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Old Geezer Bank Robber is Back - Robs Another Bank–No Oxygen Tank This Time

He’s back again and this all began in October of 2009 with the original post below for details. He was in Santa Barbara this time after having robbed 10 banks in San Diego. He left out the back door and now the FBI is offering a reward of $20k for information...

Published Tue, Feb 02 2011 10:48 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Other Items of Interest, healthcare, Seniors, Economy, Money, healthcare reform, bank robberies, human morals, Senior healthcare, oxygen tank

NHS-Health Secretary Submits Plan for Patients to Receive Chemotherapy at Local Retail Boots Store as Part of Reorganization

Boots is the equivalent in the UK of retail drug stores here in the US and they already offer additional options that we do not see in our drug store chains, such as dentistry services. This plan would call for patients to go to their nearest Boots...

Published Tue, Jan 01 2011 2:15 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Other Items of Interest, Medicine, UK, Physicians, Cancer, Hospitals, Budgets, NHS, Doctors, nurses, retail drug stores, healthcare reform, Boots

The SEC, Goldman Sachs, Facebook, Boehner and Those Algorithms For Profit-One Big Party and Learning Curve on Social Networks?

When read how much Goldman is putting in of their own, it is small compared to what they are bringing in from other investors, and as I understand it is by invitation only. Goldman is investing in what they know – ALGORITHMS. That’s...

Published Wed, Jan 01 2011 4:45 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Other Items of Interest, My Commentaries, Facebook, Algorithms, IPO, SEC, healthcare reform, Goldman Sachs, Pledge to America, IT literacy, power, Boehner, lessons

Governor Schwarzenegger Appoints Members to California Board to Oversee Healthcare Reform

We are going to miss our governor when he leaves office and granted I may not have agreed with him 100% as nobody does that today, but overall he made some decent decisions and moves, especially when it comes to technology. I’m going to miss those “Tweetcast...

Published Sat, Jan 01 2011 9:37 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Other Items of Interest, health insurance, Health IT, Twitter, California, CMS, Government, healthcare reform, reform, Non participants, exchanges, Schwartzenegger

Constitution Will Read the US Constitution Out Loud when They Return Next Week-Anyone Heard of a Podcast?

I mention podcast as that is how the rest of the US citizens get quite a bit of the information we are responsible or knowing today. How long is this going to take when legislation could be going on? This is the issue today with citizens...

Published Wed, Dec 12 2010 8:53 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Other Items of Interest, My Commentaries, medicare, Congress, Politics, digital literacy, healthcare reform, 70s, Non participants, GOP, Pledge to America, * track tapes

Judge In Health Care Lawsuit, Has Financial Ties To GOP Marketing Firm-Judges Need Some “Algo Men” on Board As Advisers to Sort Out Their Connected Interests

There’s also a disclosure that the judge became an early day investor around 13 years ago, but again we might stop and think of how the world is changing and yes 13 years ago they didn’t have the opportunities that technology offers today with extreme...

Published Tue, Dec 12 2010 12:48 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Other Items of Interest, My Commentaries, Laws, healthcare reform, judge, responsibility, Huffington Post, Law, GOP, rules, healthcare repeal, citizens, Henry Hudson

Congress Stops Medicare Pay Cuts for Doctors for Another Year

At least this time we have a year this time so perhaps somewhere along the line a permanent fix could be created. This has gone now for I think around 10 years and correct me if I am wrong here but it’s way over due for a permanent fix as the provisions...

Published Fri, Dec 12 2010 1:18 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Insurance, Other Items of Interest, medicare, Congress, Budgets, AMA, Pay Cuts, Tri-Care, Senate, Doctors, healthcare reform, Non participants, expenses, IT literacy

Office of Personnel Management Data Base Wants to Learn How to Create Those Cost Savings Algorithms Too-Analyzing Government Employee Private Plans

Actually this is a good thing for the government to try and enter the analytics picture that is hugely dominated by insurance companies and of course those added in private equity firms. The key here again is privacy and from what we are seeing...

