October 8th, 2008
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The Easyquit System has been around for years and is the best selling guide on the internet.
96% of clients have been cured using this method. The author, Pete Howells, shows you how to quit without gaining weight or using any willpower.
The Easyquit System uses unique techniques of cognitive behavioral therapy to make it so that it becomes incredibly easy to quit smoking.
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The Easyquit System has been around for years and is the best selling guide on the internet.
96% of clients have been cured using this method. The author, Pete Howells, shows you how to quit without gaining weight or using any willpower.
The Easyquit System uses unique techniques of cognitive behavioral therapy to make it so that it becomes incredibly easy to quit smoking.
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Bruno Jamais Restaurant Club brings the French Riviera to the upper east side. Where else can one dine in style until 3am with delectable cuisine such as chocolate soufflé and Foie Gras? The service and décor are equally impressive. The restaurant received the "Best Interior Design" award by Hospitality Design Magazine. There is also live entertainment on Monday nights with the best of jazz and soul. On a cold winter's night, allow debonair owner Bruno Jamais to make you feel at home and beat the doldrums of winter. With Chef Hok Chin at the kitchen's helm the cuisine is sure to delight even the most discerning palates. Bruno Jamais and Chef Hok Chin have created a unique menu that has an Asian influence without losing its French integrity. Bruno Jamais is also the perfect place to book your private party and can accommodate up to 200 diners for a buffet dinner or 70 people for a sit down dinner. For those upper east siders who are tired of trekking downtime for an evening of fun, this exclusive venue has it all. If you are looking to see stars, celebrity patrons have included: Billy Baldwin, Joan Rivers, Cindy Adams, Chazz Palminteri and even former President Bill Clinton. Reservations are suggested and chic attire is requested.
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Bruno Jamais
Bruno Jamais Restaurant Club brings the French Riviera to the upper east side. Where else can one dine in style until 3am with delectable cuisine such as chocolate soufflé and Foie Gras? The service and décor are equally impressive. The restaurant received the "Best Interior Design" award by Hospitality Design Magazine. There is also live entertainment on Monday nights with the best of jazz and soul. On a cold winter's night, allow debonair owner Bruno Jamais to make you feel at home and beat the doldrums of winter. With Chef Hok Chin at the kitchen's helm the cuisine is sure to delight even the most discerning palates. Bruno Jamais and Chef Hok Chin have created a unique menu that has an Asian influence without losing its French integrity. Bruno Jamais is also the perfect place to book your private party and can accommodate up to 200 diners for a buffet dinner or 70 people for a sit down dinner. For those upper east siders who are tired of trekking downtime for an evening of fun, this exclusive venue has it all. If you are looking to see stars, celebrity patrons have included: Billy Baldwin, Joan Rivers, Cindy Adams, Chazz Palminteri and even former President Bill Clinton. Reservations are suggested and chic attire is requested.
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Before the United States goes anywhere near "universal health care," our Congress must address the issue of the extent to which Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs) can engage in cost containment decisions at the expense of proper patient care.
This Blog is certainly not the first time that the practices of Carle Clinic Association and its physician-owned HMO (Health Alliance Medical Plans) have been questioned. Indeed, there is inherent difficulty when a physician has dual loyalties.
The United States Supreme Court became acquainted with Carle Clinic Association's physician-owned HMO (Health Alliance Medical Plans) and the issue of dual loyalties in the case of Herdrich versus Pegram.
The Herdrich case is instructive because it explains why the courthouse is not the proper place to seek relief from HMOs that focus on dollars over patients. Instead, we as patients should stay on our United States congressmen to enact legislation that will specifically rein in the egregious excesses of managed care.
Carle Clinic Association physicians own the managed care company Health Alliance Medical Plans (HAMP). In Central Illinois, Carle Clinic Association is a relatively large physician practice, including many clinics and Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana, Illinois.
The ownership of the managed care company (HAMP) by the very physicians that HAMP members rely upon reveals the problem of dual loyalty. The conflicting loyalties are:
(1) The physician's duty to the patient to provide timely, appropriate and competent medical care and treatment, and
(2) The physician's duty to his or her fellow board members and shareholders to minimize costs and maximize revenues of the physician-owned Health Alliance Medical Plans.
The plaintiff was Cynthia Herdrich, an Illinois woman whose husband's employer provided health insurance through a local health maintenance organization (HMO) that was owned by the physicians' group (Carle Clinic Association). Ms. Herdrich went to her Carle Clinic Association physician, Dr. Lori Pegram, and complained of abdominal pain. No workup was done at the first visit.
Six days after her initial clinic visit with Dr. Pegram, Ms. Herdrich returned to the clinic complaining of worsening pain. At that point, Dr. Pegram discovered a six-by-eight centimeter inflamed mass in Ms. Herdrich's lower abdomen. Dr. Pegram decided that an ultrasound examination was indicated. However, rather than ordering the ultrasound test immediately at the local (non-Carle Clinic affiliated) hospital, Dr. Pegram scheduled the procedure for eight days later at a Carle Clinic facility (Carle Foundation Hospital) 50 miles away.
Before the ultrasound could be performed, the mass (which was actually Ms. Herdrich's inflamed appendix) ruptured, resulting in peritonitis and a prolonged hospital stay.
Ms. Herdrich's frustration and anger over her care and treatment was compounded when she learned that the physician-owners of her HMO (including Dr. Pegram) received a year-end distribution that was based upon the money they saved from reducing expenditures on patient care. One such means of saving money was to make referrals only to facilities operated by the Carle Clinic.
Ms. Herdrich filed a lawsuit setting forth several allegations, including:
1. malpractice against Dr. Pegram and
2. breach of fiduciary duty against the HMO (Health Alliance Medical Plans) and its physician-owners.
The malpractice claim was litigated in Illinois state court and a jury returned a verdict in the amount of $35,000. But her claim relating to the breach of fiduciary duty against the HAMP HMO, which was at issue when the case reached the United States Supreme Court, was removed from state court to the federal court system.
In order to properly understand the Herdrich case, it is crucial to understand the influence of the federal "Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974" (ERISA) over managed care liability issues.
1. ERISA was primarily intended to remedy problems with workers' pensions. However, the language of ERISA allows its extension to all nongovernmental employer-provided benefit plans, including health insurance.
2. ERISA established uniform standards and procedures and thereby preempted state law on many issues. Among those issues that must be resolved in federal court included most questions of liability.
(a) Therefore, even in the drastic case of an HMO refusing to authorize medical care that is clearly necessary (i.e. negligence), the ERISA plan administrators can only be sued to recover the actual benefits that were denied.
(b) Compensatory damages and punitive damages are excluded.
(c) All claims that are preempted by ERISA must be litigated in federal court (as opposed to state court with the medical malpractice action).
3. In addition to ERISA's protections, the federal statute imposes specific obligations on plan administrators. Among those obligations include the obligation that the ERISA plan administrators act as a fiduciary for the plan's beneficiaries.
(a) According to the ERISA statute, a "fiduciary shall discharge his duties with respect to a plan solely in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries"
(b) This duty applies to any person "to the extent . . . he exercises any discretionary authority or discretionary control respecting management of such plan"
Ms. Herdrich alleged that the Health Alliance Medical Plans HMO and its Carle Clinic Association physician-owners (i.e. the ERISA plan administrators) violated the fiduciary obligation by creating a system in which the physician-owners were given financial incentives to minimize the use of diagnostic tests, emergency consultations, and referrals to physicians and facilities outside Carle Clinic's system. And, further, that system operated to the detriment of the ERISA plan beneficiaries (such as Ms. Herdrich).
THE FEDERAL DISTRICT (TRIAL) COURT
The federal district court (trial level) dismissed Ms. Herdrich's claim on the grounds that she had failed to establish the existence of a fiduciary duty. The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals (Illinois) reversed the district court and sent the case back down to the federal trial level. In effect, the federal court said that the case should go to trial.
