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Ingenix started selling its diabetes-prediction service in February to insurers and employers, one more way they make money. I would think information this vital and helps with compliance could be open source or at least free so further analysis studies could be made. This is part of the...
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Mon, Oct 11 2010
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We always focus on New Orleans but there were other areas hard hit 5 years ago too and this is one of them. The reasons slated here for the layoffs is back to the same old story, money. Reductions in Medicare and Medicaid are at the top of the list. You can also visit the website and...
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Thu, Sep 2 2010
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Children’s Hospitals are a non profit system and through early retirements, not filling vacated positions and some layoffs by November the magic number here is projected to be around 250 positions. Treating a large number of Medicaid patients has attributed to the loss of revenue. BD ...
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The reason for the cutback is a decline of patient volume and revenue. If you are not familiar with this hospital, they are in my opinion the most wired hospital in the US and even have translator technology and the end of the beds in the ICU. They have done their analysis to target savings...
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Sat, Aug 14 2010
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The work will be sent to a company named SOURCECORP with locations in the Carolinas and the Philippines. The data entry will be done in North Carolina, but you might guess where everything else might be going. You know I get tired of reading these notices where the boss says it is difficult...
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Thu, Aug 12 2010
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Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Insurance, healthcare, health insurance, Blue Cross, Layoffs, Phillipines, North Carolina, humans, labor, data entry, Sourcecorp
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We all know about the St. Vincent’s in New York which is the biggest layoff and job loss of all hospitals and sad to see so many end up without jobs. Baylor College of Medicine is another new one on the list too and one I had not expected. Let’s not all lay the gravy and credit in the hands...
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Mon, Apr 19 2010
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Filed under: Medically Related, Insurance, Other Items of Interest, healthcare, Doctors, Layoffs, Patients, Desperate Hospitals, nurses, healthcare reform
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Over the weekend I watched a completely entertaining satire on healthcare today in the US, the movie “Robodoc”. It poked fun at a lot of what is going on today with healthcare and takes the future of technology to the hilarious extremes. The movie also makes some very good points too on...
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Mon, Apr 5 2010
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I did a series last year called “Desperate Hospitals” and now it seems it’s time once again, unfortunately re-open the series again. Hospitals have fixed costs and have pretty much cut down the the bone where they can. Some hospitals have been lucky with philanthropy kicking in and helping...
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Fri, Mar 26 2010
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Filed under: Medically Related, Insurance, Other Items of Interest, My Commentaries, health insurance, Congress, Hospitals, Budgets, Heatlh IT, Fraud, Doctors, Layoffs, Wall Street, Patients, Desperate Hospitals, Algorithms, formulas, heatlhcare reform, jobs, tech denial
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Outsourcing is what is happening here with many of the employees having a new boss, and reason is to save money. Over 50% of the US hospitals are now operating in the “red” and by shifting the cost over to a contract, benefits, health insurance, etc. are now going to a new source for the employee...
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Fri, Mar 12 2010
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Filed under: Medically Related, Insurance, health insurance, Budgets, Economy, Layoffs, Benefits, Desperate Hospitals, Cobra, healthcare reform, labor, catch 22, Jewish Hospital & St Mary's Healthcare, Jewish Hospital
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What this also means is streamlining algorithmic formulas to replace some functions that are done by humans, that is happening everywhere. If you work for a company making a profit, with technology and automation you could still face being laid off. I’m certain like most of the other carriers have...
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Wed, Feb 17 2010
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The economy is having it’s toll on everyone. Aetna has won some and lost some in the corporate bidding battles as employers have been one of their key targets. Bank of America and Tri-Care have been 2 of their recent awarded contracts. What else does this mean potentially, more...
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Wed, Nov 18 2009
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With all the unrest and discussions on healthcare reform, I decided to take a quick look around the web. We have everything from the G-20 meeting in Pittsburgh to healthcare workers at Kaiser demonstrating over healthcare and employment issues. Some of the picketing is very peaceful and some...
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Mon, Sep 28 2009
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The six locations that could close are in Erie, Pennsylvania; Shreveport, Louisiana; Spokane, Washington; Springfield, Massachusetts; and Galveston, Texas. The Galveston burn center has been closed since the hurricane and would have been the first stop for the children versus transporting...
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Wed, Jun 10 2009
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The only bright spot in the report were the stocks with the “for profit” companies which were rising. The number with a negative return almost doubled from last year’s first quarter report for those not in the profit business. I see the partnership thing here in Orange County all day long...
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Sun, Jun 7 2009
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More Public Hospitals Will Face Bankruptcy From the Wall Street Journal: He predicted that private investors or religious orders may step in to take these hospitals off financially strapped municipalities’ hands. That’s where a Chapter 9 bankruptcy filing potentially comes in, Pillari said...
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Mon, May 25 2009
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Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Insurance, healthcare, Health IT, Budget Cuts, bankruptcy, Layoffs, Desperate Hospitals, Obama Health Care Plan