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Insurance wars and woes
This morning's news includes a story on a gentleman with stage IV esophageal cancer who is disputing with his insurance company to cover the costs of his treatment. He is treated at Dana Farber and is pursuing alternative treatments. I am fully supportive of efforts to prevent insurance companies from making medical decisions.Also, I am a big fan of preventing bloated insurance costs where people expect everything to be covered and then can't understand why their premiums keep going up in leaps and bounds. There has to be a happy medium while is why insurance companies need to be allowed to draw the line somewhere.As you a...
Source: Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog - September 2, 2013 Category: Cancer Tags: insurance costs cancer treatment treatment options Source Type: blogs
Podcast interview with Cancer Treatment Centers of America CEO Steve Bonner (transcript)
This is the transcript of my recent interview with Cancer Treatment Centers of America CEO Steve Bonner.
David Williams: This is David E. Williams from the Health Business Group. I’m speaking today with Steve Bonner, CEO of Cancer Treatment Centers of America.
Steve, thanks for joining me today.
Steve Bonner: You’re very welcome, David. It’s great to speak with you again.
David Williams: What is Cancer Treatment Centers of America and how does it differ from other well-known cancer centers?
Steve Bonner: Cancer Treatment Centers of America is a growing chain of hospitals that s...
Source: Health Business Blog - May 10, 2013 Category: Health Managers Authors: David E. Williams of the Health business blog Tags: Hospitals Patients Podcast Source Type: blogs
Tales of the Wayfaring Generic Manager - from Ritz Carlton Hotels to Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital to Cancer Treatment Centers of America
In 2006, we wondered what a former hotel manager, Mr Gerard van Grinsven, admittedly known for putting the "wow" back in the Detroit Ritz-Carlton, would be doing as a hospital CEO. This seemed at the time like a real "wow" example of how generic managers were taking over health care. Mr Grinsven had extensive experience in the hospitality field, but no known background in health care. Organic Local Produce, "Wellbeing Centers," Gourmet Dining, Wedding Receptions, and Corporate FunctionsOver the next few years, Mr van Grinsven's Henry Ford West Bloomfield hospital did make a name for itself. In 2009, ...
Source: Health Care Renewal - May 8, 2013 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Tags: hospitals generic managers deception Henry Ford Health System Cancer Treatment Centers of America ill-informed management Source Type: blogs
State of the Science from the 2013 AAHPM Annual Assembly
The State of the Science plenary is one of my favorite traditions at the AAHPM Annual Assembly. This year, Jay Horton and Kim Johnson took the lead in presenting analyses of some of the previous year's most important hospice and palliative medicine research. For those attendees interested in seeing their slides again, you can find them here.
Some of the research below further confirms our previous understanding of the state of the science (for instance, the studies on the low utility of feeding tubes in many circumstances). Other studies provide quality randomized controlled trial data on questions whic...
Source: Pallimed: A Hospice and Palliative Medicine Blog - March 17, 2013 Category: Palliative Carer Workers Authors: Lyle Fettig, MD Source Type: blogs
The Dangers of Big Corporate Health Care: Deceptive Marketing of Cancer Treatments
A series of articles over the last few months, culminating in an investigative report by Reuters, provided the newest example of what can go wrong when corporations provide direct care to vulnerable patients. In this case, the vulnerable patients had cancer, and the corporation that provided them care was the Cancer Treatment Centers of America (CTCA). I will try to go through the case chronologically.As Rueters reported, CTCA "was founded in 1988 by Richard J. Stephenson, who has been chairman ever since."The Founder's Checkered PastA Misdemeanor As Reuters noted,A graduate of Northwestern University Law Schoo...
Source: Health Care Renewal - March 11, 2013 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Tags: deception crime marketing Cancer Treatment Centers of America hospital systems complementary/ alternative medicine Source Type: blogs
Dealing with health problems
With a nasty medical diagnosis, such as cancer, chronic illness or pain, one is left with a few questions which a medical professional cannot answer. You get to figure them out for yourself because you have instantly received an advanced degree in being human along with your diagnosis. There are five key questions to grapple with. I did not make this up I stole borrowed from the RA Guy and from here. (I like the RA Guy, he gives lots of good advice to me.)The questions are:1. Do we talk openly about our health problems or keep them private?I think this is a personal decision. If you are Robin Roberts and can get the best m...
Source: Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog - January 31, 2013 Category: Cancer Tags: coping ailments being a patient questions Source Type: blogs
Healing powers of john of god
hHEALING POWERS OF JOHN OF GODThe following are excerpts from the Oprah show this month. Using a powerful acupuncture point CV 17 Joao a Brazilian healer, shows the power of activated invisible forces, (as found in medical acupuncture).A video screen in a one-story coral building, was playing a video where a man’s chest was being cut open with a rusty paring knife. His eyes were closed and he looked peaceful as blood ran down his white shirt. (acupuncture point: Conception vessel 17 was entered).A 62 year old Brazilian healer named John of God, in a small town of Abadiania ...