The federal appellate court judges held:
1. The Health Alliance Medical Plans HMO and its physician-owners were fiduciaries of the employee health plan that covered Ms. Herdrich because they exercised "discretionary authority in deciding disputed claims."
2. Since the Carle Clinic Association physician-owners "simultaneously control the care of their patients and reap the profits generated by the [Health Alliance Medical Plans] HMO through the limited use of tests and referrals," Ms. Herdrich satisfied her burden of asserting that "the self-dealing physician-owners in this appeal were not acting 'solely in the interest of the participants' of the Plan."
THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT
The defendants appealed to the United States Supreme Court and that court agreed to hear the case. The defendants argued (among other things) that:
1. Ms. Herdrich's claim was an attack on HMOs as part of the health care delivery system, since all HMOs have incentives to contain costs at the expense of patients' needs.
2. Congress sought to encourage the growth of Health Maintenance Organizations (when it adopted the HMO Act of 1973) and Congress obviously recognized that risk-sharing mechanisms might be used to provide physicians and facilities incentives to minimize expensive treatment.
3. The courts were being used in an attempt to subvert the clear intent of Congress by threatening the existence of all Health Maintenance Organizations.
It was evident from the oral argument in this case that the United States Supreme Court justices were very concerned that they were being asked to overturn an existing policy choice already made by Congress.
Justice David Souter authored the unanimous decision. Justice Souter began his analysis by asserting that "no HMO organization could survive without some incentive connecting physician reward with treatment rationing" Justice Souter was concerned that this case could open the door to claims that would result in the end of Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs). He could identify no legal principle that could distinguish the end-of-year distribution of profits to the physician-owners of the Carle Clinic plan from any other incentive structure.
Justice Souter concluded that if this was the direction in which health policy were to move, it should be Congress and not the courts that made this decision.
After announcing the policy considerations that would keep the court from endorsing Ms. Herdrich's claim, Justice Souter moved to lay out the court's views of the major legal issue:
whether the defendants were operating as ERISA fiduciaries.
According to the United States Supreme Court, the decisions made by Dr. Pegram and the other Carle Clinic Association physicians were inextricably tied to choices about the nature of the treatment patients should receive. These "mixed eligibility decisions" were not the kind of administrative choices that Congress had in mind when it described the extent of fiduciary duties under ERISA. As such, Ms. Herdrich's claim could not succeed.
The Supreme Court expressed its concern that to adopt the requested rule would transform every claim of malpractice by an HMO physician into a federal claim that could be litigated under ERISA. Clearly this was not the intent of Congress.
Ms. Herdrich's attempt to hold her HMO (as opposed to simply her treating physician) liable for the negligent care that she received failed because she had to work within the statutory framework of ERISA. With Congress having endorsed HMOs as cost-saving systems of care, and with ERISA's definition of a fiduciary duty not clearly applying to the behavior in question, the Supreme Court was no willing to take a step that seemed to be "portending wholesale attacks on existing HMOs."
Ms. Herdrich was unable to devise an approach that would limit the impact of the relief she requested. For example, she could not identify a set of incentive practices that could still be retained as consistent with fiduciary duties. This inability effectively destroyed Ms. Herdrich's case.
WHERE THE CASE LEFT US
Patients' rights advocates were never completely comfortable with Ms. Herdrich's argument.
1. If claims regarding harms that occurred because of an HMO's incentive structure were subject to review under ERISA's fiduciary standard, then all of the claims would all be removed to federal court and litigated under ERISA's rules.
In that event, no compensatory damages would be allowed. Moreover, any payment of funds judged to have been misused for incentives rather than patient care would revert to the employee health plan rather than to the plaintiff. As such, ultimately, there would be little motivation for injured patients such as Cynthia Herdrich to ever bring this type of case.
2. In contrast, if, as in this case, the Supreme Court held that the design and implementation of physician-owner HMOs' incentive structures was not subject to ERISA, then presumably individual states could choose to create their own rules about permissible approaches.
Indeed, a number of states have already legislated in this area, including banning incentive schemes that seem too likely to distort physicians' judgment. The Herdrich court's decision seems to suggest that such state regulation is permissible. And, therefore, where the state legislature has spoken, those states could enable patients who have been harmed to bring suit against HMOs by alleging that their injuries were due to an illegitimate incentive scheme.
WHAT CAN WE DO TO STOP EGREGIOUS BEHAVIOR OF MANAGED HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATIONS?
So what exactly can we take from Ms. Herdrich's inability to maintain a claim against the Health Alliance Medical Plans HMO?
1. The Supreme Court's reference to the HMO Act of 1973 as indicating a congressional desire to promote HMOs seems to lend credence to the argument that this law, rather than ERISA, preempts any state action that might affect HMOs. Indeed, the HMO Act itself preempts "state laws which impair the formation or operation of health maintenance organizations . . . "
2. Unlike the Seventh Circuit, the Supreme Court managed to write an opinion without criticizing the entire concept of Health Maintenance Organizations. Justice Souter warns of potential upheavals if HMO incentive schemes were limited and "rationing" of health care were impaired.
Justice Souter acknowledges that Congress is subjected to heavy lobbying from insurers and large employers and warns that this type of litigation might cause legislatures to stay away from this area.
The sad truth is that the current statutory structures (such as ERISA) make it extremely difficult for injured parties to recover against managed care entities. Resorting to litigation may be helpful in some situations. However, Congressional legislative action is by far the most direct route to reining in the egregious excesses of managed care. And this is precisely where the efforts of those who are concerned about the damage being wrought by managed care should be focused.
My situation with Dr. Chris Dangles differs from the Herdrich case. ERISA would not apply for me because I obtained my own health insurance with HAMP. Although many people obtain health insurance through their employer, there are many like me that contracted directly with the physician-owned insurance company.
And, therefore, the question becomes whether physicians such as Dr. Chris Dangles can utilize cost containment measures (such as avoiding diagnostic testing that would have demonstrated there was no injury requiring surgery and avoiding referral to a non-Carle Clinic Association/non-network orthopedic specialist) to the direct detriment of my health.
CCA relied upon the statutory language in ERISA to protect it from liability in Herdrich. There is no similar statututory protection Dr. Chris Dangles.
But, liability should not be a function of whether the patient obtained his or her own health insurance. Congress should establish statutory restrictions to protect all patients from what amounts to unethical business practices.
Similar posts: advocate health care
This Blog is certainly not the first time that the practices of Carle Clinic Association and its physician-owned HMO (Health Alliance Medical Plans) have been questioned. Indeed, there is inherent difficulty when a physician has dual loyalties.
The United States Supreme Court became acquainted with Carle Clinic Association's physician-owned HMO (Health Alliance Medical Plans) and the issue of dual loyalties in the case of Herdrich versus Pegram.
The Herdrich case is instructive because it explains why the courthouse is not the proper place to seek relief from HMOs that focus on dollars over patients. Instead, we as patients should stay on our United States congressmen to enact legislation that will specifically rein in the egregious excesses of managed care.
Carle Clinic Association physicians own the managed care company Health Alliance Medical Plans (HAMP). In Central Illinois, Carle Clinic Association is a relatively large physician practice, including many clinics and Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana, Illinois.
The ownership of the managed care company (HAMP) by the very physicians that HAMP members rely upon reveals the problem of dual loyalty. The conflicting loyalties are:
(1) The physician's duty to the patient to provide timely, appropriate and competent medical care and treatment, and
(2) The physician's duty to his or her fellow board members and shareholders to minimize costs and maximize revenues of the physician-owned Health Alliance Medical Plans.
The plaintiff was Cynthia Herdrich, an Illinois woman whose husband's employer provided health insurance through a local health maintenance organization (HMO) that was owned by the physicians' group (Carle Clinic Association). Ms. Herdrich went to her Carle Clinic Association physician, Dr. Lori Pegram, and complained of abdominal pain. No workup was done at the first visit.
