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The National Cancer Institute has made clinical trial participation a top national priority and yet participant levels are still not perhaps where they could be. Yes, this is a big decision for any patient/physician to make as far as whether or not to enroll, but many trials are offering lifesaving...
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11-02-2008
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Filed under: Medically Related, Pharma/FDA News, My Commentaries, Investors, health insurance, Pharma, Cancer, clinical trials, HMO, Pharmaceuticals, R and D, Drug Development, Cancer Institute
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Where does the greed lie perhaps might be the question. Today it takes a lot of money to create a new drug and as we have seen from the new approach from the FDA, more information and documentation is required. Investors want a return on some of the biotech research that has not quite matured yet...
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10-26-2008
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Now this has become a legal issue with the State of California, can this stand with not covering Viagra? It might appear the jury is going to be out on this one for a while and there are other drugs that come in to play with HMO coverage. What is and what is not covered is becoming a big issue...
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If one is over 65 and diagnosed with cancer, is possible that Medicare may offer more choices? The same old problem, access for seniors. The National Cancer Institute (NCI) has made clinical trial participation a national priority, so does this make sense? BD Newly diagnosed cancer...
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As a physician, if you haven’t been marketed yet, you might expect some marketing efforts forthcoming soon. In Florida the insurance companies are offering free e-prescribing and I might guess by going through a clearinghouse that this will go directly into the records of one’s medications with...
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09-22-2008
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I was speaking with a family practice physician this week on the east coast, and this is exactly what was said to me. We were discussing some technology items as it relates to health care and about how things are evolving. This physician has relied on both cash and PPO patients for quite...
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Medical Quack on Reuters. Now this is a sad state of affairs to be the prudent consumer, and yet you are potentially taking money out of your doctor's pocket by doing so when it comes to pay for performance for them, so what's up with this when purchasing $4.00 Generic Drugs. BD...
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09-18-2008
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This is something in my conversations with physicians that keeps coming up, so I thought I would write up a post. On this blog I provide links to the $4.00 and other cost saving areas for anyone, insurance or no insurance to find the best cost on generic drugs and these are the heaviest hit links...
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We all complain about having to wait and the referral process of HMOs. This is a good post to take a look at here as this man has created an online diary as to the processes that are taking place to get his hip surgery done, a replacement for an artificial hip that is failing. He driving...
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This happened in Israel. How long have some forms of genetic testing been around? Today, the child is 18 years old, so I would say quite a while. The couple contended that if they had been properly advised from the start, the pregnancy would have been aborted. We all know this...
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Is this a new sign of the times with the insurers purchasing HMOs? One thing it will do is bring more under contract with additional services and offices available from the consumer end and the employees of the HMO appear to have benefited with keeping their jobs. BD The area's...
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This suit and it's award make me wonder why we do not have "fake employees" at the insurance firms and HMOs? Make sense? In view of all the recent legal awards and court cases, why not. Doctors have to deal with "fake patients" so why not "fake employees"...
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The insurance executives have taken the medical decisions and good medical care out control of clinicians, pretty simple. Have you had a surgical procedure lately? I had one surgeon recently tell me of procedures lined up by the hour, seven knees in seven hours, now does that make sense? ...
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This has to be one of the best Dr. Doug has put out. This is good watching for both health care staff and patients, with a delicious bit of humor, but he makes his points. This is a rebuttal of the recent Readers Digest article, whereby he was the poster boy. One of the items he discusses...
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What happens when you need emergency care and go to a hospital outside of your contract with you health insurance...read on....in once case an accident occurred...total bill was $53,000.00....Anthem Blue Cross paid $25,000.00...big balance left for the insured...hospital and insurance company said privacy...