Source: Dr. Needles Medical Blogs - November 28, 2010 Category: Physicians With Health Advice Tags: HEALING POWERS OF JOHN OF GOD Source Type: blogs
Thanksgiving 2010 Trivia Quiz
Thanksgiving 2010 Trivia Quiz For our Facebook and twitter fans we have a little Thanksgiving quiz today. Give it your best shot!1 A female turkey is called: a chick, a cuckoo, a hen, or a rooster.2. A male turkey is called: a clark, a tom, a larry, or a harry.3 A mature turkey has how many feathers? 1500, 2000, 3500, 50004 Oldster keys are produced in the state of: Arkansas, Minnesota, Ohio, Kansas, Michigan5. A wild turkey can run: 5 mph, 15 mph, 25 mph, 45 mph6. What percentage of American homes eat turkey on Than...
Source: Dr. Needles Medical Blogs - November 18, 2010 Category: Physicians With Health Advice Tags: Thanksgiving 2010 Trivia Quiz Source Type: blogs
The health care triple play
Conclusions The healthcare industry is a 2 1/2 trillion dollar industry. Costs will be driven up for everyone, and we will create the HMOs that we had 20 years ago where we had restricted patient choices and access to care. Medicare wants alliances if they can reduce the cost of caring for patients and still improve quality. This means fewer hospitalizations and lower costs. Your diseases will be managed by managing the expenses your diseases incur. Hospitals are getting primary care doctors on the payroll to benefit from insurers and Medicare.Everyone knows we have to change t...
Source: Dr. Needles Medical Blogs - September 29, 2010 Category: Physicians With Health Advice Tags: THE HEALTH CARE TRIPLE PLAY Source Type: blogs
Genetically engineered salmon soon available
CONCLUSIONIt looks like a done deal folks. With all these questions raised, it is hard to believe the FDA could come to a favorable conclusion on this venture.What do you think?Visit www.americanamericanacupunture.com for more commentaries on controversial medical issues of our time.As a medical physician for over 51 years, I strive to give you the best medical information on controversial medical subjects, and help your read betwwen the lines. You must come to your own conclusions. I have no ties to any organization, pharmaceutical, or lobby group. As an practicing medical acupuncturist since 1982, I find western medicine...
Source: Dr. Needles Medical Blogs - September 5, 2010 Category: Physicians With Health Advice Tags: GENETICALLY ENGINEERED SALMON SOON AVAILABLE Source Type: blogs
Medical treatment alternatives
Discussions about chelation, ginseng ginkgo biloba, and chondroitin, are taking place. Even the NIH (the caretaker of western medicine) is spending 23 million dollars a year in research work on such alternative treatments. Insurance companies are now reimbursing policyholders for wellness plans and alternative medicines, but not for acupuncture.We must be flexible on choosing what is good and what is bad. Doctors say they are holistic. So was the country doctor 50 years ago. The mind and body go together. Prevention of disease is important. You the patient must insist on it. Today’s specialists that treat only one organ,...
Source: Dr. Needles Medical Blogs - July 28, 2010 Category: Physicians With Health Advice Tags: MEDICAL TREATMENT ALTERNATIVES Source Type: blogs
Pain Management in the 21st Century
View the Podcast here.
Chronic pain affects nearly 90 million Americans. It usually begins with a sports injury, car accident or health condition like migraines, diabetes, arthritis and cancer. Chronic pain is different from the acute pain of stubbing your toe and often feels like burning, shooting, or shocking sensations. The good news is that today’s pain specialists have sophisticated new treatments — from medications to advanced technologies — to provide chronic pain relief.
Chronic pain can be classified as nociceptive or neuropathic pain. In some cases (nociceptive pain) the body’s ner...
Source: Dr. Donna, MedicineWoman - March 10, 2009 Category: Medical Scientists Authors: Dr. Donna Tags: Cancer Integrative medicine Personal Health accupuncture arthritis diabetic neuropathy management massage migraine pain PENS treatment Source Type: blogs
Alternative vs. Integrative Medicine
Once upon a time individuals facing cancer felt they had to choose between one of two options- surgery and chemotherapy or alternative treatment. But a new breed of medicine is emerging, one that bridges the gap between the two worlds and offers the best of each. It’s called integrative medicine and world renowned medical centers such as Harvard and Stanford are pioneering training programs for the physician of the future.
A Brief History
“Alternative medicine” was probably the first ‘other medicine’ term to gain popularity in the US and refers to treatments not taught in Western medical schools. ...
Source: Dr. Donna, MedicineWoman - February 1, 2009 Category: Medical Scientists Authors: Dr. Donna Tags: Cancer Integrative medicine Personal Health Source Type: blogs
