Posted December 31st, 2008 by Rick Creveling
New York State’s Commissioner of Public Health, Dr. Richard Baines has posted a very compelling video in favor of Governor David Patterson proposal to impose a 18% tax on sugar-sweetened beverages including sodas and sugar-added juices. Here’s a link to the short video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARMgjdbY93o .
Dr. Patterson feels that the increase in sugar soda consumption has [...]
Tags: childhood obesity, Dr. Richard Baines, Soda Tax, sugar soda
Posted December 23rd, 2008 by Rick Creveling
With a virtual eggnog latte (non-fat of course!) in hand, I wish the readers of this blog all of the best the holidays have to offer. I consider myself fortunate to be a DMGMA member and to have the opportunity to know the people I do because of my association with the group.
Here’s the [...]
Tags: DMGA January Meeting, DMGMA, Holiday Wish, Medical Billing, medical coding, Nemours
Posted December 19th, 2008 by Rick Creveling
Apologies from your blog host for a temporary slow-down on posts. The holiday preparations and year-end responsibilities always seem to combine into a “perfect-storm” of lost time.
Any how, I thought that the appointment of former South Dakota Senator,Tom Daschle, by President Elect Barack Obama as Health and Human Services Secretary and especially as Health Reform [...]
Tags: Health and Human Services, Health-Care Reform Czar, Healthcare reform, Medical reform, Tom Daschle
Posted December 3rd, 2008 by Rick Creveling
While medical practices struggle with the pros and cons of converting to electronic medical records (a topic we’ll discuss here soon) the folks at Google have taken a bold step with in delivering a solution for patients. Google Health was rolled out quietly this year as a way for consumers to maintain their own medical [...]
Tags: Electronic Medical Records, EMR, Google Health, HIPAA, Internet Health Records
