Study Group: Cardiology Device Distributors(?)

Jeff is very savy about the probems in healthcare except for the fact that there may not be time 6 to 18 months later where we may se a rebound. Its already been 18 months since fuel costs have skyrocketed and the providers that are service oriented are not going to recover due to the inability to pass...

Politics in general always has a resolve or an excuse for their failure to understand the mechanics of a proposal that mandates electronic records. May of the small companies such as mine have been electronic for many years. Doctors have differning opinions as do many providers in the healthcare...

All Part B medicare providers have their prices set by medicare at will why are the drug companies exempt from this same policy

reality is that as costs rise and payers continue to cut it is time to say yes we accept you insurance but here is the differnce you will be required to pay. This can be documented for medicare on an advanced beneficiary notice and the upcharge must be resonable for the service provided.

Private physicians and providers have been very slow in acitvating EHR's. Many state that due to reimbursement cuts the cost of establishing in house data base's for their records is not cost effective. Most providers have billing systems in place yet these data base providers have not stepped...