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Healthcare and the way it is practices has certainly changed over the last few years, no doubt about it. Technology though is not the reason to blame in it’s entirety though, it’s the other stuff that goes along with others initializing technology and software benefits that hits below the belt...
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11-18-2008
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Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Insurance, healthcare, Medical Records, medicare, Congress, Medicaid, software, Patient Advocacy, Health Insuance, Point of Care, Physician Overload
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This may be a result of the questions posed last week by Senator Grassley. It is getting even more complicated as insurance companies work on new algorithms to create new insurance plans and add them to the large pool of plans offered and it does not appear to be getting any easier to be able...
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11-09-2008
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Filed under: Medically Related, Insurance, My Commentaries, healthcare, medicare, AARP, Congress, Medicaid, software, Patient Advocacy, Health Insuance, United HealthCare
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This is very perplexing based on the votes the bill had from both the House and Senate and appears now to be a game of cat and mouse or more like “Custer’s Last Stand” in a sense. It is not like he’s risking his political future at this point and after all the work and effort this just seems to...
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According to Forbes, the HMO business and stocks are sick. Also, we still have President Bush stating he’s still going to veto the Medicare bill that was passed this week, why? The bill is veto-proof, so what’s the point? Let’s just make this difficult situation a little more...
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Well this one won’t be vetoed hopefully as it can be overridden, good news. This will hold us off until next January until we may once again go through the same motions, unless a new plan is developed between now and then. He surprised everyone and wanted to make sure his vote was...
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Update: Tri-Care is also tied to Medicare, which is the plan for civilian members and physicians have a low reimbursement rate here as well, some some civilian members of the military could stand to lose access as well if physicians consider dropping these members as well, around 9 million...
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Amazing how this went on for so long and the living doctors have problems getting items approved. At any rate, new procedures are being activated, perhaps such as moving an ID number and name to the “inactive” listing. This is something a query could have caught in a data base if programmed...
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As Congress returns to session this week the battle goes on regarding the Medicare pay cuts. Who needs the money the worst, the insurance companies or the doctors? My vote goes for the MDs. Why, because this will work a hardship and create access problems for seniors. A couple...
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What does the new president of the AMA have to say about the failure to stop the pay cut for doctors, read below. Recently I had published the results of the Gallup poll whereby the confidence in Congress has fallen below the confidence patients have in in HMO, and perhaps this is a contributing...
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I have already posted about the failure to pass, but wanted add the comments from another site here, from the physician’s prospectus…the site has the entire break down on which voted against the bill, so there’s a list of Senators who might be able to use a little contact. The question is what...
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They are in recess until after the 4th of July so perhaps some action could be taken after the holiday that could be retro-active. The ones that will benefit will be the insurers, who are busy opening up offices in China . BD WASHINGTON — Doctors face a 10 percent cut in Medicare payments...
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The article states this should have been addressed 10 years ago..which is true…but this is today, so we need a plan, a budget, and some new politicians for that sake! If an all over sales tax of a few pennies is needed, then so be it to help finance health care, and get the private insurers profits...
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AARP gets in to action with their letter to congress relative to the pending Medicare and Medicaid budget cuts as it will mean reduced medical care for seniors and those on Medicaid as the states will not be able to sustain the expense alone…BD AARP today sent a letter to Congressional leaders...
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There is one hope left and that is the Grassley Bill, but is 3 weeks enough time? Hopefully there’s enough leadership to make this happen. Many seniors are going to find it very difficult to find a physician that will still take on new patients with Medicare if the pay cuts go through. Senate...
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This is actually quite a bit down the road, the year 2011 before any pinch is felt, which allows plenty of time for physicians to learn the process. The one big hitch in all of this is the failure of the DEA to get with the program. Most physicians that have already made the switch are very...