Everyone is marketing to try and predict and of course in healthcare this is prevalent too and “why they market their ass off”. Tracking and snooping is part of marketing if you have not figured that out yet today. In the video below even ABC has finally come out to state how insurance tracks...
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The data bases created by pharmacy chains have been an issue for quite a while and there has been some effort made on protecting privacy, but it has not gone far. The information gathered originally was for use by pharma sales reps and has been around for years. As time evolved, the medication...
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Algorithms still the hottest trend in healthcare and the steering wheel that controls all. Here’s the press release below. Is this too little and too late? Risk management has been running healthcare for a very long time as the private insurers have been the up front runners with investing...
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Lawmakers are going to have a difficult time with this one as they are not technically up to date enough as a whole to comprehend how all of this works in my estimation. with understanding the algorithms of finance and the economy, Wall Street showed us that. Sad, but it is true and this...
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You have probably read about this in the news already, but now it looks like they are going after the companies who enroll consumers with health plans too, sending the same type of letter. For updates from Express Scripts, you can check the main support page for any updates. They have contracted...
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