Six days after her initial clinic visit with Dr. Pegram, Ms. Herdrich returned to the clinic complaining of worsening pain. At that point, Dr. Pegram discovered a six-by-eight centimeter inflamed mass in Ms. Herdrich's lower abdomen. Dr. Pegram decided that an ultrasound examination was indicated. However, rather than ordering the ultrasound test immediately at the local (non-Carle Clinic affiliated) hospital, Dr. Pegram scheduled the procedure for eight days later at a Carle Clinic facility (Carle Foundation Hospital) 50 miles away.
Before the ultrasound could be performed, the mass (which was actually Ms. Herdrich's inflamed appendix) ruptured, resulting in peritonitis and a prolonged hospital stay.
Ms. Herdrich's frustration and anger over her care and treatment was compounded when she learned that the physician-owners of her HMO (including Dr. Pegram) received a year-end distribution that was based upon the money they saved from reducing expenditures on patient care. One such means of saving money was to make referrals only to facilities operated by the Carle Clinic.
Ms. Herdrich filed a lawsuit setting forth several allegations, including:
1. malpractice against Dr. Pegram and
2. breach of fiduciary duty against the HMO (Health Alliance Medical Plans) and its physician-owners.
The malpractice claim was litigated in Illinois state court and a jury returned a verdict in the amount of $35,000. But her claim relating to the breach of fiduciary duty against the HAMP HMO, which was at issue when the case reached the United States Supreme Court, was removed from state court to the federal court system.
In order to properly understand the Herdrich case, it is crucial to understand the influence of the federal "Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974" (ERISA) over managed care liability issues.
1. ERISA was primarily intended to remedy problems with workers' pensions. However, the language of ERISA allows its extension to all nongovernmental employer-provided benefit plans, including health insurance.
2. ERISA established uniform standards and procedures and thereby preempted state law on many issues. Among those issues that must be resolved in federal court included most questions of liability.
(a) Therefore, even in the drastic case of an HMO refusing to authorize medical care that is clearly necessary (i.e. negligence), the ERISA plan administrators can only be sued to recover the actual benefits that were denied.
(b) Compensatory damages and punitive damages are excluded.
(c) All claims that are preempted by ERISA must be litigated in federal court (as opposed to state court with the medical malpractice action).
3. In addition to ERISA's protections, the federal statute imposes specific obligations on plan administrators. Among those obligations include the obligation that the ERISA plan administrators act as a fiduciary for the plan's beneficiaries.
(a) According to the ERISA statute, a "fiduciary shall discharge his duties with respect to a plan solely in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries"
(b) This duty applies to any person "to the extent . . . he exercises any discretionary authority or discretionary control respecting management of such plan"
Ms. Herdrich alleged that the Health Alliance Medical Plans HMO and its Carle Clinic Association physician-owners (i.e. the ERISA plan administrators) violated the fiduciary obligation by creating a system in which the physician-owners were given financial incentives to minimize the use of diagnostic tests, emergency consultations, and referrals to physicians and facilities outside Carle Clinic's system. And, further, that system operated to the detriment of the ERISA plan beneficiaries (such as Ms. Herdrich).
THE FEDERAL DISTRICT (TRIAL) COURT
The federal district court (trial level) dismissed Ms. Herdrich's claim on the grounds that she had failed to establish the existence of a fiduciary duty. The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals (Illinois) reversed the district court and sent the case back down to the federal trial level. In effect, the federal court said that the case should go to trial.
The federal appellate court judges held:
1. The Health Alliance Medical Plans HMO and its physician-owners were fiduciaries of the employee health plan that covered Ms. Herdrich because they exercised "discretionary authority in deciding disputed claims."
2. Since the Carle Clinic Association physician-owners "simultaneously control the care of their patients and reap the profits generated by the [Health Alliance Medical Plans] HMO through the limited use of tests and referrals," Ms. Herdrich satisfied her burden of asserting that "the self-dealing physician-owners in this appeal were not acting 'solely in the interest of the participants' of the Plan."
THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT
The defendants appealed to the United States Supreme Court and that court agreed to hear the case. The defendants argued (among other things) that:
1. Ms. Herdrich's claim was an attack on HMOs as part of the health care delivery system, since all HMOs have incentives to contain costs at the expense of patients' needs.
2. Congress sought to encourage the growth of Health Maintenance Organizations (when it adopted the HMO Act of 1973) and Congress obviously recognized that risk-sharing mechanisms might be used to provide physicians and facilities incentives to minimize expensive treatment.
3. The courts were being used in an attempt to subvert the clear intent of Congress by threatening the existence of all Health Maintenance Organizations.
It was evident from the oral argument in this case that the United States Supreme Court justices were very concerned that they were being asked to overturn an existing policy choice already made by Congress.
Justice David Souter authored the unanimous decision. Justice Souter began his analysis by asserting that "no HMO organization could survive without some incentive connecting physician reward with treatment rationing" Justice Souter was concerned that this case could open the door to claims that would result in the end of Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs). He could identify no legal principle that could distinguish the end-of-year distribution of profits to the physician-owners of the Carle Clinic plan from any other incentive structure.
Justice Souter concluded that if this was the direction in which health policy were to move, it should be Congress and not the courts that made this decision.
After announcing the policy considerations that would keep the court from endorsing Ms. Herdrich's claim, Justice Souter moved to lay out the court's views of the major legal issue:
whether the defendants were operating as ERISA fiduciaries.
According to the United States Supreme Court, the decisions made by Dr. Pegram and the other Carle Clinic Association physicians were inextricably tied to choices about the nature of the treatment patients should receive. These "mixed eligibility decisions" were not the kind of administrative choices that Congress had in mind when it described the extent of fiduciary duties under ERISA. As such, Ms. Herdrich's claim could not succeed.
The Supreme Court expressed its concern that to adopt the requested rule would transform every claim of malpractice by an HMO physician into a federal claim that could be litigated under ERISA. Clearly this was not the intent of Congress.
Ms. Herdrich's attempt to hold her HMO (as opposed to simply her treating physician) liable for the negligent care that she received failed because she had to work within the statutory framework of ERISA. With Congress having endorsed HMOs as cost-saving systems of care, and with ERISA's definition of a fiduciary duty not clearly applying to the behavior in question, the Supreme Court was no willing to take a step that seemed to be "portending wholesale attacks on existing HMOs."
Ms. Herdrich was unable to devise an approach that would limit the impact of the relief she requested. For example, she could not identify a set of incentive practices that could still be retained as consistent with fiduciary duties. This inability effectively destroyed Ms. Herdrich's case.
WHERE THE CASE LEFT US
Patients' rights advocates were never completely comfortable with Ms. Herdrich's argument.
1. If claims regarding harms that occurred because of an HMO's incentive structure were subject to review under ERISA's fiduciary standard, then all of the claims would all be removed to federal court and litigated under ERISA's rules.
In that event, no compensatory damages would be allowed. Moreover, any payment of funds judged to have been misused for incentives rather than patient care would revert to the employee health plan rather than to the plaintiff. As such, ultimately, there would be little motivation for injured patients such as Cynthia Herdrich to ever bring this type of case.
2. In contrast, if, as in this case, the Supreme Court held that the design and implementation of physician-owner HMOs' incentive structures was not subject to ERISA, then presumably individual states could choose to create their own rules about permissible approaches.
Indeed, a number of states have already legislated in this area, including banning incentive schemes that seem too likely to distort physicians' judgment. The Herdrich court's decision seems to suggest that such state regulation is permissible. And, therefore, where the state legislature has spoken, those states could enable patients who have been harmed to bring suit against HMOs by alleging that their injuries were due to an illegitimate incentive scheme.
WHAT CAN WE DO TO STOP EGREGIOUS BEHAVIOR OF MANAGED HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATIONS?
