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Health Train Express Says “Don’t Shoot the Messenger”–The Medical Quack-Thanks!

First of all I would like to say thanks to Gary Levin in Riverside for viewing me as a messenger as that’s why I try to do with combining some modern day mathematical processes (algorithms) that work with healthcare today, both the good and maybe not...

Published Wed, Feb 02 2011 2:35 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Other Items of Interest, My Commentaries, healthcare, Congress, Politics, Algorithms, messenger, Health Train Express, Medical bloggers, karma

President Obama Meeting with Tech Industry Leaders–CEOs and Some of the Smartest CEOs (Algo Men) Who Write Code

If you have not seen the news the President is meeting with some of the brightest leaders in technology today. I have been saying this for a couple years now at the Medical Quack that intelligence and decisions in healthcare are being derived from...

Published Thu, Feb 02 2011 4:45 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Other Items of Interest, My Commentaries, healthcare, Business Intelligence, Code, Algorithms, formulas, Banks, Steve Jobs, President Obama, Larry Ellison, jobs, JPMorgan, Chief of Staff

US Medical Device Companies Look to Europe and Other Countries for Approval and Sales-Some Not Even Selling Here While We Over Inflate Value on Social Algorithms

The approval process too has been hit by economics. Due to the money needed to be spent for FDA approval, some companies simply don’t have the money to go through the approval process, depending on how long, trials, etc. are required. Device companies...

Published Mon, Feb 02 2011 11:03 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, My Commentaries, healthcare, Social Networks, Medical Devices, Venture Capitalists, Money, Investments, Budget, Algorithms, Europe, value, balance, jobs

Hospital Lawsuit over EHR Systems and Money-Meditech, Epic and “The Consultants”-“Meaningful Money” & “Health IT Literacy”

We have now moved beyond “meaningful use” and in this case are looking at “meaningful money” of sorts. This is a type of decision that many healthcare companies look at today,do we keep adding on or do we rip out and start from scratch, and money...

Published Fri, Jan 01 2011 2:05 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, My Commentaries, Computers, healthcare, Medical Records, Lawsuit, Health IT, Security, Epic, Data, Algorithms, virus, consultants, Methodist Hospitals, Meditch

Dow Jones Files Lawsuit Against HHS To Overturn Ruling To Keep Medicare Physician Compensation Confidential In the False Name of Transparency-Distraction is More Like It

This is the biggest filing to create nothing more than a huge distraction and source of disruption that I have seen this year. Again, like so many other items we see in the news today, with the general consumer having no idea how data and mathematics...

Published Tue, Jan 01 2011 10:38 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, My Commentaries, healthcare, medicare, Lawsuit, HHS, AMA, Doctors, Algorithms, Media, American Medical Association, Wall Street Journal, Dow Jones

Blue Shield Not Listening to Insurance Commish in CA-Time for Mr. Jones to Hit Up the CA CIO for Some Auditing Algorithms

Ok, so what’s the reason for this title? The only leg apparently there is to stand on here is to prove that Blue Shield paid less than 70% on healthcare. Guess what you need some audit algorithms and not take them for their word as there might...

Published Fri, Jan 01 2011 5:22 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Insurance, Microsoft/Windows News, My Commentaries, healthcare, health insurance, California, Non Profit, Algorithms, Blue Shield, premiums, audit, healthcare reform, medical care, rates, CIOs

In Health Care Cutting Costs Is Paying Off for Investors-Business Analytics May Create Profits but Without Balance Care Suffers

We also now have private equity firms buying hospitals. There’s a hospital and clinic group in southern California called Prime Healthcare and they basically bought up hospitals who were upside down financially and many times it was either a purchase...

Published Thu, Jan 01 2011 6:47 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, My Commentaries, healthcare, Investors, health insurance, Algorithms, Cost, formulas, Profits, blockbuster drugs, private equity

Vitality and AT&T Selling Glow Caps Prescription Bottle on Amazon-Compliance Help and Also Creates Data for Sale

The concept of the pill bottle is good and can be helpful but the side of all of this are the profits that it creates for Health IT companies to sell your data. It is what it is. The Colbert Report did a funny video on the Glow Caps a while...

