October 2009 - Health Beat - The Network of Care

October 27: Money-Driven Medicine National “Watch-In” Begins With Screening at the U.S. Capitol—Watch the Film At Home—Free Streaming Video Online

Money-Driven Medicine, the film produced by Academy-Award winning filmmaker, Alex Gibney (Taxi to the Dark Side; Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room), directed by Andy Fredericks, and based on my book (Money-Driven Medicine: The Real Reason Health Care...

Published Tue, Oct 13 2009 9:40 AM by Health Beat

Mining for Gold in Prescribing Records

Drug companies spent $5.0 billion on marketing prescription drugs directly to consumers last year and, as I have written in the past, these ads have paid off. Studies have found that every dollar spent on DTC ads generates up to... Read More...

Published Thu, Oct 22 2009 1:18 PM by Health Beat

For-Profit Hospitals Poised to Take Market Share From Non-Profits

Non-profit hospitals have been spending, hand-over-fist, on new construction and new wings, adding rooms that most communities don’t need, while investing in the same multi-million dollar medical equipment that five hospitals in a three-mile radius already...

Published Fri, Oct 30 2009 11:27 AM by Health Beat

Mayo Clinic Family Medicine in Arrowhead Arizona Will No Longer Take Medicare Patients

The Mayo Clinic now has two family medicine clinics in Arizona. Beginning January 1, primary physicians at one of those clinics will no longer see Medicare patients unless they are able and willing to pay an annual $250 administrative fee,... Read More...

Published Fri, Oct 09 2009 1:00 PM by Health Beat

Some Medicare Advantage Plans Do Provide Value—the HMOs

When I reported on the waste in Medicare Advantage plans not long ago, HealthBeat reader Don Grunt pointed out that not all MA plans are alike. He wrote: “I'm a Medicare Advantage product manager in Oregon where 45% of beneficiaries... Read More....

Published Mon, Oct 05 2009 7:55 AM by Health Beat

"I'm sorry but we cannot print the data."

Have you ever received this message when you tried to post a comment on HealthBeat? It happens to me too. I finally realized that this happens when too much time elapses between the time I started writing the comment and... Read More...

Published Sat, Oct 24 2009 9:34 AM by Health Beat

Should The Swine-Flu Vaccine Be Mandated For Health Care Workers?

Mandatory vaccination programs are seldom without controversy. Since the early 1900’s when public health workers went door-to-door inoculating people against smallpox and authorities blocked unvaccinated children from attending school, these widespread...

Published Thu, Oct 15 2009 11:12 AM by Health Beat

Rethinking October’s Focus on Mammography

October is National *** Cancer Awareness Month and the sea of pink has reached tidal-wave proportions. Every conceivable product from yogurt to running shoes to breakfast cereal now sports the ubiquitous pink ribbon. This month some NFL players will wear...

Published Wed, Oct 07 2009 9:35 AM by Health Beat

Why Aren’t We Winning The War On Cancer?

Below, a guest-post by HealthBeat reader Frederick L. Moolten, M.D. Professor of Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, he has devoted several decades of his career to cancer research, supported by the NIH and the VA. We love... Read...

Published Wed, Oct 07 2009 11:15 AM by Health Beat

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