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Well if you read the Medical Quack often enough you know that I have poked around these site a bit as I want to check for accuracy after finding my former doctor who had been dead for 7 years still listed. I think everyone got the word via this blog and she does not appear any more but the other...
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Thu, Dec 30 2010
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Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Insurance, My Commentaries, drugs, healthcare, medicare, medical billing, Cancer, Oncology, CMS, Fraud, Orange County, Health Insuance, American Cancer Society, Treatment, Glen Justice, AVVO
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This is an extension of US retail chain Wal-Mart in the US – ASDA is owned by Wal-Mart. The chain is calling for others to follow in their footsteps. These are treatments that extend lives of cancer victims and are not always available from the NHS. A representative from the company...
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Thu, May 20 2010
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Filed under: Insurance, Pharma/FDA News, wal-mart, drugs, healthcare, UK, Prescriptions, Cancer, NHS, supermarket, Asda
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This story is a bit of an eye opener with the doctor even having devoted time in traveling to Haiti. He has entered a plea bargain and at his age it looks like prison is where he will spend the rest of his life. As you can read below he was a director at a well known Medical Center in Orange...
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Mon, Apr 19 2010
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From what I am reading here, this somewhat makes a case for some better software and is part of the reason I think that private industry has had a leap on securing some of this type of business, like in the State of Washington and now we have insurance company interests engrained in government operations...
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Sun, Nov 22 2009
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Filed under: Medically Related, Insurance, healthcare, health insurance, Cancer, Algorithms, New York, United HealthCare, Ingenix, balance billing Programs
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This video is a good example of a woman needing care for her children that are cancer survivors. With changes at work, she was given CIGNA when the company had changed from Aetna, who had approved the medication prior. The mother was pro-active and worked with the doctors who were also pro...
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This is very well done and you can’t not be touched by watching each individual with their sign as the music plays. It reminds you what healthcare is all about, humans, and those who need care now and can’t wait. BD MoveOn.org members and R.E.M. speak out for health care reform...
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The really sad issues at hand are those who have cancer that are denied, 1 in 10 could not get healthcare coverage with 6 percent losing coverage because of their diagnosis. Below is a link that tells more about determining eligibility by using prescriptions records, mostly those that they purchase...
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Tue, Aug 11 2009
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Filed under: Medically Related, Insurance, healthcare, health insurance, Cancer, HHS, Ingenix, healthcare reform, Milliman, report
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What is very disturbing about all of this too is Rush Limbaugh blasting him about where he’s going to have surgery and attacks him. Listen to the audio below and hear how mean and cold he is. This is ridiculous relating this to insurance (which we know is a problem) and our broken system...
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Fri, Jul 31 2009
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Filed under: Medically Related, Insurance, Surgery, healthcare, Cancer, Congress, Prostate Cancer, Senate, Connecticut, Rush Limbaugh, healthcare reform
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The company and subsidiaries are integrated in many areas and here’s one more with business intelligence and algorithms. As a refresher here, Ingenix is the company that settled with New York State on using a data base that created balance due billings for many in New York with an inflated customary...
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Tue, Jul 28 2009
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Some of the incentives for participation include premium reductions, cash and bonuses, health-account contributions and gift cards as well as asking employees to fill out a health risk assessment and the problems lie with retention as drop out rates are high. Health-Net is turning a new program...
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Mon, Jul 27 2009
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Filed under: Medically Related, Insurance, healthcare, health insurance, Cancer, Balance Billing, iPhone, incentives, Wellness Programs, United HealthCare, Ingenix, Red Brick
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Most of the larger banks have stated they will not accept them either, such as Bank of America after July 10th. California’s credit rating is now only two steps above “junk” status. It also has the lowest rating of any state. This is sad for patients who need their cancer treatment or services...
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Thu, Jul 9 2009
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Just a few weeks ago, we heard a different story of just the opposite, interesting how things are changing so rapidly today and new opinions emerge to the opposite. The AMA didn’t like the idea of Medicare for all as it is going broke, but so are many hospitals so is it a race of who goes...
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Thu, Jul 2 2009
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Filed under: Medically Related, Insurance, drugs, healthcare, medicare, Physicians, Cancer, Oncology, Congress, AMA, Pay Cuts, Government funded insurance, Obama Healthcare
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This was the recommendation made in the article below. The study from WedMD stated too that a big percentage of doctors felt lying for their patients was ok too, as they are helping them get the care they need. Over half surveyed thought it was ok and the more serious the condition, the more...
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Sun, Jun 7 2009
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Filed under: Medically Related, Insurance, healthcare, health insurance, Cancer, Business Intelligence, Personal Health Records, Cancer Treatment, Programming, Algorithms, Sicko
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One more story about employer insurance coverage for small companies - the government’s own Small business Administration says Healthcare is the number one enemy, so why do we continue to tie insurance and healthcare to employers? Is this not an important consideration? Healthcare Is the...
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Tue, May 26 2009
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Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Insurance, healthcare, Medical Records, health insurance, Cancer, software, employers, Home Monitoring, fitness monitoring, Fitness, Big Brother, Wellness Programs
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Medicare benefits for those permanently disabled don’t kick in until 29 days after a cancer diagnosis. This article talks about those with insurance so I’ll move the focus over there. We have seen the stories about those having cancer denied treatments, or some treatment, even those with...