So what exactly can we take from Ms. Herdrich's inability to maintain a claim against the Health Alliance Medical Plans HMO?
1. The Supreme Court's reference to the HMO Act of 1973 as indicating a congressional desire to promote HMOs seems to lend credence to the argument that this law, rather than ERISA, preempts any state action that might affect HMOs. Indeed, the HMO Act itself preempts "state laws which impair the formation or operation of health maintenance organizations . . . "
2. Unlike the Seventh Circuit, the Supreme Court managed to write an opinion without criticizing the entire concept of Health Maintenance Organizations. Justice Souter warns of potential upheavals if HMO incentive schemes were limited and "rationing" of health care were impaired.
Justice Souter acknowledges that Congress is subjected to heavy lobbying from insurers and large employers and warns that this type of litigation might cause legislatures to stay away from this area.
The sad truth is that the current statutory structures (such as ERISA) make it extremely difficult for injured parties to recover against managed care entities. Resorting to litigation may be helpful in some situations. However, Congressional legislative action is by far the most direct route to reining in the egregious excesses of managed care. And this is precisely where the efforts of those who are concerned about the damage being wrought by managed care should be focused.
My situation with Dr. Chris Dangles differs from the Herdrich case. ERISA would not apply for me because I obtained my own health insurance with HAMP. Although many people obtain health insurance through their employer, there are many like me that contracted directly with the physician-owned insurance company.
And, therefore, the question becomes whether physicians such as Dr. Chris Dangles can utilize cost containment measures (such as avoiding diagnostic testing that would have demonstrated there was no injury requiring surgery and avoiding referral to a non-Carle Clinic Association/non-network orthopedic specialist) to the direct detriment of my health.
CCA relied upon the statutory language in ERISA to protect it from liability in Herdrich. There is no similar statututory protection Dr. Chris Dangles.
But, liability should not be a function of whether the patient obtained his or her own health insurance. Congress should establish statutory restrictions to protect all patients from what amounts to unethical business practices.
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Emory healthcare focuses on both innovation as well as high quality patient care. At Emory, advanced technology goes hand in hand with compassionate doctor care. What puts Emory above other medical institutions is that it provides up-to-date procedures in addition to personalized care.
At Emorys Womens Center, this two pronged philosophy is especially important. A developing area in Obstretrics and Gynocology is urogynecology. While a urologist specializes in the treatment of the urinary system, and a gynecologist focuses on the female reproductive system, a urogynecologist is the first sub specialist to combine the two fields. Simply put, a urogynecologist is an Ob/Gyn or Urologist who specializes in caring for womens urology and pelvic problems.
Urogynecologists specialize in caring for a womans specific urology and pelvic problems. This niche area is needed; a womans internal make-up is unique and complex. Urogynecologists are sub-specialists that can be thought of as an Ob/Gyn or Urologist who concentrates on caring for a womans urology and pelvic problems.
Urogynecologists have completed not only a four year residency in Obstretrics and Gynecology, but they have additional training in the evaluation and treatment of conditions that affect the female pelvic organs and the muscles and connective tissues that support the organs. This training allows them to help women with both surgical and non-surgical treatment of non-cancerous gynecologic problems that often result due to childbirth, menopause or aging.
Prolapse, the bulging, sagging or falling of female organs, usually happens over the course of many years and frequently occurs along with incontinence because both conditions are believed to result from damage to the pelvic floor after delivering a baby. Other possible factors in the development of prolapse and incontinence are very heavy lifting on a daily basis (as some paramedics and factory workers might do) chronic coughing, severe constipation and obesity.
There are three main avenues that can be used for treating these conditions, and these can be classified as behavioral, pharmacological, or surgical. Before resorting to surgery, most doctors first attempt to see if behavioral changes like diet and exercise modification can fix the situation. Since certain acidic food and beverage choices can irritate the bladder patients are given a strict diet to adhere to and if the diet helps, no other treatment is then pursued. Pelvic Muscle Exercises are included in behavioral changes because they strengthen a womans sphincter muscles thereby reducing incontinence.
If these fail, pharmacological treatment is attempted and medication is proscribed. Surgical treatments for these conditions may also be used. One of the more common surgical procedures is called Interstim Therapy and this is used specifically for treating incontinence. Small electrical impulses are sent to the sacral nerve to decrease the symptoms of urgency, frequency, urinary retention and most importantly, urge incontinence. In addition, there are ongoing studies involving injecting Botox into the bladder wall; more information on this procedure is still needed before it is recommended. Other more recent methods are Biofeedback or Electric Stimulation which help a woman to recognize how to control certain pelvic muscles.
Emory continues its role as a top medical institution because it is not simply research oriented but understands the stress, anxiety, and confusion its patients may face when seeking treatment and going through the steps of recovery. Womens Health Services are especially attuned to the concerns of its patients, and responds with a staff team that is especially understanding, supportive, and compassionate. In addition to a caring medical staff, Emory Womens Health Services still remains at the forefront of new procedures and technology with its Center for Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery Urogynecology. Emory is cognizant of new research and problems that women are incurring, and responds appropriately.
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At Emorys Womens Center, this two pronged philosophy is especially important. A developing area in Obstretrics and Gynocology is urogynecology. While a urologist specializes in the treatment of the urinary system, and a gynecologist focuses on the female reproductive system, a urogynecologist is the first sub specialist to combine the two fields. Simply put, a urogynecologist is an Ob/Gyn or Urologist who specializes in caring for womens urology and pelvic problems.
Urogynecologists specialize in caring for a womans specific urology and pelvic problems. This niche area is needed; a womans internal make-up is unique and complex. Urogynecologists are sub-specialists that can be thought of as an Ob/Gyn or Urologist who concentrates on caring for a womans urology and pelvic problems.
Urogynecologists have completed not only a four year residency in Obstretrics and Gynecology, but they have additional training in the evaluation and treatment of conditions that affect the female pelvic organs and the muscles and connective tissues that support the organs. This training allows them to help women with both surgical and non-surgical treatment of non-cancerous gynecologic problems that often result due to childbirth, menopause or aging.
Prolapse, the bulging, sagging or falling of female organs, usually happens over the course of many years and frequently occurs along with incontinence because both conditions are believed to result from damage to the pelvic floor after delivering a baby. Other possible factors in the development of prolapse and incontinence are very heavy lifting on a daily basis (as some paramedics and factory workers might do) chronic coughing, severe constipation and obesity.
There are three main avenues that can be used for treating these conditions, and these can be classified as behavioral, pharmacological, or surgical. Before resorting to surgery, most doctors first attempt to see if behavioral changes like diet and exercise modification can fix the situation. Since certain acidic food and beverage choices can irritate the bladder patients are given a strict diet to adhere to and if the diet helps, no other treatment is then pursued. Pelvic Muscle Exercises are included in behavioral changes because they strengthen a womans sphincter muscles thereby reducing incontinence.
If these fail, pharmacological treatment is attempted and medication is proscribed. Surgical treatments for these conditions may also be used. One of the more common surgical procedures is called Interstim Therapy and this is used specifically for treating incontinence. Small electrical impulses are sent to the sacral nerve to decrease the symptoms of urgency, frequency, urinary retention and most importantly, urge incontinence. In addition, there are ongoing studies involving injecting Botox into the bladder wall; more information on this procedure is still needed before it is recommended. Other more recent methods are Biofeedback or Electric Stimulation which help a woman to recognize how to control certain pelvic muscles.
Emory continues its role as a top medical institution because it is not simply research oriented but understands the stress, anxiety, and confusion its patients may face when seeking treatment and going through the steps of recovery. Womens Health Services are especially attuned to the concerns of its patients, and responds with a staff team that is especially understanding, supportive, and compassionate. In addition to a caring medical staff, Emory Womens Health Services still remains at the forefront of new procedures and technology with its Center for Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery Urogynecology. Emory is cognizant of new research and problems that women are incurring, and responds appropriately.
