I almost feel like this is somewhat of a public service post here as I have read so many stories about patients trying to get copies 
of their medical records and if they are still “paper” records, well that takes a bit longer as we all know. Sometimes you luck out and it’s not that hard, but every office, hospital, medical entity is different, so if you get stuck here’s a company for what seems like a reasonable fee, will chase them down for you.
The company is a division of another company “Datafied” it appears and there’s a little more information on their website as well. The company goes out and scans your records if needed and you can download them online. You get an email when your records are available. The web page states they are HIPAA compliant. Do check to see which metropolitan areas for their coverage.
What is also interesting here is their sister company
called Retireddoctor.com where a physician can send off the patient records to make sure they are available for patients and how many articles have you read about paper medical record dumps, too many. The records get scanned and they handle the transition to transferring to the new doctor for the patients. I don’t have any idea what the cost is and it would depend on the number of files, etc. but this sure beats getting fined or going to jail with trying to dump off paper medical records somewhere and everyone is happy.
They have a web interface to where it looks like you can either do it all online or you can also reach them by phone. BD
OrderMedicalRecords.Com, a leading company specializing in the release of information, recently launched a new website. The website facilitates the secure ordering of medical records over the internet through online submission and authorized record collection services. Corporate entities and professionals, as well as individuals and families, now have the option of online ordering.
As companies and professionals narrow down their business practices to very specialized activities, the need for high-volume medical records acquisition becomes more and more prevalent. At the same time, the volume of individuals requesting medical information for themselves or their loved ones is also increasing, as members of society become more assertive in their own medical care needs. To fill the gap, OrderMedicalRecords.Com (OMR) stepped forward to become a proficient procurer of records that require release of information.
In addition to other record ordering formats, including over the phone, mail, or fax, the new website now makes it possible to request medical records online. The new online format streamlines the ordering process making it simple and straight-forward. It can be used by corporate entities desiring bulk record acquisitions as well as individuals desiring their own records. Clients may also use the website to check the status of their orders. Data security policies are strictly adhered to and all processes and information that are handled through the website are protected using data encryption and other appropriate data security measures.
this is another film they made and it does good a job of explaining how the big corporations get their tax havens. Right out of the barrel they begin with Apple and interesting how they explain and the Netherlands has like no tax on intellectual property so the chain there is interesting on how it leads back to a US LLC. See how the names don’t always identify who they are as well. Wal-Mart is also covered in depth. If you like this video, hop on over to the 
to many of the billionaires. 
practitioner left. So the clinic is looking for a replacement and the reason for the closure is “staff shortage”. Her page is still up 
You can read in the article about other settlements as such and that’s pretty much the mechanics of what goes on here. It’s good though that it does come up as it keeps people on their toes. Same stuff with those horrible consumer doctor and hospital rating sites. I can go on there at any time and easily find errors and usually it’s stuff in the mainstream news that has been around for a while that they don’t scan and update. 
tech solutions and maybe just a lot of political talk? Sure the issues are addressed but no real solution talked about at all. It’s not just limited to the FTC as we have the same thing going on with reviving Glass-Steagall with a low tech partial solution for a very complex high tech problem. Without an IT infrastructure to regulate, all this goes nowhere sadly. I have full respect for Elizabeth Warren but again we have have “low tech” solutions out there that are merely band aids for big problems. I keep blogging about restoring the Office of Technology Assessment for Congress and there’s never been a time when we have had such digital illiteracy with our Lawmakers and this would help them. 
It is something that most may not even think about. The plan is grow to approximately 700 employees when full staffed. It sounds like they have all the “green” IT options in place as well. In Ohio Kaiser is trying to sell their operations by contrast. 
commercials that have begun running advertising “Covered California”. 
now, well today there’s some good news for him. The New York Times actually adds some new details too that I was not aware of in the fact that he worked with the US CIA for three years on this project. Now it appears an official in Pakistan says the sentence was too long and the former official handing down the ruling over stepped his bounds. 
means you don’t have an account at a bank so to allow payments from those who either can’t afford it or just simply don’t want an account at a bank they can now use prepaid credit cards for premium payments. 
he money’s at. Here’s a fairly recent post on how the device folks are flocking to the trade associations and lobbyists of health insurers. 
