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Medical Bills You Shouldn't Pay - The balance billing issue is alive and well

In California we are well aware of this with the recent news with Prime Health Care being challenged on this practice as they have no contracts with the insurers and charge their published rates for out of network care, and the patient is stuck in the...

Published Fri, Aug 08 2008 1:13 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Insurance, My Commentaries, Hospital, health insurance, Physicians, Quest Labs, bankruptcy, Balance Billing, Health Insurance Coverage, Not for Profit Hospitals, Prime Healthcare

Concerns Over Large Not-for-Profit Hospital System

When you look around, it appears the large Not for Profit folks seems to being doing all the facility expansions, as well as hiring new clinicians, but now some of the practices are being looked at with a bit of scrutiny as the Wall Street Journal discusses...

Published Fri, Aug 08 2008 12:40 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Insurance, My Commentaries, Hospitals, Community Hospitals, bankruptcy, Desperate Hosptials, Venture Capitalists, Not for Profit Hospitals

David Duchovny Enters Rehab for Sex Addiction

This is a strange story of sorts as the fictional character and actor in real life seem to have the same issue, perhaps something the psychologists or others in this field might reflect on. BD David Duchovny, who plays a sex-obsessed character...

Published Fri, Aug 08 2008 11:41 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Other Items of Interest, My Commentaries

Science Roll Medical Research - Resource and Time Saver

This is another resource that might be helpful with some quick searching capabilities. In this sample, I'm going to use diabetes as a search. A nice word of thanks goes out to Science Roll for putting this together The next section goes...

Published Thu, Aug 08 2008 5:10 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Other Items of Interest, My Commentaries

Who is the "Medical Quack"

Ok, this has been a long time coming, but recently I have received several requests and emails to give myself a profile, well I have one on there, which is a "LinkedIn" professional account, but now for something completely different, to quote...

Published Thu, Aug 08 2008 2:50 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Tablet PCs, Technology, My Commentaries

Oncology Nurse turned Talk Show Host and a lot more..

I had a couple friends drag me away from the computer and the blog today to watch a taping of a new talk show series starting this fall. So why is this here on a medical blog, well Bonnie Hunt was an oncology nurse before moving in to the entertainment...

Published Wed, Aug 08 2008 12:57 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Other Items of Interest, My Commentaries, Hospital, Oncology, Charity, Nursing, Talk Show, Celebrities, Nurse, Extra Extra, Chicago

"Desperate Hospitals" - As Featured on Reuters

This has been the heaviest hit post on the blog. I am doing a series on hospitals hit in the financial crunch as news items become available. Perhaps something we may not give enough thought, until we need a visit to the hospital. Budgets...

Published Tue, Aug 08 2008 11:18 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Other Items of Interest, My Commentaries

$4.00 Generic Drugs and other medication information

The listings for the $4.00 Generic Retailer drug plans are linked on this site. If you are searching for a listing, you can find it here with the major retailers, Kroger, Target, Wal-Mart and more. I have provided the links to make it easy...

Published Tue, Aug 08 2008 10:57 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Other Items of Interest, My Commentaries, $4.00 Prescriptions, Generic Drugs, Pharmacy

How Medical Records Can Save Your Life

This advice is from a family practice doctor, who went from a private practice to a group practice, moving up to over 1000 patients from a few hundred, it does make a difference, as she states even Marcus Welby only had a couple hundred or so patients...

Published Mon, Aug 08 2008 3:19 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Other Items of Interest, My Commentaries, healthcare, Medical Records, Physicians, Diagnosis

Just one more "Economic Decision"?

So much for feeling good about decisions...but is this where we seem to be headed at times with everything being focused on the dollar and not the quality of healthcare? Hospitals are struggling to come out of bankruptcy and some are starting the...

Published Mon, Aug 08 2008 1:59 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Insurance, Other Items of Interest, My Commentaries, healthcare, bankruptcy, Hospital Bills, Hosital

YouMail - Got Voice - Phone messaging services via the Computer

Normally I don't post a lot on this subject, but if you need to keep track of messages, these are a couple services worth looking at. YouMail is for cell phones only and Got Voice can do both land line and cell phones. I use both! The...

Published Sun, Aug 08 2008 5:47 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Technology, Other Items of Interest, My Commentaries

Medical Quack - New Blog Format

If you have logged on today, you have probably noticed a new look. This was long overdue and some items that I felt were no longer useful have been dropped for the sake of not having too much on here where one gets lost. There may still be a few...

Published Thu, Aug 08 2008 1:08 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Other Items of Interest, My Commentaries, healthcare, Medical Quack, Medical Information, Sphere, Bloggers, Helicos

Primary Cause of Personal Bankruptcy in America - Healthcare

Interestingly enough, while I was watching this video, my cell phone rings from Anthem Blue Cross with an automated questioning system about taking care of my health, somewhat of a parody as I was reviewing the video for the blog. I went through...

Published Tue, Aug 08 2008 12:17 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Insurance, My Commentaries, healthcare, privacy, health insurance, Marketing, Blue Cross, bankruptcy

EMRConsultant.com Provides Electronic Medical Records Recommendations to Over 7,500 Medical Practices

If you are looking for a firm to help with consulting on the medical records business, here's a place to start. I know Dr. Fishman and his staff of experts can be of help in the process. BD Palm Beach Gardens, FL, August 16, 2008...

Published Mon, Aug 08 2008 7:23 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, My Commentaries, EMR, healthcare, Medical Records, EHR, Health IT, EMR Consultant

FDA on the low end of the Endotec Ruling - Mobile Ankle devices are ok - Medical Devices

This is amazing that the battle has gone on over 25 years to restrict these devices from use in the US. The judge said they are"custom-made medical devices exempt from FDA regulation". This marks the first loss in the court...

Published Mon, Aug 08 2008 6:10 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Pharma/FDA News, My Commentaries, Medical Devices, FDA, Endotec, Joint Replacment, Court, Ankle

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