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I had a tequila-induced revelation last week, which was reinforced by an article I happened to see in a natural health magazine. Having been on and off various medications to treat depression and anxiety over the years, I know all the side effects, risks, benefits, and so on. I know I am probably a hell of a lot easier to live with when I am on meds.
Heres the thing: I am also a robot on meds. Its hard to have a deep, genuine response to anything while on anti-depressants. I would prefer to have the ability to FEEL, while trying to control my mood and monkey mind with activities such as meditation and long distance running. Unfortunately, I am not always successful exercising such control. Every time I quit a med, I end up back on something within a year or two. Every time I get back on meds, I swear that I will never again quit them. And then something happens that compels me to quit.
This time, a whole slew of factors are contributing to my desire to quit. Weight gain is certainly on the list. I am on Paxil this time (I have also tried Effexor and Zoloft), and it is apparently notorious for causing weight gain. Surprisingly, this does not appear on the list of published side effects, but is known by most docs. I have gained twenty pounds while taking Paxil. I have also experienced a dramatic drop in my ability to concentrate. I have become a bit of a space cadet. However, the most serious complaint I have is my inability to really process emotions. My father died on February 21st of this year, and I feel like I have never truly mourned his death. I know the grief is there, bubbling just under the surface. I know I need to get it out and deal with it. Enter tequila. My hubby and I really tied one on last Friday night (we very rarely get to do such a thing). We were watching and listening to our favorite band at a local bar, having a good time. I must have had enough tequila to override the Paxil, because I was suddenly overwhlemed by grief. And it felt good. It felt good to cry and get it out. I do, however, dislike sobby drunks, so I quickly got myself together and got on with having fun.
The incident made me realize that sooner or later, I am going to have to mourn my fathers passing. And I cant do it fully while on Paxil, or any other depression med. Its time to take charge of my body and my mind. Purify. Get the drugs out of my system. And maybe lose so weight, too!
So here I am. On Day One, I took half my regular dose. Day Two, I took nothing. I am on Day Three. I am quitting cold turkey. I feel strange and mildly crappy. Sometimes dizzy, sometimes sleepy. A little nauseous. Headachy. Slightly irritable. Before you all get your hackles up, let me explain the merits of quitting cold turkey. When I was on Effexor, many years ago, I did the proper tapering off method. I was sick and miserable for well over a month, despite such tapering. So when I quit Zoloft, I tried the cold turkey approach. I was still sick and felt bizarre, but I knew it would pass. And it did. And it passed a hell of a lot quicker than when I tapered off the Effexor. In less than two weeks, I felt perfectly fine. So I know that this crappy feeling will pass. I am trying to be very accepting and serene about it. I take a lot of mini meditation breaks throughout the day. I try to focus on the good things in my life.
The biggest challenge will be maintaining my mood over the longterm. I know I can do it with meditation and running. Ive done it before. I simply need to make the commitment. I feel very positive about ridding my body of the drugs and taking charge of my mind and body.
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Heres the thing: I am also a robot on meds. Its hard to have a deep, genuine response to anything while on anti-depressants. I would prefer to have the ability to FEEL, while trying to control my mood and monkey mind with activities such as meditation and long distance running. Unfortunately, I am not always successful exercising such control. Every time I quit a med, I end up back on something within a year or two. Every time I get back on meds, I swear that I will never again quit them. And then something happens that compels me to quit.
This time, a whole slew of factors are contributing to my desire to quit. Weight gain is certainly on the list. I am on Paxil this time (I have also tried Effexor and Zoloft), and it is apparently notorious for causing weight gain. Surprisingly, this does not appear on the list of published side effects, but is known by most docs. I have gained twenty pounds while taking Paxil. I have also experienced a dramatic drop in my ability to concentrate. I have become a bit of a space cadet. However, the most serious complaint I have is my inability to really process emotions. My father died on February 21st of this year, and I feel like I have never truly mourned his death. I know the grief is there, bubbling just under the surface. I know I need to get it out and deal with it. Enter tequila. My hubby and I really tied one on last Friday night (we very rarely get to do such a thing). We were watching and listening to our favorite band at a local bar, having a good time. I must have had enough tequila to override the Paxil, because I was suddenly overwhlemed by grief. And it felt good. It felt good to cry and get it out. I do, however, dislike sobby drunks, so I quickly got myself together and got on with having fun.
The incident made me realize that sooner or later, I am going to have to mourn my fathers passing. And I cant do it fully while on Paxil, or any other depression med. Its time to take charge of my body and my mind. Purify. Get the drugs out of my system. And maybe lose so weight, too!
So here I am. On Day One, I took half my regular dose. Day Two, I took nothing. I am on Day Three. I am quitting cold turkey. I feel strange and mildly crappy. Sometimes dizzy, sometimes sleepy. A little nauseous. Headachy. Slightly irritable. Before you all get your hackles up, let me explain the merits of quitting cold turkey. When I was on Effexor, many years ago, I did the proper tapering off method. I was sick and miserable for well over a month, despite such tapering. So when I quit Zoloft, I tried the cold turkey approach. I was still sick and felt bizarre, but I knew it would pass. And it did. And it passed a hell of a lot quicker than when I tapered off the Effexor. In less than two weeks, I felt perfectly fine. So I know that this crappy feeling will pass. I am trying to be very accepting and serene about it. I take a lot of mini meditation breaks throughout the day. I try to focus on the good things in my life.
The biggest challenge will be maintaining my mood over the longterm. I know I can do it with meditation and running. Ive done it before. I simply need to make the commitment. I feel very positive about ridding my body of the drugs and taking charge of my mind and body.
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Starting early Friday morning my weekend has been pretty busy. Nothing that wasnapos;t already planned but busy none the less. Around 1am Friday morning a friend of Tonys from his home town drove down from New York to spend a few days hanging out in VA. It actually worked out that Iwas working Friday and Saturday cause it let the boys have "
Even though it was nice to have company around the house for a bit Ithink me and Tony are both happy to have our apartment back to ourselves. Sense today was Tonys 24th birthday :) "Happy Birthday Baby" Itook the day off and we went to check out Norfolk Botanical Gardens. It was a beautiful day out and the gardens are amazing. I coudnt stop thinking that I have to take my mom there when she comes to visit. Everything there is so well taken care of. We walked around for awhile before decieding to hop on a tram to take a tour of the gardens. They also had a African themed art exhibit with sculpures in different parts of the garden. I so thought of Megan when Iwas walking around the works of art. Knowing Megan has taught me to appriciate art more then Iever had in the past. She would have really liked some of the pieces they had on display. I took Tonys little Sony camra which Ilove and took a few pictures while we were there. Which Iapos;ll post as soon as Iget back to my desktop.
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Excerpt from Evelyn Pringle article s Mental Illness Screening Squad On the MoveAccording their press release, the MOTHERS Act was introduced in response to a recently passed, first-of-its-kind New Jersey law requiring doctors and nurses to educate and screen expectant mothers about PPD.Many women have successfully recovered from postpartum depression with the help of therapy, medication, and support groups, Senator Menendez said in the press release.
By increasing education and early treatment of postpartum depression, it said, mothers, husbands, and families, will be able to recognize the symptoms of this condition and help new mothers get the treatment they need and deserve.
Anyone interested in a quick course on the potential dangers of this program, and the lethal effects of the most commonly prescribed drugs for women with PPD, need only go read the transcripts of the Andrea Yates trials and check out the drugs they were feeding her for PPD, at the time she drowned her 5 children in the bathtub in November 2004.
Dr Anne Blake Tracy, is the author of Prozac: Panacea or Pandora? and a well-known expert on SSRIs and has served as a consultant for many high-profile cases involving SSRI induced violence, including cases of mothers who have killed their babies, and often themselves, after being placed on SSRIs.