were going to donate claim information to add to the device and drug files that were being gathered to evaluate for safety along with medical records added? Dr. Hamburg has talked about the program quite favorably as it is helping with safety devices and drugs, but did the insurance companies decide not to send claim information to the FDA and decide to make a buck instead selling data? About the FDA Sentinel below:
a focus on improving health care quality and outcomes, according to a news release. The partnership aims to address the challenges of improving quality of care and reducing treatment costs.
s and is no longer selling individual policies, they all want the business accounts via employers. This is a big issue today as all the insurers are competing in this area quite aggressively. Government contracts are also heavily coveted by insurers and those too have been very aggressively pursued. In California some policy holders got an extra bonus of a 19% increase for their last 3 months of coverage, so was this a move to say “hurry up and switch”?
and it’s didn’t do that. We need some balance and realize that apps can help but a lot of times the very developers that create them, don’t use them either..now that’s a big oxymoron and once the app appears there will be many magpies on the social networks who won’t use it either but they lecture you to death on why you should use it (see it all the time)…funny. 
I do like the FDA mobile app because it’s useful, 
you guessed it right, this is not profit chain. They employ around 6000 employees total. The Catholic system is facing their largest budget gap in years and part of it was stated to be due to their Health IT purchases. It’ not cheap, but they are still projecting a profit when all the layoffs take place. There was also a mention of an cancelled contract with Kaiser Permanente in the Vancouver area that is also adding to the hardship. 
has 2 entities that over see health insurance. This division is specific to monitoring HMOs. With the new agreement patients will be given the care they need for speech therapy when it is medically needed and many were improperly denied over the years. Routinely United has denied requests from members.
to fight HIV-1 infections. 
up that complaint though and work with it as that’s not going to change. Again it’s unfortunate but it’s only 5 months from when it was implemented too so there’s something to be said there as well as I would guess there’s quite a bit more “work in progress” happening too. The Epic system is customized by preferences to meet the needs of the Hospitals and thus so every installation is not exactly the same as far as features and some functionality. It is amazing that Visual Basic, as what is used on the front end of Epic is still as stable as can be for the most part with MUMPS on the back end. 
like yet one more of those websites that wasn’t to educate people on how to get healthier. Don’t we have enough of those yet…guess not when it comes to collecting and selling data and profiles. Why do you think so many of these keep appearing. Look at who backed the company from the start, Cigna and Cardinal Health, they sell data and run analytics up the ying yang. Navigy, the company leading the funding is a wholly owned subsidiary of Blue Cross of Florida and the board of Navigy is interesting with former CEO of Aetna on board as well as the VP of partnerships of Facebook.
I chat about some of the intangible processes that you may not be aware of that run on servers 24/7 behind the scenes to help educate all and to encourage you to ask questions when something doesn’t look right. This is a big deal today as data selling has reached an epidemic stage and is actually beginning to affect the economy with models that change risk in some areas. Look for this image on the link bar for more. BD 
not legally separated; or a domestic partner of same or opposite gender in an ongoing, exclusive relationship similar to marriage for at least 12 months with the intention to continue sharing a household indefinitely, he said.”
Revenue is only a third of what it was 10 years ago.
the United contract expired at the end of 2012. The case is for over $200,000 and United states their collection efforts were ignored by Paragon. Paragon Systems is a subcontractor for companies like L3 Communications and General Dynamics. 
spend several days under observation, then any rehab costs get shoved back to the patient. The model is broken. Now Medicare is proposing that the status can be changed “after the fact” so again we are talking about shifting money again as the status can be changed up to a year after the time spent in the hospital. So now what? Admissions get changed to observation status? That could happen and again better modeling would help some of this out. 
duped into the analytics and the confusion of their policies shows it. Sure it’s not simple but again when you have folks running an agency that is so tied into technology with complex payment systems, well it just makes the problems worse. Again if the government would employ some better modelers and query potential loop holes up front, some of this could be avoided and you won’t catch it all but it would be a much better formulated rule to begin with as IT Infrastructure runs every thing today and when people’s lives and livelihoods are involved, it’s time to a better job than look for the “Algo Fairies” for the rules.