FDA approved - investigational? Why do we have issues with insurance companies? Where does the money get spent, California is trying to change this to where 85% of premium money goes towards healthcare. It does make you wonder sometimes when you see so many projects funded by insurance...
Cerner president speaks out about the insurance business, "they need to be redefined". Amgen CEO and President Kevin Sharer called for a better structured FDA . Overall the summary statement says the same thing I have brought up time and time again, who's going to to...
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The Medical Quack .... by Barbara Duck
on 08-31-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Insurance, Pharma/FDA News, Other Items of Interest, medicare, health insurance, FDA, Cerner, Amgen, Fixiing Healthcare
More additional affiliations for the FDA to gather information. In the news recently have been other agreements with companies such as Blue Cross and others who will be providing data to also study the effects of drugs through medical record information in their files, based on claims, etc. No...
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The Medical Quack .... by Barbara Duck
on 08-18-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Insurance, Pharma/FDA News, health insurance, healthcare IT, Pharma, Biotech, FDA, Medco, Pharmacogonomics
Good news to help some of the financially strapped hospitals here in California, but how much will each one actually see, as 11.8 million among 480 hospitals is not a huge chunk of change. In the meantime though, the current woes for WellPoint continue over stiffer penalties. One report from last...