What a week it has been so far as well as last week as well. It is worrisome as to what the American Public perceives today as a “real” value and it’s not their fault for the “Perception-Deception” mania that is filling the news waves and causing folks to cr…
Continue ReadingStop and think a minute, if this was not such a big issue, don’t you think you would have better directories? This not only impacts Medicare but all polices anymore as constant changes made with quantitative analytics says “one minute you’re in and next minu…
I’ve been watching this for years with the way healthcare is changing in the US today and we certainly need and do use constructive and good measurements in what the industry does, but just like in the financial world, we’re starting to cross some borders her…
If you read here often enough then you know I address this topic from time to time as companies and people do cheat with their software. If you watch the markets you see folks like Nanex post charts every day giving out visuals on where the cheating is. Un…
When IBMWatson first came out I thought it was great and still do for cancer research and other areas requiring deep data mining to find cures, but this, with “excess scoring” and selling of data mining has reached the limit. If you read the article they don…
I had to include the bit about the comparison here about doctors and pilots as this correlation over the years has been used so many times and some very strange writings as doctor are not pilots, but some folks seem to think the two are more similar than they…
This is a video of a recent presentation I did at the 74th Annual AAPS (American Association of Physicians and Surgeons) meeting. I don’t do too much blogging anymore as I don’t want to be confused with all the “junk” news out there but thought this is worth…
Everyone now has made the big change to convert from ICD9 to ICD10 Coding for medical billing. When all of this was taking place, many said it would really not improve care and so far, that’s what we have seen. The big coding change has not any impact in th…