Published Mon, Dec 12 2010 2:28 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Other Items of Interest, healthcare, Claims, data bases, Data, healthcare reform, analytics, US Government, Office of Personnel Management

Hospital Violence in Florida–Employee Who Was Recently Let Go Shoots Himself After Barricading in the Cafeteria

Here’s yet another story about hospital violence and yes they are becoming a dangerous place to work at times like this as you never know today when someone with pressures of losing a job, making house payments, etc. will lead to an event like this. ...

Published Sat, Nov 11 2010 4:51 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Other Items of Interest, My Commentaries, Education, Hospitals, Heatlhcare, Economics, Florida, healthcare reform, shooting, violence

Accountability for Algorithms Needed On Wall Street–Financial Regulatory Authority Says & We Need The Same for Healthcare Algos

Healthcare payers and Wall Street are all connected and as you can see now the issues with rogue algorithms and identify are being discussed with having adequate audit trails and accountability. We should be able to trace every transaction and follow...

Published Thu, Oct 10 2010 3:08 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Technology, Other Items of Interest, My Commentaries, health insurance, Education, Wall Street, Brokers, Algorithms, Audit Trails, Profits, Regulation, healthcare reform, confusion

Wendell Potter Reporting From the NAIC (National Association of Insurance Commissioners) Who Congress Gave Power On How To Implement Healthcare Reform

This is an extremely good article written here by Wendell Potter who worked many years on the other side before he retired and saw the real picture of what is happening in healthcare. He states there are 28 people representing consumers and at least...

Published Wed, Oct 10 2010 11:05 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Insurance, Other Items of Interest, health insurance, Politics, Algorithms, United HealthCare, healthcare reform, Wendell Potter, lobbyists, medical loss ratios, NAIC

Mercy Hospital CEO in Scranton Has to Clarify the Statements Surrounding The Proposed Sale of 3 Hospitals–Leave Us Out of the Politics

This was kind of interesting to see how this announcement was taken out of context and it’s not too surprising when you look around the web today and read some of the articles where folks are maybe looking for ratings. He had to clarify that the...

Published Wed, Oct 10 2010 11:44 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Other Items of Interest, CEO, Hospitals, Politics, healthcare reform, sale, Mercy Health Care Sysem, buyer

Senate Staffers Get Free Participation in a Health Fair To Include Massages, Food Tastings, Use of MP3 on the Taxpayer’s Tab

Healthcare benefits for Congressional staff don’t require any waiting periods or coverage limitations on pre-existing conditions either. The article states there are many vendors who will be on hand to participate and I hope we get some technology...

Published Mon, Oct 10 2010 9:16 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Other Items of Interest, healthcare, Senate, healthcare reform, wellness, Senate staff, health fair

Stan Brock From Remote Area Medical Speaks Out Asking Laws To Allow Doctors To Be Able to Cross State Lines

Florida legislation will not allow health professionals licensed in other states to cross borders to deliver free health care in this state, all volunteers for a Florida based mission have to be Florida licensed and thus earlier this year one of the free...

Published Mon, Oct 10 2010 2:53 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Other Items of Interest, healthcare, health insurance, Charity, Remote Area Medical, Volunteers, healthcare reform, Obama Healthcare, medical care, RAM, Stan Brock

Lagging U.S. Life Expectancy Blamed on Health System–Scientific Research Showing That Smoking, Obesity, Traffic Accidents and Homicides are Not the Culprits

The study was conducted by scientists at the Commonwealth Fund in Washington DC and granted we are all trying to live healthier within what we can afford in healthcare so maybe the word “afford” has some emphasis here? The fact that we have a higher...

Published Sun, Oct 10 2010 4:42 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Other Items of Interest, healthcare, health insurance, Philantrhopy, Study, healthcare reform, scientists, trends, Commonwealth Fund, Health Affairs, Life expectancy

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