Comments on: News 11/19/08

By: william the conqueror

william the conqueror — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:21:00 +0000

Re: MedcomSoft press release: “After failing in its strategy … investors expressed an interest in access to the high quality management team”.

Did the investors want to thank the “high quality management team” for the failed strategy or was this an insert compliments of the “high quality PR, er, management team”?

By: Howard Roark

Howard Roark — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 01:58:37 +0000

Re: Partners…Why is Partners to blame because they have the ability (data) to negotiate better contracts than other facilities while adding services and R&D that will benefit all of Healthcare? Where do you think those clever reporters got the information on the fee schedules…? call Joe the plumber, the payers are leaking….The article about Partners was a total hack job by the Boston Globe Socialist and their slack jawed reporting team on behalf of the insurance companies to make Partners look bad. Unless everyone can cut through the smoke and mirrors to level the playing field, we are all going to pay a high price for healthcare or lack thereof

By: Payerpath #15

Payerpath #15 — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:15:31 +0000

Art Glasgow may or may not be a good guy but he was a Misys employee and had nothing to do with “why” Misys bought Payerpath. As one of the orginal employees of Payerpath I can assure you the reason Misys bought Payerpath was that they had a good product, were profitable, and, unlike Misys, had a good relationship with their clients and provided outstanding support.

By: prairiesky

prairiesky — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:24:20 +0000

The financial state of the large healthcare insurers has been curiously quiet lately – why is that? If the market is tanking their investment portfolio can’t be too great. Anyone out there have any insights on the status and stability of this part of the insurance industry sector?

What happens if instead of a hospital, an insurance company goes down?