84-year-old doctor who refuses to use computer loses medical license Aside from a fax machine and landline telephone, there isn’t much technology in the office of physician Anna Konopka, 84... Konopka said she felt forced to surrender her medical license in September after New Hampshire Board of Medicine officials challenged her record-keeping, prescribing practices and medical decision-making, according to court documents. She is specifically accused of leaving the dosage levels of a medication up to a young girl’s parent and failing to treat the girl with daily inhaled steroids. Read More... December 4, 2017 EHR, General, Public Health 0 0 Comment Read More »
CVS to Buy Aetna for $69 Billion in a Deal That May Reshape the Health Industry CVS Health said on Sunday that it had agreed to buy Aetna for about $69 billion in a deal that would combine the drugstore giant with one of the biggest health insurers in the United States and has the potential to reshape the nation’s health care industry. Read More... December 4, 2017 General, Insurance 0 0 Comment Read More »
Amazon could supercharge its biggest weapon by getting into healthcare People are thinking a lot about what Amazon could do to the healthcare industry if it decided to get involved. Should Amazon get into the business of prescription drugs, analysts at Morgan Stanley say that building pharmacies at Whole Foods could be a good way to get more Amazon Prime members who are over 55. Building pharmacies in Whole Foods could also generate $2.3 billion in sales and help grow Amazon's Prime Now business. Read More... November 21, 2017 General, Insurance 0 0 Comment Read More »
California Fines Anthem $5 Million For Failing to Address Consumer Grievances California’s managed-care regulator announced Wednesday it has fined insurance giant Anthem Blue Cross $5 million for repeatedly failing to resolve consumer grievances in a timely manner. Read More... November 16, 2017 Blue Cross, General, Insurance 0 0 Comment Read More »
Reminder: Don’t hesitate to revalidate, or Medicare will deactivate Noridian, Medicare’s administrative contractor for California, continues to deactivate providers for not responding to Medicare revalidation notices, resulting in a gap in billing privileges and lost revenue for physicians. Read More... November 14, 2017 Medicare 0 0 Comment Read More »
