This story about Walgreens illustrates a little bit of both. After the economy and Wall Street news of the last couple of weeks, we should know now about how programmers set algorithms to select, process and deliver data. Need a refresher, you can check here relative to Wall Street out coding...
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The Medical Quack .... by Barbara Duck
on 10-01-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Insurance, My Commentaries, drugs, healthcare, Prescriptions, Medicaid, Medications, Medicare contractor, Whistle Blower, Data, Data Base, Algorithms
One more way for the information to run queries to cherry pick applicants is accomplished. When you apply for insurance, the fine writing will usually state that you are giving permission to check any medical information and records and, yes, this includes prescriptions. Even the $4.00 generic...