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Alan Zaccaria, Plastic Surgeon

Alan ZaccariaPlastic SurgeonMD ALAN FACS ZACCARIA What is a GLG Leader?|GLG Leaders are a separate tier of Council Members with a Council Rank in the top 5%. These GLG Member Program participants are eligible for ongoing, in-depth consultative relationships with GLG clients.

Stay Away From Liquid Silicone Injections.

May 27, 2008

Renal Failure Linked to Cosmetic Soft-Tissue Filler Injections | www.medscape.com

Only FDA approved fillers administered by experienced, licensed physicians should be injected into patients.  Also, the small volumes that are used today should not pose systemic problems that were seen in this article.

Alan Zaccaria, Plastic Surgeon

Alan ZaccariaPlastic SurgeonMD ALAN FACS ZACCARIA What is a GLG Leader?|GLG Leaders are a separate tier of Council Members with a Council Rank in the top 5%. These GLG Member Program participants are eligible for ongoing, in-depth consultative relationships with GLG clients.

Topical "Botox"--Sounds Like a Winner

December 14, 2007

Medicis and Revance Announce Strategic Collaboration | www.pipelinereview.com

It is not unexpected that Medicis is expanding into the "Botox" business since its rival company, Allergan, has a monopoly on the market.  Allergan also has Juviderm, which competes directly with Restylane, the hit product by Medicis.  This will place Medicis back into the competitive market place.

Glen McDaniel, President and Chief Executive Officer

Glen McDanielPresident and Chief Executive OfficerGM Global What is a GLG Leader?|GLG Leaders are a separate tier of Council Members with a Council Rank in the top 5%. These GLG Member Program participants are eligible for ongoing, in-depth consultative relationships with GLG clients.

Screening babies for cholesterol has no scientific basis

October 5, 2007

Screening: Testing Early for Cholesterol | www.nytimes.com

 Hypercholesterolemia has an established link with a risk of cardiac events and there has been a push to screen high risk population for early intervention in an effort to reduce the incidence of heart attacks and strokes, for example. However to suggest any benefit from screening babies is to misunderstand the science and is immediately suspect in my view. Such a measure if adopted would increase healthcare costs and cause undue worry for parents, with no corresponding ability to mitigate the risk they are now told exists.

Glen McDaniel, President and Chief Executive Officer

Glen McDanielPresident and Chief Executive OfficerGM Global What is a GLG Leader?|GLG Leaders are a separate tier of Council Members with a Council Rank in the top 5%. These GLG Member Program participants are eligible for ongoing, in-depth consultative relationships with GLG clients.

Nursing Homes Owned by Private Equity Firms Worse in Quality?

October 5, 2007

Senators seek private equity nursing home probe | www.reuters.com

Recently there has been a rash of takeover of publicly owned nursing homes by private equity firms flush with cash. There is a concomitant suspicion now that quality is being compromised systematically in these institutions in order to maximize profits. It's important to ascertain if this is so. If it is, there could be a whole new rash of regulations geared towards acquisitions and/or the nursing home industry.

Glen McDaniel, President and Chief Executive Officer

Glen McDanielPresident and Chief Executive OfficerGM Global What is a GLG Leader?|GLG Leaders are a separate tier of Council Members with a Council Rank in the top 5%. These GLG Member Program participants are eligible for ongoing, in-depth consultative relationships with GLG clients.

SCHIP legislation vetoed by President Bush

October 4, 2007

Bush vetoes bill on children's health care | www.reuters.com

Many lower income families depend on the SCHIP program administered by individual states to pay for healthcare. Republicans see this as just another entitlement program while Democrats see it as an essential way of making sure children have access to the basics in healthcare. This veto might be based more on political than financial (and certainly medical) grounds.

Glen McDaniel, President and Chief Executive Officer

Glen McDanielPresident and Chief Executive OfficerGM Global What is a GLG Leader?|GLG Leaders are a separate tier of Council Members with a Council Rank in the top 5%. These GLG Member Program participants are eligible for ongoing, in-depth consultative relationships with GLG clients.

Bariatric surgery may be a legitimate way to address diabetes

September 28, 2007

Bariatric surgery - possible treatment for type 2 diabetes mellitus | www.news-medical.net

Diabetes continues to be a global problem with hefty costs in dollars, death and disability.  Over the years treatment has not varied much-exercise, diet and use of insulin- and the problem continues to grow. If bariatric surgery shows amelioration of diabetes (if "cure" is too strong a worrd),  then surgery should  be considered a legitimate option in some cases.

Glen McDaniel, President and Chief Executive Officer

Glen McDanielPresident and Chief Executive OfficerGM Global What is a GLG Leader?|GLG Leaders are a separate tier of Council Members with a Council Rank in the top 5%. These GLG Member Program participants are eligible for ongoing, in-depth consultative relationships with GLG clients.

Concierge medicine raises many questions

August 31, 2007

MDs offer new services, for $3,600 yearly fee | www.boston.com

It is important to look closely at the new niche called Concierge Medicine. It is obviously created out of  a special need and will prove lucrative for physicians who choose to go that route. But there are larger questions of access and ethics of exclusivity/ One has to consider whether this provides better care, better service, or simply convenience.  All who provide and use healthcare ought to be interested in this trend and be prepared to weigh in as more physicians  pursue this model

Glen McDaniel, President and Chief Executive Officer

Glen McDanielPresident and Chief Executive OfficerGM Global What is a GLG Leader?|GLG Leaders are a separate tier of Council Members with a Council Rank in the top 5%. These GLG Member Program participants are eligible for ongoing, in-depth consultative relationships with GLG clients.

Changes in Long Term Care Leadership Significant

August 31, 2007

Earl Reed Steps Down as LifeCare CEO; William Hamburg Named Interim CEO | www.carlyle.com

The recent changes in leadership in the LTAC space is significant and suggests a tightening of operations. It is important to monitor the overall long term space as well as follow who goes where.  The changes are not insignificant, but may not be as ominous as they appear on the surface. Investors might want to monitor the sector performance closely for the next year or so.

Michael BainPlastic and Reconstructive PhysicianMichael A Bain, MD What is a GLG Leader?|GLG Leaders are a separate tier of Council Members with a Council Rank in the top 5%. These GLG Member Program participants are eligible for ongoing, in-depth consultative relationships with GLG clients.

This coud ne a Panora's Box

August 28, 2007

New Medicare Regulations Adopted To Reduce Certain Hospital Infections And Medical Errors | www.medicalnewstoday.com

If a patient gets a bedsore, who pays for it? Most importantly, what does this mean to KCI and the other wound companies? Where will it end?

Glen McDaniel, President and Chief Executive Officer

Glen McDanielPresident and Chief Executive OfficerGM Global What is a GLG Leader?|GLG Leaders are a separate tier of Council Members with a Council Rank in the top 5%. These GLG Member Program participants are eligible for ongoing, in-depth consultative relationships with GLG clients.

Medicare should NOT pay for errors-but what are "errors"

August 16, 2007

By 2008, Medicare won't pay for hospital errors | www.fiercehealthcare.com

- Some studies show that medical errors continue to increase despite an intense focus on this issue over the last recent years. This decision by CMS should bring even more attention to this whole area of patient safety and error prevention - There will need to be increased documentation to "prove" that an infection, for example, was present at admission or was not preventible or forseeable. This might increase the cost of delivering care. - The debate will continue  as to what is preventible - MCOs and other payers might well jump on the bandwagon and start parsing what is considered "allowable"  

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