According to Dr Tracy, investigators found Zoloft in the apartment of Emiri Padron, after she smothered her baby on June 22, 2004, and then stabbed herself in the chest twice.
On July 26, 2004, she says, Mary Ellen Moffitt suffocated her 5-week-old infant before killing herself after being prescribed Paxil for PPD.
In another tragedy in October 2002, Annie Mae Haskew smothered her 10-week-old baby after she was diagnosed with PPD and placed on antidepressants.
At the other end of the life-cycle, the mental health screening squad is swarming in on the nations 36 million senior citizens, who already represent a gold mine to Big Pharma because they use so many medications. The screening program for the elderly is set up through the, Positive Aging Act of 2005.
The Act provides federal tax dollars for community-based mental health treatment outreach teams and states: (a) In General- The Secretary shall award grants to public or private nonprofit entities that are community-based providers of geriatric mental health services, to support the establishment and maintenance by such entities of multi-disciplinary geriatric mental health outreach teams in community settings where older adults reside or receive social services.
The Act wants outreach teams to:
(1) adopt and implement evidence-based intervention and treatment protocols (to the extent such protocols are available) for mental disorders prevalent in older individuals (including, but not limited to, mood and anxiety disorders, dementias of all kinds, psychotic disorders, and substance and alcohol abuse),
(2) provide screening for mental disorders, diagnostic services, referrals for treatment, and case management and coordination through such teams; and
This plan seeks to round up seniors for screening wherever they can be found, including (1) senior centers; (2) adult day care programs; and (3) assisted living facilities.
A new recruitment scheme for senior citizens was totally unnecessary because Big Pharma has been over-medicating these customers for years. Recent research reveals that nursing home residents in particular are being drugged in record numbers.
Kenneth Thomas, a registered nurse with 29 years of experience, says elderly people in nursing homes are regularly put on antidepressants, even though most of them, he notes, lived 7 or more decades without drugging away their blues.Based on my direct observation and experience, he says, many of the patients Ive seen with so-called mental illness actually have underlying physical conditions that are easily treatable by medical, non-psychiatric, methods.
He makes the point that anyone who has been taken from their home and put into an unfamiliar place confined to bed or wheelchair would be logically upset. Any loss of personal freedom, he explains, tends to bring people downward emotionally.
According to Mr Thomas, there are many ways to help an elderly person gain more independence and have some autonomy even in restricted environments such as nursing homes and rehab centers. Most of these elderly, he notes, just need someone to talk to, not another pill.
In October 2005, the Journal of the American Medical Association, published a meta-analysis of 15 randomized trials of more than 5,000 elderly patients treated with atypicals that found patients taking the drugs had a 54% increased chance of dying within 3 months, compared with patients taking a placebo.
Another Big Pharma money-making tactic is to promote the off-label prescribing of drugs at a higher dose than necessary which, experts say, is extremely dangerous with older people because their bodies cannot not metabolize or excrete drugs as rapidly as younger patients.
In a study published in the June 13, 2005, Archives of Internal Medicine, that examined the quality of antipsychotic prescriptions for nearly 2.5 million Medicaid patients in nursing homes, over half (58.2%), received antipsychotics that exceeded the maximum recommended dosage or received duplicate therapy or had inappropriate indications for the drugs to begin with.
The study found that more than 200,000 nursing home residents received antipsychotic therapy with no appropriate indications for use.
As a result of concealing negative information about these psychiatric drugs and the promotional tactics by the drug makers of encouraging the off-label prescribing of the medications for so many different uses, experts say, tens of millions of people are now taking the medications without any valid indication for their use.
In fact, so many people are being prescribed these expensive drugs that the TMAP part of the marketing scheme is coming apart at the seams due to pure and simple greed. State lawmakers say that the costs incurred due to the over-prescribing of the drugs are bankrupting state Medicaid programs and they have to stop the practice of over-prescribing to keep from going broke.
According to the July 27, 2005, Wall Street Journal, antidepressants and antipsychotics are the third and fourth biggest classes of drugs in the US after cholesterol and heartburn medicines, with sales of $20.7 billion in 2004, with much of that cost is borne by government health-care plans, the journal said.
The prices per pill for these drugs are themselves insane. For example, in South Carolina, Zyprexa is the most expensive atypical covered by Medicaid, and according to James Assey, a pharmacist with the South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, a one-month supply pills costs Medicaid over $700.
The state of Georgia totally removed Zyprexa from its preferred drug list and any doctor who wants to start a Medicaid patient on Zyprexa, must now submit a clinical rationale stating why its the only drug appropriate, according to the November 28, 2005, Indianapolis Business Journal.
Other states, including Tennessee, Illinois, Louisiana, and Pennsylvania also now require doctors to obtain prior authorization before prescribing Zyprexa to Medicaid patients, the Journal reports.
Big Pharma is making a ton of money off selling these drugs off-label for kids. A report in the April 24, 2005, Columbus Dispatch, found that 40,000 children aged 6-18 who were covered by Medicaid were prescribed psychotropic drugs: 31% of the children were in foster care, and 22% were in juvenile detention. Medicaid spent $65.5 million for drugs used primarily as chemical restraints, according to Pyle, P, Drugged into Submission.
According to FDA estimates, 11 million antidepressant prescriptions were written in 2003 for under 19-year-olds, representing a 27% increase in 3 years.
The sale of ADHD drugs, also skyrocked in 2003. In 5 to 9-year-old children their use increased 85%, and in preschoolers usage was up 49%, according to Medco Health Solutions, 2004 Drug Trend Symposium.
Overall, sales of psychiatric drugs totaled $26.7 billion in 2004, according to NDC Health Corp, a Georgia-based health information firm.
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Excerpt from Evelyn Pringle article s Mental Illness Screening Squad On the MoveAccording their press release, the MOTHERS Act was introduced in response to a recently passed, first-of-its-kind New Jersey law requiring doctors and nurses to educate and screen expectant mothers about PPD.Many women have successfully recovered from postpartum depression with the help of therapy, medication, and support groups, Senator Menendez said in the press release.
By increasing education and early treatment of postpartum depression, it said, mothers, husbands, and families, will be able to recognize the symptoms of this condition and help new mothers get the treatment they need and deserve.
Anyone interested in a quick course on the potential dangers of this program, and the lethal effects of the most commonly prescribed drugs for women with PPD, need only go read the transcripts of the Andrea Yates trials and check out the drugs they were feeding her for PPD, at the time she drowned her 5 children in the bathtub in November 2004.
Dr Anne Blake Tracy, is the author of Prozac: Panacea or Pandora? and a well-known expert on SSRIs and has served as a consultant for many high-profile cases involving SSRI induced violence, including cases of mothers who have killed their babies, and often themselves, after being placed on SSRIs.
According to Dr Tracy, investigators found Zoloft in the apartment of Emiri Padron, after she smothered her baby on June 22, 2004, and then stabbed herself in the chest twice.
On July 26, 2004, she says, Mary Ellen Moffitt suffocated her 5-week-old infant before killing herself after being prescribed Paxil for PPD.
In another tragedy in October 2002, Annie Mae Haskew smothered her 10-week-old baby after she was diagnosed with PPD and placed on antidepressants.
At the other end of the life-cycle, the mental health screening squad is swarming in on the nations 36 million senior citizens, who already represent a gold mine to Big Pharma because they use so many medications. The screening program for the elderly is set up through the, Positive Aging Act of 2005.
The Act provides federal tax dollars for community-based mental health treatment outreach teams and states: (a) In General- The Secretary shall award grants to public or private nonprofit entities that are community-based providers of geriatric mental health services, to support the establishment and maintenance by such entities of multi-disciplinary geriatric mental health outreach teams in community settings where older adults reside or receive social services.
