What do you do when you have the the most expensive drug in the world and need to get it approved? Correct. You manipulate the data behind it. The Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday that Novartis submitted manipulated data as part of its application for a new gene therapy, and didn’t tell the agency until…
Remember when drug reps were everywhere? Well, we had some fun with them back in the Placebo Journal days. I actual empathize with drug reps because it can be a terrible job at times. I think my book Diary of a Drug Rep is very positive towards them. I also think it is really funny.…
This is getting beyond scary: Surescripts LLC, a provider of the technology widely used to route electronic prescriptions, accused Amazon’s mail-order pharmacy subsidiary PillPack of receiving patient data that it had fraudulently obtained through a third party. Looks like Amazon is doing whatever it can to break into the market but their competitors have too…
We are what we repeatedly do; excellence, then, is not an act but a habit. Aristotle Tweet
You are not going to believe this but: Health insurance enrollment declined among people who do not qualify for financial help under ObamaCare as premiums rose to make coverage less affordable, new federal data shows. So, let me get this straight, we have a massive tax that is now voluntary. It is a redistribution of…
Recently, I wrote about bow Beaumont Health CEO John Fox’s compensation increased 82%, to more than $5.6 million, in 2017. Workers there are going crazy and starting to protest. Well, now there is more news. Two execs have just left and: Crain’s reported at least 175 employees have been given pink slips over the past…
If you haven’t heard, the newest buzz term is Value-Based Payment. It’s so hot right now, like Hansel from Zoolander. Of course, it is the same thing as pay-for-performance, quality metrics and on and on. They just change the name and make everyone change their practices. Here is what the newest fad will entail: As…
It is always nice to be able to count on something in this crazy healthcare system of ours. And that something is this: Average total cash compensation for health system executives rose 6.5% from 2018 to 2019, extending a consistent rise in executive pay that governance experts do not expect to slow. Annual and long-term…
You would think that since DPC doctors do not send ONE bill to the insurance companies that Anthem, UnitedHealthcare, etc. would want all their patients to go to DPC doctors, right? They would also need less staff who spend time processing, and rejecting, bills from primary care doctors. It doesn’t make sense…..or does it? Could…
This is NOT politically correct. It was from the Placebo Journal, which didn’t care. As the Mad Magazine (RIP) of medicine, the Placebo Journal (2001 – 2011) took on all issues and made fun of it. Sorry, if advance, if this offends you. Tweet