One more program to confuse us when needing a prescription, although I’m sure there is money to be saved here, but shoot I like the $4.00 or $10.00 generic prescriptions offered by others, no enrollment and no questions asked, simple. For the monthly fee, you might need to be a patient with some...
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on 11-06-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Insurance, Pharma/FDA News, Other Items of Interest, drugs, healthcare, health insurance, Prescriptions, Medicare Part D, Aetna, Pharmacy, Costco
This is a genomics blood test that takes about 6 weeks to run and get the results. The test will identify the specific gene mutation and help with treatment plans and add more input on whether or not family members might be as risk as well. BD NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – Clinical Data...
One more partner for the Microsoft HealthVault, press release below. Contrary to all it seems to be the last couple days of posts, this is not a total PHR blog. There has been a lot of news in this area and I just wanted to make sure all were aware that other news will continue to be posted...
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on 10-22-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Insurance, Microsoft/Windows News, healthcare, microsoft, Medical Records, health insurance, PHR, Personal Health Records, Aetna, Informed Patient
This is not the first time this issue has been in the news in the last couple of years, but the dollars, or lack of dollars perhaps bring this to light once more, and once more it all comes back to money. There are some interesting efforts going on to try and combat the problem, such as Aetna paying...
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on 09-05-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Insurance, Pharma/FDA News, drugs, healthcare, Pharma, Prescriptions, Aetna, Health Insurance Coverage
How bad do the insurance companies want the patients to take their medications? Well enough to try a pilot program with an electronic umbilical cord to tie the patient to a device. It doesn't say exactly how the device will work, but I am guessing once you remove a pill, it will...
Over 30 insurance companies have registered for the event in September, along with 100 hospitals. Insurance companies are attending to meet the hospitals, not the hospitals here in the US, those abroad. I did see the AMA mentioned as an attendee. After the meeting, who knows what will be...