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Ok so this is worded a bit different from a post I made around 2 years ago but when you read the article here, this is the first baby step in that direction and you have to start somewhere.  As you read through you will see the notations and comments made where they state how difficult it is to determine eligibility with some states, so what do you need, a working model that shows how it is done, in other words some new algorithms. 

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As we predicted, more stringent requirements by the US Internal Revenue Service for financial reporting by not-for-profit organizations, including hospitals and hospital systems, have produced an enlarging parade of revelations of obese pay packages for hospital leaders.  The latest report came out courtesy the Baltimore Sun:
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I didnt have a video showing how it works on an iPhone so heres one I ran across today.  As usual heres the pitch for using these for FDA Recalls and having all being able to use your cell phone as a scanner.  Heres a nice tweet from Twitter from a Mom that would have welcomed this opportunity with the J and J recalls and perhaps J and J might welcome this idea too as they need to restore some public confidence. It would allow J and J to have a plan of action for when recalls come out as they are not going to go away. 

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With apologies to the late Frank Zappa… even though we are going through the dog days of summer, the parade of health care troubles in the news is never ending, so I thought I would recap some of the more interesting issues discussed by some of my fellow health care skeptic bloggers.

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A fellow in the organizational structure of healthcare has been in the business over 20 years and only know about having a board and having meetings, priceless!! 

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The Wall Street Journal reported on a study in Health Affairs entitled “A Progress Report On Electronic Health Records In U.S. Hospitals” by Harvard researcher Ashish Jha and colleagues.

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The size of the award may be reduced as the article sates and one of their facilities in northern California was found negligent and short handed on staff with not meeting the guidelines and rules as set in California.  The company operates 22 nursing facilities in the state.

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Two recent stories from two different parts of the US continue the theme of ever increasing concentration of power in our health care system.

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The article states that talks broke off and thus the workers went on strike and as we are seeing today, hardly anybody strikes over wages any more, its all benefits. 

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