, but let’s first take a look at today and what is needed for a successful roll out, first off, money, something everyone seems to be running short of today....

Published Tue, Nov 11 2008 11:19 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Insurance, healthcare, medicare, medical billing, Heatlh IT, CMS, ICD9, ICD10, Medical codes
Medical Quack on the Wall Street Journal – November 2008

Two featured posts this week. Court Blocks White House Push on Medicare Expenses This particular statement really bothers me, is CMS now going to take on the role of “doctor here? “The Bush administration argued that Medicare officials...

Published Thu, Nov 11 2008 10:09 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Insurance, Other Items of Interest, healthcare, medicare, health insurance, AARP, CMS, Medical Quack, Bush Administration, Risk Management, WSJ
Court Blocks White House Push on Medicare Expenses

This particular statement really bothers me, is CMS now going to take on the role of “doctor here? “ The Bush administration argued that Medicare officials had the right to decide whether the expense incurred for a given item, not just the item...

Published Tue, Nov 11 2008 9:13 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Insurance, My Commentaries, healthcare, Pharma, Congress, CMS, Medicare contractor, Drug costs, Federal Court
CMS offers some small practices health IT incentives

So far, how many have signed up, 18. It is limited though on where it covers. Maryland/District of Columbia, Pittsburgh, Louisiana, and South Dakota with eight additional regions to follow the article states. The deadline to submit...

Published Tue, Oct 10 2008 10:54 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, healthcare, Medical Records, EHR, CMS, CCHIT
Leadership Strategy for the Prevention of Line Sepsis – 10th Leading Cause of Death Worldwide

As this begins the week of the “Never-Never” rules with Medicare and with Sepsis being included on the hospital acquired listings, the group is calling for standards to prevent, which includes the use of minocycline and rifampin impregnated catheters...

Published Fri, Oct 10 2008 11:05 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Pharma/FDA News, Other Items of Interest, healthcare, microsoft, Medical Records, Silverlight, Pharma, Cook Medical, CMS, Heatlhcare, Catheters, hospital acquired infections, Server 2008, Never-Never, Sepsis, Thomas Jefferson University, Line Sepsis, Vanderbilt University
EHR Adoption Remains Off in the Distance – Getting way to complicated

The comment below from a vendor is interesting, as he comments on the fact that a physician can make an extra $125,000 in 5 years, well some family care practice doctors today in California would like to just be making that in one year, as all the recent...

Published Wed, Oct 10 2008 7:41 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Insurance, Other Items of Interest, My Commentaries, EMR, Hospital, Medicine, healthcare, Medical Records, EHR, Common User Interface, Charity, CMS, Linux, Donations, bankruptcies
Medicare's No-Pay Rule Is Small Potatoes for Hospitals' Bottom Line

Small potatoes maybe in the overall picture, but where I go for health care as far as a hospital may be one of the 50% in this country that are bordering on insolvency, so add on a legal suit to one of the “never-never” rules and then what happens? ...

Published Tue, Sep 09 2008 7:54 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Insurance, medicare, Hospitals, CMS, Medicare contractor, Never-Never
The Confusing Issue of the PHR – Personal Health Record

This too is fast becoming a confusing issue, who and what do you choose? CMS has their pilot program working and just added the Department of Defense to who have original Medicare and also receive Tricare benefits the options to use the personal...

Published Thu, Sep 09 2008 10:31 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Insurance, PHR, Personal Health Records, CMS, DOD, Medical Records Venture Capitalists

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FDA May Need Major Restructuring – Catch up with Technology

Is there a CPT Code for Maggots Yet?

Poor Understanding Of Medicare Leads To Worse Healthcare Access

Leavitt Says Personalized Medicine is 'Central' to Future Healthcare System

CMS spending more time on Guidelines For Medicare Sales Agents

Epic Wins 3 CCHIT Certifications – Medical Records

CMS names four PHR vendors for Medicare pilot program and includes Google Health

ICD-10 Coding, is this a reality or a myth at present?

Medical Quack on the Wall Street Journal – November 2008

Court Blocks White House Push on Medicare Expenses

CMS offers some small practices health IT incentives

Leadership Strategy for the Prevention of Line Sepsis – 10th Leading Cause of Death Worldwide

EHR Adoption Remains Off in the Distance – Getting way to complicated

Medicare's No-Pay Rule Is Small Potatoes for Hospitals' Bottom Line

The Confusing Issue of the PHR – Personal Health Record