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A health policy turning point?: Given a choice between the insurance-backed Medicare Advantage and the government-backed Medicare, doctors went with Medicare. Whether they continue to do so depends on whether, in next year's health policy debates, doctors see more autonomy on the insurance side or the government side. by Dana Blankenhorn; Tags: Medicare, Insurance Company, Health Care, Healthcare, Insurance, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-07-11
AMA does partisan battle over Medicare cuts: AMA does partisan battle over Medicare cutsFor those that said "Don't Care", you had better!I have a parent going through a serious illness and on Medicare/Medicaid right now.Let me tell you, it's a nightmare folks. The last thing we need is doctors priced into not giving a damn...RE: AMA...; Tags: HEALTHCARE, Vertical industries, Benefits, Insurance, Medicare, health care, Medicare cut, AMA; Discussion threads 2008-07-08
AMA does partisan battle over Medicare cuts: Some doctors are doing more to pile on the pressure, cutting back their patient services and closing their doors to new Medicare patients. by Dana Blankenhorn; Tags: Patient, Medicare, Republican, AMA, Healthcare, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-07-08
A simple storage device that saves lives: Modern storage includes all manner of exotica: nanowires; HAMR; clusters and more. But research has shown that a simple storage device can save tens of thousands of lives a year in hospitals around the world. So why aren't doctors using it? Paper isn't sexy, but it works...; Tags: Checklist, Infection, Data Storage, Patient, Storage Device, Medicare, Dr., Storage, Healthcare, Hardware, Robin Harris; Blog posts 2007-12-11
Cost problem lacks bumper sticker solution: Cost problem lacks bumper sticker solutionThe problem isn't with the weath of Americans!What a crock of shyte! No the problem is multi-fold.1. Corporate greed is preventing solid reliable AND affordable health care for Americans.2. Lack of political fortitude to break the stranglehold on the American worker by corporate greed.3. Lack...; Tags: HEALTHCARE, Vertical industries, Insurance, American Worker, Medicare, Corporate Greed, health care; Discussion threads 2007-11-26

Feds to pay more if you have automated records: The federal government says it will pay more for Medicare patients' care as their clinics get electronic medical record equipment. (Cartoon for Slate by Glenn McCoy.) The announcement is part of the government's push to have "most" doctors on EMRs or EHRs by 2014. The extra money is...; Tags: Electronic Record, Federal Government, Medicare, Practitioner, Electronic Health Record, Money, E-health, Government, Healthcare, Vertical Industries, Enterprise Software, Software, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2007-11-12
Any better excuses?: Any better excuses?Mehdehhhcahherrre: Turns his head......cough.Turns his head...cough.Doctor says: [i]"You have a bad cough."[/i](Drum roll....ba da beeeshh)Seriously, if I had to base selecting a universal method of insurance on which carrier has had the most efficient system of physician reimbursement, I'd put my money on Medicare, any day.Despite the long-term...; Tags: HEALTHCARE, Medicare; Discussion threads 2007-11-10
Timeclock / Payroll (exe): Timeclock.exe is a software based time tracking program. Timeclock is fully integrated with payroll.exe. Payroll.exe calculates gross and net pay deducting fedreral income tax, social security, Medicare, retirement, medical, and dental. Payroll.exe also calculates the quarterly Social Security/Medicare Federal Report and W2 information. Payroll.exe information can contain most employee statistics...; Tags: Medicare, Payroll, Timeclock.exe, Timeclock, Payroll.exe, Social Security, Operational Accounting, Healthcare, Productivity, Government, Finance; Software downloads 2006-12-22
GAO IDs 47 weaknesses in how Medicare/Medicaid transmit data: Medicare and Medicaid systems are so weak that millions of Americans are vulnerable to disclosure of their medical records, the Government Accounting Office warned recently, The Washington Post reports. GAO found 47 weaknesses in the computer systems used by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to send...; Tags: General Accounting Office, Medicare; Blog posts 2006-10-04
ME Medicare system still struggling: Maine officials struggled to explain to state lawmakers why the states troubled Medicaid billing system is still a mess, 18 months after in launched in January 2005. A US Inspector Generals report was critical of the MaineCare system. At a hearing on the system Thursday, officials spun the good news...; Tags: MaineCare; Blog posts 2006-09-29