The Act wants outreach teams to:
(1) adopt and implement evidence-based intervention and treatment protocols (to the extent such protocols are available) for mental disorders prevalent in older individuals (including, but not limited to, mood and anxiety disorders, dementias of all kinds, psychotic disorders, and substance and alcohol abuse),
(2) provide screening for mental disorders, diagnostic services, referrals for treatment, and case management and coordination through such teams; and
This plan seeks to round up seniors for screening wherever they can be found, including (1) senior centers; (2) adult day care programs; and (3) assisted living facilities.
A new recruitment scheme for senior citizens was totally unnecessary because Big Pharma has been over-medicating these customers for years. Recent research reveals that nursing home residents in particular are being drugged in record numbers.
Kenneth Thomas, a registered nurse with 29 years of experience, says elderly people in nursing homes are regularly put on antidepressants, even though most of them, he notes, lived 7 or more decades without drugging away their blues.Based on my direct observation and experience, he says, many of the patients Ive seen with so-called mental illness actually have underlying physical conditions that are easily treatable by medical, non-psychiatric, methods.
He makes the point that anyone who has been taken from their home and put into an unfamiliar place confined to bed or wheelchair would be logically upset. Any loss of personal freedom, he explains, tends to bring people downward emotionally.
According to Mr Thomas, there are many ways to help an elderly person gain more independence and have some autonomy even in restricted environments such as nursing homes and rehab centers. Most of these elderly, he notes, just need someone to talk to, not another pill.
In October 2005, the Journal of the American Medical Association, published a meta-analysis of 15 randomized trials of more than 5,000 elderly patients treated with atypicals that found patients taking the drugs had a 54% increased chance of dying within 3 months, compared with patients taking a placebo.
Another Big Pharma money-making tactic is to promote the off-label prescribing of drugs at a higher dose than necessary which, experts say, is extremely dangerous with older people because their bodies cannot not metabolize or excrete drugs as rapidly as younger patients.
In a study published in the June 13, 2005, Archives of Internal Medicine, that examined the quality of antipsychotic prescriptions for nearly 2.5 million Medicaid patients in nursing homes, over half (58.2%), received antipsychotics that exceeded the maximum recommended dosage or received duplicate therapy or had inappropriate indications for the drugs to begin with.
The study found that more than 200,000 nursing home residents received antipsychotic therapy with no appropriate indications for use.
As a result of concealing negative information about these psychiatric drugs and the promotional tactics by the drug makers of encouraging the off-label prescribing of the medications for so many different uses, experts say, tens of millions of people are now taking the medications without any valid indication for their use.
In fact, so many people are being prescribed these expensive drugs that the TMAP part of the marketing scheme is coming apart at the seams due to pure and simple greed. State lawmakers say that the costs incurred due to the over-prescribing of the drugs are bankrupting state Medicaid programs and they have to stop the practice of over-prescribing to keep from going broke.
According to the July 27, 2005, Wall Street Journal, antidepressants and antipsychotics are the third and fourth biggest classes of drugs in the US after cholesterol and heartburn medicines, with sales of $20.7 billion in 2004, with much of that cost is borne by government health-care plans, the journal said.
The prices per pill for these drugs are themselves insane. For example, in South Carolina, Zyprexa is the most expensive atypical covered by Medicaid, and according to James Assey, a pharmacist with the South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, a one-month supply pills costs Medicaid over $700.
The state of Georgia totally removed Zyprexa from its preferred drug list and any doctor who wants to start a Medicaid patient on Zyprexa, must now submit a clinical rationale stating why its the only drug appropriate, according to the November 28, 2005, Indianapolis Business Journal.
Other states, including Tennessee, Illinois, Louisiana, and Pennsylvania also now require doctors to obtain prior authorization before prescribing Zyprexa to Medicaid patients, the Journal reports.
Big Pharma is making a ton of money off selling these drugs off-label for kids. A report in the April 24, 2005, Columbus Dispatch, found that 40,000 children aged 6-18 who were covered by Medicaid were prescribed psychotropic drugs: 31% of the children were in foster care, and 22% were in juvenile detention. Medicaid spent $65.5 million for drugs used primarily as chemical restraints, according to Pyle, P, Drugged into Submission.
According to FDA estimates, 11 million antidepressant prescriptions were written in 2003 for under 19-year-olds, representing a 27% increase in 3 years.
The sale of ADHD drugs, also skyrocked in 2003. In 5 to 9-year-old children their use increased 85%, and in preschoolers usage was up 49%, according to Medco Health Solutions, 2004 Drug Trend Symposium.
Overall, sales of psychiatric drugs totaled $26.7 billion in 2004, according to NDC Health Corp, a Georgia-based health information firm.
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It's fun to compare Sarah Pain to Kathy Bates in "Misery", the movie in which Bates takes Jack Nicholson (IMDB says it was James Caan) into her home during a snow storm (what a kind woman) and then breaks his ankles with a sledge hammer so that he can't leave (what an evil bitch!) Field Negro makes this comparison in his "Movie of the Day" area, but does the fictional character really have anything to do with the real Sarah Pain?
Well, let's see: America's not in a snow storm, we're in a shit storm of economic havoc. A woman comes out of nowhere and pretends to offer shelter, but what she really wants is utter control. She wants to take us hostage. Behind her smile is an evil, controlling bitch.
And if she ever gets control of us, then she will not hesitate to use the worse punishments and cruelties of slavery to keep us in line, even breaking our legs to prevent us from leaving her grasp. That's what the "Misery" character and Sarah Pain have in common. It's not simply that they're both white women.
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Well, let's see: America's not in a snow storm, we're in a shit storm of economic havoc. A woman comes out of nowhere and pretends to offer shelter, but what she really wants is utter control. She wants to take us hostage. Behind her smile is an evil, controlling bitch.
And if she ever gets control of us, then she will not hesitate to use the worse punishments and cruelties of slavery to keep us in line, even breaking our legs to prevent us from leaving her grasp. That's what the "Misery" character and Sarah Pain have in common. It's not simply that they're both white women.
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The Minnesota Correction Facility - Stillwater (MCF-STW) is a close custody (level 4) state prison for men in Minnesota, USA.
Built in 1914 and located in Bayport, Washington County, it houses 1300 inmates in 7 Different Living Areas. Additionally, approximately 100 inmates are housed in a nearby minimum security area. It replaced the original territorial prison located just to the north in the city of Stillwater, MN. Until recent expansion of the medium custody (level 3) facility in Faribault, MN, MCF-STW was the states largest facility by inmate population. It was built in the telephone pole style, with a large main hallway connecting each of the units.
One of three Level 4 (Close) custody facilities in Minnesota. The prison is home to a prison industries program, education programs, and the Atlantis chemical dependency treatment program. A small number of inmates are selected for the facilitys fine arts painting program.
The offenders housed in the minimum security area are responsible for the maintenance of the grounds surrounding the prison, and for cleaning office areas within the non-secured areas inside the main prison facility.
MCF-STW has recently undergone a number of modernization efforts, including the demolition of an antiquated medical building and construction of a modern segregation unit.
In 2008, three inmates attempted to tunnel their way out. Their plan was thwarted by the authorities.
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Built in 1914 and located in Bayport, Washington County, it houses 1300 inmates in 7 Different Living Areas. Additionally, approximately 100 inmates are housed in a nearby minimum security area. It replaced the original territorial prison located just to the north in the city of Stillwater, MN. Until recent expansion of the medium custody (level 3) facility in Faribault, MN, MCF-STW was the states largest facility by inmate population. It was built in the telephone pole style, with a large main hallway connecting each of the units.
One of three Level 4 (Close) custody facilities in Minnesota. The prison is home to a prison industries program, education programs, and the Atlantis chemical dependency treatment program. A small number of inmates are selected for the facilitys fine arts painting program.
The offenders housed in the minimum security area are responsible for the maintenance of the grounds surrounding the prison, and for cleaning office areas within the non-secured areas inside the main prison facility.
