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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
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
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
FBI Investigating Potential Financial Fraud – One Big Virus At Large

Well hold off those fire sales for the computers and servers, as the FBI will more than likely want some forensic investigations done. All of the creative financing and banking was accomplished with software. Years ago the stock market did not...

Published Tue, Sep 09 2008 11:12 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Other Items of Interest, My Commentaries, Congress, Economics, Wall Street, Investments, Banking, FBI
Follow Congress and the White House on Twitter

With all the emphasis on the economy, you can follow both the House, the Senate and Whitehouse on Twitter. The House in particular will give you a ton of updates on what is happening on the floor. The Senate doesn’t update very often. I have...

Published Mon, Sep 09 2008 10:36 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Other Items of Interest, My Commentaries, Congress, Twitter, Senate, Economics, White House, House of Representatives
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
Joint Commission for Hospitals under review from Congress and a request to re-apply for certification has been made

Anyone in the hospital business knows exactly who the Joint Commission is. It is somewhat of a peers guided group that hospitals pay for to ensure they are up to standard, or in other words accredited. If you read below, one government...

Published Sun, Sep 09 2008 10:34 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Other Items of Interest, My Commentaries, Congress, Hospitals, inspections, Hospital Safety, Joint Commission, Accredited, Hospital Grades, Investigation
Biotech Campaigns for Easier Access to Generic Drug Market - Can we put the decision making process back in the hands of the clinicians..and what about biosimilars...

It should be the discretion of individual physicians, not insurance companies or pharmacies, to substitute a branded biologic for a biosimilar, which goes back to putting the physician in the decision making process, not the non clinical analyzers. ...

Published Thu, Aug 08 2008 2:46 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, My Commentaries, DNA, Genomics, Biotech, Research, Congress, Pharmaceuticals, Biosimilars
Senator Dr. Tom Coburn – Talks about Bloggers, Healthcare and Technology from the US Senate…

Nice interview with Senator Tom Coburn, one of two doctors in Congress, but he is the only medical doctor that continues to practice. Imagine going to see you doctor the Congressman! Robert Scoble in his Washington series discussed blogging...

Published Wed, Jul 07 2008 11:08 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Insurance, Other Items of Interest, My Commentaries, healthcare, Blogging, Congress, Politics, Senate, Tom Coburn, Senator
Bush Vetoes Medicare Bill

This is very perplexing based on the votes the bill had from both the House and Senate and appears now to be a game of cat and mouse or more like “Custer’s Last Stand” in a sense. It is not like he’s risking his political future at this point and...

Published Tue, Jul 07 2008 1:32 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Other Items of Interest, My Commentaries, healthcare, medicare, Congress, HR 6331
Update: Congress Moves to Close Member Access to Social Media

The debate continues on whether or not the Internet can be regulated in Congress. From a healthcare standpoint, are we going to see new HIPAA regulations come out as a result and that is already one big can of worms. If you listen to the...

Published Sun, Jul 07 2008 2:39 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Technology, Other Items of Interest, My Commentaries, HIPAA, Congress, Freedom of Speech, Twitter Qik, HPIAA, John Culberson
In House, Tweets Fly Over Web Plan - Washington

This is a must watch and read! Last week I posted the coverage from Robert Scoble interviewing Representative Culberson. There are a few using technology on Capitol Hill and the Congressman wants to use it to keep in touch with constituents...

Published Sun, Jul 07 2008 4:58 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Pharma/FDA News, Other Items of Interest, My Commentaries, BlackBerry, Congress, Twitter, Scoble, Qik, Culberson
Probe finds dead doctors used in Medicare scams

Amazing how this went on for so long and the living doctors have problems getting items approved. At any rate, new procedures are being activated, perhaps such as moving an ID number and name to the “inactive” listing. This is something a...

Published Wed, Jul 07 2008 1:05 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Insurance, My Commentaries, medicare, Congress, Physician Pay Cuts, Fraud

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Prescriptions risk score used to deny health insurance

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

Court Blocks White House Push on Medicare Expenses

“Beware of Geeks Bearing Formulas”…Warren Buffett

FBI Investigating Potential Financial Fraud – One Big Virus At Large

Follow Congress and the White House on Twitter

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

You Own Junk Bonds, Like it or Not - Opinion

Joint Commission for Hospitals under review from Congress and a request to re-apply for certification has been made

Biotech Campaigns for Easier Access to Generic Drug Market - Can we put the decision making process back in the hands of the clinicians..and what about biosimilars...

Senator Dr. Tom Coburn – Talks about Bloggers, Healthcare and Technology from the US Senate…

Bush Vetoes Medicare Bill

Update: Congress Moves to Close Member Access to Social Media

In House, Tweets Fly Over Web Plan - Washington

Probe finds dead doctors used in Medicare scams