This is a great watch and lot of information from Cathy O’Neil, author of “Weapons of Math Destruction” and computer scientist Jaron Lanier. Nobody is minding the shop as you can’t ask a machine for an appeal or know how the machine computed “One Trick Algo…
Continue ReadingThis is a pretty interesting lawsuit and it includes named invidituals at HHS and CMS as well as participants. You can view all the defendants included in the Walgreens Signs Agreement With PBM OptumRX (United Heatlhcare) and Anthem Then Sues Express Scripts…
Continue ReadingUpdate: 2-27-2016 It was reported today via the LA Times, the hospital paid $17,000 in bit coins so they got a deal it seems, or the amount reported initially was too large? They are up and going again and had tech folks help them through it. I’m sur…
Continue ReadingI’m surprised it took so long to get out as it happened a week ago. It’s been down for 7 days and the FBI is involved as well as the Los Angeles police. Some patients are being turned away. 9000 bitcoins is the price demanded to give the hospital back the…
Continue ReadingThis is interesting and hospitals are under real pressure today to avoid re-admissions as they can be penalized by CMS. The folks that work for the hospital providing this service will now become employees of the franchise location it appears. The company i…
Continue ReadingGeez this has to be a black eye on the community to have the CEO involved in this, who I imagine will no longer be the CEO if not already removed. Over 15,000 prescriptions for pain killers written for the CEO? I think he would be dead if he took all those…
Continue ReadingYou can’t make this stuff up and of course this is a big push to save money and get more folks on mail order prescriptions. That sector of CVS is growing and it makes money as you can refill prescriptions easier on an automated basis. Insurers can get bille…
Continue ReadingHow many people know that Optum has a bank? They don’t offer any retail services outside of an Health Savings Account to the public but many companies offer this for people who have a high deductible health insurance policy. You can Argus Analytics Produces…
Continue ReadingHere we go again and another great documentary from the folks at VPRO. Scroll down to the bottom of this page to watch the Quants of Wall Street as well. If you are in healthcare, you should have an interest here as insurance companies have hired armies of…
Continue ReadingThere’s been quite a bit about Meaningful Use Stage Three and other items related to Medicare Reporting. The problem is the model broke and humans can’t keep up with the complexities that the “non data mechanics capable” folks seems to think are attainable. …
Continue ReadingThis is a republished blog post from March of 2014 and someone asked me to run it again, so here it is with a couple updates in the body and a few new links… This unwelcomed phenomena that exists today…”The Grays”…. Well somebody had to say it and sure we…
Continue ReadingWe all know that cutbacks and/or changes were coming with Walgreens as was noted in the big $ 8 billion Walgreens Has A Bond Sale to Help Finance Purchase of Boots Pharmacy in the UK–$8 Billion Two Hedge Fund Executives Gain Board Seat Walgreens, Stock Buy …
Continue ReadingQuant Paul Wilmott says it all….if you like this clip, scroll down to the second video in the footer and watch the Quant documentary. Read about what they do as they are designing the insurance policies you buy. “It’s just an idea or a frame work that ma…
Continue ReadingThis is interesting and banks are just barely trying to get into this themselves with using the technology in the financial area so waste no time here with the suggestion of using the technology to secure medical records. So what’s next, a BitCoin wallet t…
Continue ReadingThis is some good soap opera material here. When this all hit, I wrote that “they lied about their code” and that turned out to be the case, it was not done. I have a couple analysts call me and they were confused and chatted with me. “What do you mean the…
Continue ReadingThis a long documentary, 90 minutes but well worth watching. Below the line you can read what the film is all about. Actually you get to see some of the values we liked about Dr. Welby making a come back, combined with using modern day technology in a way w…
Continue ReadingThis is a phenomenal story and 60 Minutes designated two of their normal 3 spot to cover. Who would have ever thought that the Polio virus would play an important role in curing cancer, but it is. The research behind the trial has been relentless for years …
Continue ReadingThis starts back to Kevin O’Connor talking about his views. We do have to remember there was a huge strike of luck that helped him get his start as what occurred with many early Venture Capitalists. Sure there’s a ton of knowledge but I think the smart one…
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