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Comment on SOTU Address Text Released, Obama Brief with Reform Talk by deniro11111

deniro11111 — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 14:51:45 +0000

Obozo the clown show tonite at 9 eastern time bring popcorn and snacks and beer and your guns if the feds ever go there there will be a new war in America

Comment on Whistleblower Lawsuit Prompts Fed Action on Alleged Medicare Long Term Care Fraud by Eldercare

Eldercare — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 13:58:30 +0000

Sometimes it’s unbelievable how elders get treated in our world. I just wish there was a method that could be used to change the tendency; just some way to get everybody to start caring.

Comment on Medicare Data Compare Acute Hospitals’ Readmission Rates by Medicare releases data on hospital readmissions | Safe Patient Project

Medicare releases data on hospital readmissions | Safe Patient Project — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 00:03:33 +0000

[...] have Medicare penalize hospitals with high readmissions rates for eight common chronic diseases. According to Doctor Pundit, “the examination of Medicare claims data based upon hospital admission rates is extremely [...]

Comment on New Criticisms of U of MN Physician’s Med Device Association Continue to Mount by Protracted Investigation of U of M Physician Ends | DOCTOR PUNDIT

Protracted Investigation of U of M Physician Ends | DOCTOR PUNDIT — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 14:27:57 +0000

[...] a two-year investigation into disclosure issues surrounding a top University of Minnesota physician faculty member, the case [...]

Comment on House GOP Actions Force Senate Showdown on Payroll Tax Cut Extension, Medicare ‘Doc-Fix’ by Hospitals Spar with GOP in Latest Hill Fight on Medicare Cuts | DOCTOR PUNDIT

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 14:57:02 +0000

[...] concerning the upcoming vote on the payroll tax cut extension (which includes a provision giving providers a two-year break on Medicare payment cuts) continues to raise the ire of acute hospitals, which would shoulder part of the financing for such [...]

Comment on Pharma Company Strives to Keep Star Performing Drug Close by Pfizer’s Game Plan Critiqued | DOCTOR PUNDIT

Pfizer’s Game Plan Critiqued | DOCTOR PUNDIT — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 01:54:06 +0000

[...] a follow-up to a DP post on the unusual strategy pharma company Pfizer is implementing in trying to protect market share for the formerly solely [...]

Comment on Popular Smoking Cessation Drug Increases Adverse Cardiac Risk by Carol Roberts

Carol Roberts — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 05:24:19 +0000

Not much of a risk when one considers all of the participants had some degree of heart disease. Chantix has helped some of my friends when nothing else has worked. Hope the FDA doesn’t go ‘overboard’!

Comment on Appeals Court Upholds Constitutionality of ACA by Report: Obtaining Healthcare Coverage Still Difficult Amid Reform | DOCTOR PUNDIT

Sat, 12 Nov 2011 15:05:31 +0000

[...] report comes on the heels of a recent appeals court decision reaffirming the constitutionality of the law and its coverage mandates. It’s no secret, [...]

Comment on GOP Senator Breaks with Field on Healthcare Funding as Part of Deficit Reduction by States Continue to Deal with Medicaid Spending Post-Stimulus and Pre-Reform | DOCTOR PUNDIT

Wed, 02 Nov 2011 13:38:20 +0000

[...] stopgaps in the short term. All this is on the table as the bipartisan so-called congressional supercommittee gets ready to release its report on trimming the current budgetary [...]

Comment on ACO Rule under Reform Aims to Increase Cooperation among Providers, Hospitals by New CMS ACO Rules Are Designed to Promote Adoption within Reform | DOCTOR PUNDIT

Mon, 24 Oct 2011 13:38:53 +0000

[...] reports of inefficient care delivery models and quality. When the feds released initial ACO rules earlier this year, the process was met with major rounds of criticism with physicians barking the loudest. As a [...]