Published Tue, Jan 01 2011 1:31 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, My Commentaries, EMR, drugs, healthcare, EHR, Pharma, PHR, Prescriptions, data bases, Business Intelligence, Fines, personal health record, Algorithms, formulas, Express Scripts, overcharges, Vitality, Amazon.com, Cobert Report, : Insurance

HMO Patient Receives Letter from HMO in Michigan To Discontinue Life Saving Medication-Patient Being Denied Access Via The “Guideline Algorithm”

Here we go again with technology making automated decisions and this is where a person needs to step in and review the chart, history and information. Guidelines were established by either an insurance company study or one accessed elsewhere and then...

Published Wed, Dec 12 2010 12:56 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, My Commentaries, healthcare, health insurance, HMO, Diabetes, Medicaid, Medications, Algorithms, Greed, Michigan, treatments, ethics, denial of care, pulmonary vasculary disease

Medicare Federal Investigators Getting Algorithms to Analyze And Find Fraud-Good Move as Contractors Efforts Are Weak With Risking Loss Of Transaction Revenue

This is a good deal if in fact it is available for use for the government and not outsourced to contractors as when you read the news , they are not making any waves when handling claims for Medicare in finding fraud as fraudulent claims as well as legitimate...

Published Thu, Dec 12 2010 4:42 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Insurance, My Commentaries, EMR, healthcare, medicare, EHR, Claims, Fraud, Non Profit, Algorithms, incentives, Contracts, Ingenix, healthcare reform, shareholders, United Heatlhcare

House Previews In the Press Their Plans and Issues for the Upcoming Year-Here Comes the Folks from the 70s-Abortions on the List

This is actually pretty funny with Rachel Maddow from MSNBC with addressing the items they need to discuss and/or change. The first up is looking at the Capitol Green program which is currently saving 20% in energy, see the image no further comment...

Published Thu, Dec 12 2010 1:04 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, My Commentaries, healthcare, Politics, Algorithms, abortions, GOP, duh, IT illiteracy, NPR

Arizona Gov. Brewer wants Medicaid Waiver To Reduce Medicaid Rolls To Lower Costs

Earlier this year the state had to reverse a cutback as the new healthcare reform disallowed states to reduce their eligibility and now basically it looks like they are looking for relief somewhere along the line here to reduce it in another fashion. ...

Published Fri, Dec 12 2010 3:21 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Insurance, My Commentaries, healthcare, health insurance, Medicaid, Budgets, Transplants, Algorithms, Cost, Arizona, dummies, Health IT illiteracy, Governor Brewer

What Is A Life Worth–Arizona Politicians Have No Clue And Need Clinical Guidance When Interpreting Algorithmic Formulas–Health IT Illiteracy Continues to Threaten Lives

This is what happens when you allow people to make decisions that have no medical input and rely on algorithmic formulas supplied from insurers like United Healthcare. When you watch the video it’s a call for outrage as they basically say “well...

Published Thu, Dec 12 2010 12:22 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, My Commentaries, healthcare, health insurance, Budgets, Transplants, Algorithms, Cost, Arizona, dummies, Health IT illiteracy, Governor Brewer

Transaction Fees and Services Account for Large Expenditures in Health IT -Those Algorithmic Processes Creating Profits-Subsidiary Watch

The average layman is normally not aware of all the processes and transaction charges that are coupled with processing a medical claim. This is a huge profit area with algorithmic formulas that are sold to companies in the business of processing...

Published Wed, Dec 12 2010 12:56 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Insurance, My Commentaries, healthcare, health insurance, EHR, HHS, Algorithms, Mergers and Acquisitions, Ingenix, transactions, UnitedHealthGroup, Executive Heatlh Resources

Medicare Chief Berwick Scheduled to Testify Before Senate Finance Committee Next Week- A Witch Hunt or Collaboration?

The good doctor has hardly been in office long enough to make a dent yet, but hopefully the Senate Finance Committee will be open ears rather than continuing to venture on what we have seen in the news with the “witch-hunt” tactics that have been reported...

Published Thu, Nov 11 2010 2:07 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Insurance, My Commentaries, healthcare, health insurance, CMS, NHS, Government, Politics, Senate, Algorithms, role models, GOP, Berwick, Finance, Algo man

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