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Hospitals and Insurance Company Competing for Patients In Pittsburgh–Contracts In Question
In this case it’s Highmark and UPMC in the Pittsburg area. It’s interesting to listen to the comments in the video and the “deals” are discussed here. They bring up United Healthcare buying up physician’s groups and we have that big in the OC. United Healthcare Acquisition of Monarch Healthcare …
Orange County Oncology Doctor Who Couldn’t Stop Defrauding Medicare Will Get His License Back After He Serves Time & House Sold for Just Under $10 Million
This was the oncologist that couldn’t help himself and made millions and on top of this the government seems to have messed up with the auctioning of his big house. The sale of his house was supposed to pay off damages and give the government some money back but the government liens were not filed…
This is just too funny…only an ER doctor…and glad he has a sense of humor too. ";" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-3aFthKrrnJY/T3QJ_-Pf6LI/AAAAAAAA6GM/CtcKl0LyqdU/videoa3b956e554b3%25255B18%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-style: none">Wrath of Dr. Khan We certainly need a break now and then.…
BATS Stock Exchange IPO Rogue Algos–Attack of the Killer Algorithms Chapter 34–See How Other Killer Algorithms Occur in Every Day Life With Healthcare & Credit
If you haven’t figured this one out yet, it’s about computer code and “rogue” algorithms and this can happen at any time, any place and so forth. Most all in tech know that even the best engineers cannot predict when and where but they do happen and you can reflect back on the big Amazon cloud disr…
Discussion on Supreme Court Hearing on Healthcare Reform–How Will This Play Out With Current Day Algorithms of Commerce And Unintended Consequences-Video
Do we think that they are immune from politics is one of the questions discussed here. Granted there are changes to be made and amendments but to throw out Healthcare revision totally is not wise. When you stop and think of all the unintended consequences that will arise, it’s scary. Again I go b…
US Chamber of Commerce Working on Full Scale Mission With Seeking Life Sciences Opportunities in Israel
You can see some of the major companies included in this area and when you think of it a lot of the Intel technologies for chips has come from Israel for a long time; however in this instance the focus is Life Sciences. Biotech conventions in Israel are also very hot and I do website that features …
“Remote Area Medical–California” Begins Four Day Free Medical Clinic in Oakland–Volunteers Needed
Folks are traveling all the way from Napa to get care at the free medical clinic. RAM does good work and thank goodness they are here and this is a reminder of the failing healthcare system in the US for sure. The same problem exists in California as they have had at other free clinics and that is…
Wells Fargo Bank Files Suit Against Medical Development Intl Over Loan Defaults And Asked Judge to Appoint Receiver–Business Analytics Tactics and Algorithms Questioned
With $55.3 million in assets and $74.9 million in liabilities the money analytics are alive and running. Medical Development according to the article here says that Well Fargo became a “corporate raider” to divert company assets. Part of their business is in the Healthcare Analytics area with co…
FDA Considering Digitally Driven Kiosks for Self Diagnosis With Specific Conditions Via Algorithmic Processes
If you have heard or read the news of late it has been all over that the FDA is considering making certain drugs available over the counter that are now prescription only. With that thought they are also investigating to see if a Kiosk would be able to assist with helping patients find the correct …
CVS/Caremark Sends Letters to Tufts Members Containing Personal Information Like Medical Conditions/Meds Info to Wrong Patients–Attack of the Killer Algorithms Chapter 24
This is chapter 24 addressing flawed data this time. The article said that CVS would not discuss this, well if you are in technology you know what happened, it was a rogue algorithm, in other words a programming error and this is what “The Attack of the Killer Algorithms” is all about. This time i…
Small Businesses Question Health Insurance Tax Being Affordable–Economics Have Changed Since Law Was Written-Tax “Millionaire Data Sellers” Instead - Much Bigger Pot To Make Up for Lost Budget Funds
If you read here often enough you may have stumbled across my little campaign to tax the profits that banks, corporations, high frequency traders, drugs store chains and so on make getting “data for nothing and the profits for free”. The potential is huge if Walgreens made just under $800 million o…
Roche Cutting the Price of 2 Cancer Drugs in India To Potentially Avoid Compulsory Law Provisions That Allows Generic Drugs When Cost Is Not Affordable
It was just last week that India took the very first step to make cancer drugs more affordable with Bayer and it looks like Roche might see some writing on the wall. We all know how expensive cancer drugs are and how unaffordable they can be for the patients who need them most. India Authorizes Lo…
Worried If your ACO Is Going to Be Too Costly? HCP Offering Accountable Care Reinsurance–Once You Figure Out What Your ACO Model Is…
It didn’t take long for this to pop up especially with so many unknown factors that are out there today as even the best laid plans with analytics are in a model, technology can show up tomorrow and throw a left hook at any time. We have a lot of created and non-created disruptions in healthcare an…
IBM Watson Going to Work at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center–Data Loading and Training To Begin
This is actually very good to compile cancer data and we can certainly learn from it. The process will take a while as the data has to be fed in. When used for diagnosis knowledge, patient input, drugs, and so forth this is great. Even big data has the same issues though as what we have used for …
This is pretty cool as a big RV comes around and had 2 private exam rooms so each person has privacy while being screened. All locations in each state have not been posted yet but it looks like Florida is right at the top of the tour. The tour is accredited with finding over 5,000 cases of…
United HealthCare Awards Contract to One Blue Cross/Blue Shield Subsidiary to Process Tri-Care Claims While The Other BlueCross BlueShield Company Lost the Over All Tri-Care Bid To United In the West
This is getting interesting as the entire Tri-Care situation has drug on forever and we don’t know if the lawsuit United filed against DOD had any influence on this recent award. There’s some history from a couple days ago at the link below. United Healthcare Secures Tri-Care Military Defense Co…
Healthgrades Hospital Report is Out and Still Think Their Algorithms Needs Work…
This time they appeared not to even touch Massachusetts is appears as last time MDs from some great hospitals were upset they were either not on the list or not ranked properly. Healthgrades said themselves a while back that their algorithm needs work and now they merged with a marketing company bu…
J and J Sold Vaginal Mesh Implant Without FDA Approval for 3 Years
J and J also has a part in the vaginal mesh mess with their product and lawsuits are starting here too. The questions here are the fast track approval for the Prolift mesh due to the fact that it is similar to Gynemesh a product made by another company. The product was put on the market in 2005 an…
Robotic Tek Mobilization Device Could Someday Make Wheelchairs Obsolete–The Device Moves Like A Segway and Supports and Uplifts User to Standing Position
The device was created in Turkey and they are looking to market in the US and the price in the article here said around $15k would the cost and so I don’t think the Scooter Store has to worry too soon about immediate competition. This would be nice if insurance and Medicare get in the act here with…
