Andrew Cuomo, the Attorney General in New York State, just completed an agreement with a major medical insurer, which will create a fairer method to set reimbursement rates for medical treatment that has been obtained out of network. UnitedHealth Group, which is the nation’s second largest health insurer, has agreed to modify their system of [...]
Yesterday afternoon I participated in a conference call, which included representatives from most of the major prostate cancer organizations in the United States. Alvin Chin and John Willey who serve as consumer advocates for the Department of Defense Congressionally Directed Medical Research programs (DOD CDMRP) prompted the call. Alvin and John serve specifically on the [...]
An editorial in today's edition of Urotoday, "Exploring Causes for Declining Prostate Cancer Mortality Rates in the United States" (1/5/09), looks at possible explanations for the the reduction in deaths from prostate cancer in recent years ('93-'03). The authors relied on information from a a study reported recently in the journal Urologic Oncology (Nov-Dec). The researchers [...]
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is one of the major governmental entities that has a significant, direct and immediate affect on any of us who has any illness. All men with prostate cancer have had their life and their deaths impacted by the FDA. This impact has not been on just a few of [...]
I am writing this as I am sitting on an airplane traveling from Palm Beach Florida back to New York City in the accompany of my two sons. The oldest handed me an article from the current Harpers Magazine to read. I thought I would share it a part of it with you. According to [...]