Maine Medicare system fraught with problems: Maine's Medicaid billing system has been wreaking havoc since January 2005 and final upgrades won't be complete until next summer, the Bangor Daily News reports, at a cost of $56.3 million. According to Brenda Harvey, commissioner of Maine's Department of Health and Human Services, the...; Tags: Medicare, Harvey; Blog posts 2006-08-23
Medicare website delayed for Yom Kippur: The Post reports that the new Medicare website, which will allow seniors to comparison shop among the different drug plans, has been delayed until Monday to avoid conflicts with Yom Kippur, the Jewish high holiday. "We wanted to respect all the partners out there and their...; Tags: Medicare; Blog posts 2005-10-14
Medicare agency stands to save big by automating call center: The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services CMS in Baltimore receives 32 million calls a year, an average of 102,000 a day on Mondays, the busiest day of the week. With the cost of personal phone service running anywhere from $6.85 to $15 per call, CMS is turning to technology...; Tags: content management system, call-center; Blog posts 2005-08-24
Automating Predictive Analysis to Predict Medicare Fraud: When a person has to run a regression model many times, automating some of the processes can save a lot of time. In the Medicare fraud-detection example discussed in this paper, the biggest time-saver was creating a dynamic list of variables for each provider specialty code. This step allowed the...; Tags: Medicare, SAS Institute, Fraud, Analysis; White papers 2005-03-09
HP expands open-source support: HP expands open-source supportGood!Although I can't complain to awful much, HP printers have always worked well with Linux. But it's good to finally hear that another vendor is increasing support. It just brings Linux further into main stream acceptance for both corporate and private use.Whatever HPAnd the big boys are...; Tags: Financial Planning, Poeple, Linux/Open Source, Hewlett-Packard Co., insurance, Medicare, open source; Discussion threads 2004-05-31
Highmark Maximizes Medicare Revenues With SAS: With the ever-increasing cost of healthcare in the United States, providers and insurers can't afford to under-report potential risks associated with their Medicare/Medicaid patients. Otherwise, they risk losing money when they provide necessary services that might not be related to the initial diagnoses reported to the Centers for Medicare &...; Tags: Revenue, Patient, Medicare, SAS Institute, Health Care, Highmark, Healthcare; Case studies

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A health policy turning point?: A health policy turning point?Who can blame the doctors?Especially if they get irritated calling "1-800-Mommy-May-I" to get approval for a procedure they consider necessary. And who is on the phone at the insurance company making a decision on your health care? Some high school graduate?The simple fact is...; Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, health care, health policy, insurance, insurance company; Discussion threads 2008-07-11
Might we see a doctors' strike?: Might we see a doctors' strike?Because the system is so broken...I have seen a resurgence of homeopathic medical practices. My regular civilian physician is a homeopathic doctor.My chiropractor only takes cash or check and keeps his patient records on 3x5 cards... still. He doesn't trust the system.I think what is...; Tags: Insurance, Financial Planning, HEALTHCARE, strike; Discussion threads 2008-06-20
Gerontologists see something worse than death: Gerontologists see something worse than deaththe worst of allis being poor and unable to work for a decent wage.When the retirement age is raised to the highest in the world, who would hire some cripple and sick men or women on a decent wage.It appears that in order to 'manage'...; Tags: Gender and diversity, Benefits, payroll solutions, Vertical industries, HEALTHCARE, Strom Thurmond, decent wage, retirement age, Gerontologists, salary, John Glenn; Discussion threads 2008-06-17
TKT Payroll (exe): Whether you are doing payroll for your own business or offering a payroll service, TKT Payroll is a powerful, cost-effective solution that will save you time and money. Manage your own payroll. No on-line payroll service required. Start using TKT Payroll at any time of the year, just enter year-to-date...; Tags: Payroll, TKT Enterprises, Taxes, Operational Accounting, Payroll Solutions, Free Trade, Financial Planning, Finance; Software downloads 2008-06-10