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This is somewhat of a return from times in the past, but many companies are seeing it as a way to reduce costs and provide medical care to employees at work, not just emergency care, but regular physician care. Yes there would be privacy concerns here too, as how much of this information could find it's...
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As the old saying goes, things roll downhill and Siemens was the straw that broke the camel's back here. Recently Siemens has been in the news with their own issues with restructuring and lay offs. There are other creditors including Clinical Laboratories of Hawaii, Ewa Beach, $3.9 million;...
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In California we are well aware of this with the recent news with Prime Health Care being challenged on this practice as they have no contracts with the insurers and charge their published rates for out of network care, and the patient is stuck in the middle, but from the other side of the coin, some...
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When you look around, it appears the large Not for Profit folks seems to being doing all the facility expansions, as well as hiring new clinicians, but now some of the practices are being looked at with a bit of scrutiny as the Wall Street Journal discusses. Some facilities charge up to 10 times...
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So much for feeling good about decisions...but is this where we seem to be headed at times with everything being focused on the dollar and not the quality of healthcare? Hospitals are struggling to come out of bankruptcy and some are starting the trek, so I hope this does not continue to be the...
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Interestingly enough, while I was watching this video, my cell phone rings from Anthem Blue Cross with an automated questioning system about taking care of my health, somewhat of a parody as I was reviewing the video for the blog. I went through the system and first off I do have to make one comment...
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This suit and it's award make me wonder why we do not have "fake employees" at the insurance firms and HMOs? Make sense? In view of all the recent legal awards and court cases, why not. Doctors have to deal with "fake patients" so why not "fake employees"...
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"WellNet will give companies the program for free if they transfer their pharmacy benefits to WellNet" so it can be tracked better, as now if you go and pay cash for a generic $4.00 drug, it's out of the insurance system as far as I know. I hear this from doctors who get dinged for...
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When I read numbers and studies such as this, it is no wonder we are lagging behind other countries in healthcare. First of all, if it is not affordable and accessible, the consumer will not go, especially in the area of chronic diseases and especially in preventative medicine. We have a...
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Dr. Doug Farrago with his input on what's happening in Massachusetts with their healthcare system. Long and short of all of this, is who's going to pay the bill? I feature Dr. Farrago under my "Need a Laugh" section as he produces new videos, I like his humor and unique...