MCF-STW has recently undergone a number of modernization efforts, including the demolition of an antiquated medical building and construction of a modern segregation unit.
In 2008, three inmates attempted to tunnel their way out. Their plan was thwarted by the authorities.
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Over the next 400 words I am going to elucidate some ideas that I would like to see increase your ability to shed pounds in a way that is both nourishing and effective.
The first step Id like to see you take is to calculate the number of calories that you are eating right now. Start out with you breakfast in the morning and just go about your day the same as you would any other day. I want you to make a real effort to eat exactly the same as you would normally be eating on any other normal day without making any changes, and keep a record of precisely what you are putting in your mouth and the exact quantities that you consume. Im sure youll find that this activity requires a high degree of dedication on your end. You will have to remind yourself that you have made a commitment to follow a healthy weight loss program, and to adhere to an empirically validated weight loss strategy.
A method like this will be a whole lot better for you over the long term than some new crash diet system or diet pill. To tell the truth, carrying out this exercise will only take five or ten minutes out of your whole day, regardless of the powerful lingering benefits that it will bestow. While you are getting ready to go to bed for the night, dedicate a little time to add up the actual quantity of fat, carbohydrate, protein, and calories that you put into yourself during the day. Remember to be as accurate as you can so that you will know exactly what your starting point is and which details of your previous diet will probably be the most beneficial things to change.
You only need to take same basic, simple, small tactics that you will follow to lessen the amount of food that you are consuming that will enable you to initiate weight loss.
The thing to do should actually be to bump up the number of grams of protein that you are eating every day. Medical research has demonstrated that increasing your total protein intake without any other change typically brings about significant weight loss, for the simple reason that protein-rich foods are quite a bit more satisfying than any other type of food. The more protein you add into your diet, you should work on easily turning down the amount of total carbohydrates that you are eating. Scientific research has shown that sugar amplifies your hunger. This is why you will tend to eat more food for lunch if you have a glass of soda pop to go along with your meal.
On top of changing your diet in these ways, you can also boost your fat-burning potential by increasing your total muscle mass. The way to do this is simple: weight training. Weight training can be extremely enjoyable because it allows you some time in between workouts and because the physical benefits are readily evident. The best weight training technique is to do nice, slow exercises just a few times until your muscles are unable to continue. Drink a strong protein shake immediately after you finish working out to speed up the rate at which your body builds muscle.
Cardio exercise is not an effective weight loss tool. This is because you typically burn a smaller number of calories than you would probably like to believe. Additionally, cardio tends to reduce your blood sugar levels, quickly increasing your appetite and thus causing you to consume more calories after your workout. For this reason, cardiovascular exercise is not advised in this case unless it is something you enjoy doing.
By the time youve followed this plan for a week, you will find yourself a pound or two lighter. This is just about the pace that you want to keep losing weight at, you will do well to remember this and stay realistic in your expectations. You could lose weight more quickly with a crash diet, but you would be risking your health and most likely stop losing weight very quickly. If you continue to lose weight at this rate of just a pound or two per week, by the time you reach the one-year mark you will have lost more than fifty pounds by barely even trying.
Dallas has faith in peoples ability to obtain optimal health with only a bare minimum of effort when they are given the right type of information about strange weight loss advice and have adequate resources to be able to comprehend all of the ideas about how to lose weight and the options that are available to them.
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The first step Id like to see you take is to calculate the number of calories that you are eating right now. Start out with you breakfast in the morning and just go about your day the same as you would any other day. I want you to make a real effort to eat exactly the same as you would normally be eating on any other normal day without making any changes, and keep a record of precisely what you are putting in your mouth and the exact quantities that you consume. Im sure youll find that this activity requires a high degree of dedication on your end. You will have to remind yourself that you have made a commitment to follow a healthy weight loss program, and to adhere to an empirically validated weight loss strategy.
A method like this will be a whole lot better for you over the long term than some new crash diet system or diet pill. To tell the truth, carrying out this exercise will only take five or ten minutes out of your whole day, regardless of the powerful lingering benefits that it will bestow. While you are getting ready to go to bed for the night, dedicate a little time to add up the actual quantity of fat, carbohydrate, protein, and calories that you put into yourself during the day. Remember to be as accurate as you can so that you will know exactly what your starting point is and which details of your previous diet will probably be the most beneficial things to change.
You only need to take same basic, simple, small tactics that you will follow to lessen the amount of food that you are consuming that will enable you to initiate weight loss.
The thing to do should actually be to bump up the number of grams of protein that you are eating every day. Medical research has demonstrated that increasing your total protein intake without any other change typically brings about significant weight loss, for the simple reason that protein-rich foods are quite a bit more satisfying than any other type of food. The more protein you add into your diet, you should work on easily turning down the amount of total carbohydrates that you are eating. Scientific research has shown that sugar amplifies your hunger. This is why you will tend to eat more food for lunch if you have a glass of soda pop to go along with your meal.
On top of changing your diet in these ways, you can also boost your fat-burning potential by increasing your total muscle mass. The way to do this is simple: weight training. Weight training can be extremely enjoyable because it allows you some time in between workouts and because the physical benefits are readily evident. The best weight training technique is to do nice, slow exercises just a few times until your muscles are unable to continue. Drink a strong protein shake immediately after you finish working out to speed up the rate at which your body builds muscle.
Cardio exercise is not an effective weight loss tool. This is because you typically burn a smaller number of calories than you would probably like to believe. Additionally, cardio tends to reduce your blood sugar levels, quickly increasing your appetite and thus causing you to consume more calories after your workout. For this reason, cardiovascular exercise is not advised in this case unless it is something you enjoy doing.
By the time youve followed this plan for a week, you will find yourself a pound or two lighter. This is just about the pace that you want to keep losing weight at, you will do well to remember this and stay realistic in your expectations. You could lose weight more quickly with a crash diet, but you would be risking your health and most likely stop losing weight very quickly. If you continue to lose weight at this rate of just a pound or two per week, by the time you reach the one-year mark you will have lost more than fifty pounds by barely even trying.
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SLS runs two residential treatment centers in the town of Southeast, NY for adolescents and young adults. In addition to a class action lawsuit, SLS is facing revocation of its state operating licenses for the two facilities. The class action lawsuit, filed by two former SLS Residential patients, alleges that they were subjected to physical and mental abuse. The lawsuit claims that SLS staff illegally employed manual restraints and put patients in isolation rooms where they were physically and emotionally abused, subjected patients to nightly searches of their bodies and rooms, and denied patients the right to refuse treatment, leave the facility or phone family members. The complaint also charges SLS with discrimination under the Americans With Disabilities Act, and claims patients were targeted for mistreatment because they were mentally disabled.
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SLS runs two residential treatment centers in the town of Southeast, NY for adolescents and young adults. In addition to a class action lawsuit, SLS is facing revocation of its state operating licenses for the two facilities. The class action lawsuit, filed by two former SLS Residential patients, alleges that they were subjected to physical and mental abuse. The lawsuit claims that SLS staff illegally employed manual restraints and put patients in isolation rooms where they were physically and emotionally abused, subjected patients to nightly searches of their bodies and rooms, and denied patients the right to refuse treatment, leave the facility or phone family members. The complaint also charges SLS with discrimination under the Americans With Disabilities Act, and claims patients were targeted for mistreatment because they were mentally disabled.
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Cephalon has finalised a previously announced $425 million payout to settle a federal probe of its marketing of three products for unapproved uses. The allegation was that false claims had been submitted to federal insurance programmes such as Medicaid, the US Justice Department said. The products investigated by the US Attorney's Office in Philadelphia were the wakefulness drug Provigil (modafinil); the cancer pain treatment Actiq (oral transmuscosal fentanyl citrate); and Gabitril (tiagabine), an add-on therapy for epilepsy.
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