This ruling puts emergency physicians in a hard spot, but protects consumers. This goes back to the Prime/Kaiser scenario and more can be found under the related reading section here. There is a separate case pending with the California Supreme Court, so the matter is not closed yet by any means...
Posted to
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on 11-23-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Insurance, Hospital, health insurance, Health Care, Kaiser Permanente, Blue Cross, Balance Billing, Prime Healthcare, Venture Capital, Californa Medical Association, Insurance Reserves, Out of network care
Well the battle is over as far as electronic medical records being beneficial. Cost has always been an issue, but even more so now. At the HIMMS annual convention this year I did an interview and was asked the exact same question, what is taking so long, same answer, cost and money. ...
3 hospitals in Northern California..the State of California continues to assign fines, these occurring after deaths at each facility. Fines ranged from $60 to 100k. Not too long ago, there were several citations issued in southern California. Technology can stand to help some of these situations...
If you have not participated in one of these broadcasts, I recommend it and keep the link to each presentation on the blog on the right hand side. I learned a lot and can't say how nice it is to put a voice to the presenters, and this is social networking at it's best... very cool and neat for...
Posted to
The Medical Quack .... by Barbara Duck
on 05-09-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Other Items of Interest, My Commentaries, Hospital, CIO, Dr. Anonymous, Social Networks, Blog Talk Radio, CEO, Health Care