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Prescriptions risk score used to deny health insurance

Lawmakers are going to have a difficult time with this one as they are not technically up to date enough as a whole to comprehend how all of this works in my estimation. with understanding the algorithms of finance and the economy, Wall Street showed...

Published Fri, Nov 11 2008 4:35 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Pharma/FDA News, My Commentaries, healthcare, privacy, health insurance, Prescriptions, Congress, Hospitals, Blue Cross, Blue Shield, Venture Capital, Reserve Funds, Profits
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
Physicians are not a real happy group today - survey

Healthcare and the way it is practices has certainly changed over the last few years, no doubt about it. Technology though is not the reason to blame in it’s entirety though, it’s the other stuff that goes along with others initializing technology...

Published Tue, Nov 11 2008 12:45 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Insurance, healthcare, Medical Records, medicare, Congress, Medicaid, software, Patient Advocacy, Health Insuance, Point of Care, Physician Overload
Algorithms, Formulas and Investigations leads to AARP suspending sales of some health plans

This may be a result of the questions posed last week by Senator Grassley. It is getting even more complicated as insurance companies work on new algorithms to create new insurance plans and add them to the large pool of plans offered and it does...

Published Sun, Nov 11 2008 11:52 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Insurance, My Commentaries, healthcare, medicare, AARP, Congress, Medicaid, software, Patient Advocacy, Health Insuance, United HealthCare
How many Physicians Do we Have In Congress?

Thanks to the Wall Street Journal for putting the numbers together for us. There are 2 physicians in the Senate and this seems like a very good time to include a video from a post earlier this year with Robert Scoble interviewing Senator Dr. Tom...

Published Thu, Nov 11 2008 1:50 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Insurance, Other Items of Interest, healthcare, Congress, Scoble, Tom Coburn, Bloggers, Election 2008, Physicians in Congress
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
“Beware of Geeks Bearing Formulas”…Warren Buffett

Words of wisdom and right to the heart of the matter. Below I have included a clip from the Wall Street Journal about President Bush signing a bill on protecting intelligent property, and what I found interesting is the mentioning of the fact that...

Published Tue, Oct 10 2008 5:18 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Other Items of Interest, My Commentaries, healthcare, microsoft, Health IT, Congress, software, Wall Street, White House, Algorithms, Geeks, Laws, formulas, Warren Buffett, Department of Justice, Intelligent Property, Sofware
Emory doc hid $1.2M in Pharma payments – Where’s the audit trails?

I think this article somewhat speaks for itself and why reporting is important and this is probably not the last story we will hear on this. If government had wanted to track this, a data base reporting system could have been set up with applicable...

Published Mon, Oct 10 2008 12:34 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Pharma/FDA News, drugs, Pharma, Congress, Audit Trails, Compensation, reporting
HIMSS Objects to Provisions in Stark's Health IT Legislation

I can understand this as we do not have a shortage of electronic medical records software out there, so why create one more system, the doctors and hospitals are up to their ears in learning curves these days. Besides, if they don’t use all the...

Published Mon, Sep 09 2008 2:13 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Health IT, DARPA, Congress
Congress Cut DARPA Budget by $130 Million – Why?

This does not make sense, why don’t we find other ways to spend the funds, like perhaps some additional limbs for soldiers that come home from war, bionic arms and hands which DARPA has funded and helped create? What’s up with this? DARPA...

Published Sat, Sep 09 2008 9:59 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Other Items of Interest, healthcare, DARPA, Biotech, Congress, Budgets
Are Cell phones related to Cancer, Cell Phone Execs refused to appear before Congress to discuss

The answer was “it’s best to leave this up to the scientists”, which is probably the correct response as there does not appear to be enough documented information yet. Do we start a clinical trial on cell phones maybe, there certainly is not a lack...

Published Thu, Sep 09 2008 3:47 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Windows Mobile, Cancer, Congress, cell phones, Wireless Carriers
Technology that Detects Threats by Reading Your Mind

When the sensors identify something suspicious they transmit warning data to analysts, who determine whether or not to deter passengers for further questioning. Micro-facial scanning is the next step, yes it scans your face and muscle movement. It will...

Published Tue, Sep 09 2008 6:40 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Other Items of Interest, Computers, privacy, Congress, software, Sensors, White House, Lab, Scanning, Terrorists, Mind Reading
Senator Edward Kennedy Holds Videoconference With HELP Committee Democrats To Discuss Health Care Reform Strategy

Even though he was not able to attend personally, modern technology of video conferencing made it possible for the Senator to continue his efforts and participation. As fuel prices continue to rise, along with just general state of the economy,...

Published Mon, Sep 09 2008 2:52 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Insurance, Microsoft/Windows News, My Commentaries, healthcare, microsoft, Cancer, Congress, Senate, Senator Kennedy, Skype, Video Conferencing
You Own Junk Bonds, Like it or Not - Opinion

In view of the recent events, I ran across the opinion article, written by a Venture Capitalist and just a small portion of some the content is below. I looked to see what they currently had under management, in other words, investments and about...

Published Sat, Sep 09 2008 1:42 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Other Items of Interest, My Commentaries, healthcare, Congress, Business Intelligence, software, Bill Gates, Software as a Service, Venture Capitalists, Wall Street, Intellectual property, Intelligence, Junk Bonds, Campaign 2008
Drugmakers Seek to Cut Red Tape to Speed Cancer Trials

This is probably a good move to speed this process up since many pharmaceutical companies have and are looking at moving more trials to India. More information can be read here about the changing face of Pharma in reference to research and development...

Published Fri, Sep 09 2008 4:39 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Pharma/FDA News, Genomics, drugs, Pharma, Cancer, clinical trials, Congress, DNA Testing, National Cancer Institute, Justice Department

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Prescriptions risk score used to deny health insurance

FDA May Need Major Restructuring – Catch up with Technology

Physicians are not a real happy group today - survey

Algorithms, Formulas and Investigations leads to AARP suspending sales of some health plans

How many Physicians Do we Have In Congress?

Court Blocks White House Push on Medicare Expenses

“Beware of Geeks Bearing Formulas”…Warren Buffett

Emory doc hid $1.2M in Pharma payments – Where’s the audit trails?

HIMSS Objects to Provisions in Stark's Health IT Legislation

Congress Cut DARPA Budget by $130 Million – Why?

Are Cell phones related to Cancer, Cell Phone Execs refused to appear before Congress to discuss

Technology that Detects Threats by Reading Your Mind

Senator Edward Kennedy Holds Videoconference With HELP Committee Democrats To Discuss Health Care Reform Strategy

You Own Junk Bonds, Like it or Not - Opinion

Drugmakers Seek to Cut Red Tape to Speed Cancer Trials