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ACA and my job
Author: TriSec
Date: 06/16/2012 11:45:46
Good Morning!
A fine weekend in New England in the offing....one of those that would make suffering through all those sub-zero snow days last winter worth it, if we had any.
We're up a little bit early today, since some genius at the soccer league scheduled a game for stupid o'clock, instead of in the afternoon sun like we've been all season, but I digress.
Today's a touch on the busy side; after the game I'll be heading over to Waltham's Government Center for a senate debate. Nothing as grand as Ms. Warren, but a local race. Longtime state Senator Susan Fargo is retiring this year and there's an open seat, so folks are lining up to run.
I'd imagine this story will be getting some play.
Mr. Lacroix is one of the very few city officials that I don't know..so I really have no idea on what might have happened here. One footnote, it states he lives in Maynard (a few miles west of here). As far as I know, only the City of Boston has a residency rule, so that's not that unusual.
After our debate today, it's on to the Bean factory in Burlington...this little toy is coming by, plus Wally, the World Series trophies, free ice cream, games, and a whole bunch of other fun stuff. If you're in the neighborhood, come on by!
Finally this morning, a wee word about the ACA. Fifteen years ago now, the late Senator Kennedy drafted a bill that standardized the electronic healthcare claims industry. You probably know this better thanks to the confidentiality rules attached to it. (HIPAA). In any case, there was a boom in the data transmission industry that continues to this day; you no doubt are well aware that I've worked in this industry since the beginning.
While not as sweeping as HIPAA, there's a provision in the ACA called CORE Operating Rules. This is codifying and standardizing a lot of operational procedures concerning such mundane things as claim status, eligibility transactions, real-time access, turnaround times, report standardization, and the like.
Once again, I'm here at the beginning, and seem to be the lead analyst for the project at FCHP right now. But the ACA was supposed to be expensive, job-killing, government overreach, wasn't it?
There's likely to be a few more jobs created as we get closer to the deadlines, but unlike HIPAA, the question this time is will they be in America, or will the programmers in India be the chief beneficiaries this time around?
A fine weekend in New England in the offing....one of those that would make suffering through all those sub-zero snow days last winter worth it, if we had any.
We're up a little bit early today, since some genius at the soccer league scheduled a game for stupid o'clock, instead of in the afternoon sun like we've been all season, but I digress.
Today's a touch on the busy side; after the game I'll be heading over to Waltham's Government Center for a senate debate. Nothing as grand as Ms. Warren, but a local race. Longtime state Senator Susan Fargo is retiring this year and there's an open seat, so folks are lining up to run.
I'd imagine this story will be getting some play.
Thomas M. LaCroix, Waltham’s police chief, now faces charges of assaulting his wife, after being arraigned Friday from a bed at Emerson Hospital in Concord, where he was taken after suffering chest and stomach pains.
“Absolutely shocking, that was the first thing that came to my mind,” said Phil Gibson, who lives next door to the 49-year-old police chief in Maynard. “This is a couple who held hands as they walked down the street, and they always seemed to get along perfectly. I can’t think of anything that would make him do that.”
According to prosecutors, Thomas LaCroix struck his wife, Andrea K. LaCroix, Tuesday inside their Wood Lane home. She left but returned soon afterward with a female friend, and LaCroix then allegedly assaulted the friend, prosecutors said.
Few details were released about the assaults. The police report and prosecutors’ summary of the case were impounded and only one member of the media was allowed at the arraignment Friday afternoon.
LaCroix appeared emotionless during the brief arraignment, which took place in the intensive care unit, according to the pool reporter who said the police chief was sitting upright in bed, looking down at times and around the room.
LaCroix faces charges including two counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon for allegedly striking the two victims with a bicycle rack and a countertop. He was also charged with allegedly threatening to kill the victim or victims, officials said.
He was ordered held without bail pending a dangerousness hearing set for Tuesday at 2 p.m. in Concord District Court.
Mr. Lacroix is one of the very few city officials that I don't know..so I really have no idea on what might have happened here. One footnote, it states he lives in Maynard (a few miles west of here). As far as I know, only the City of Boston has a residency rule, so that's not that unusual.
After our debate today, it's on to the Bean factory in Burlington...this little toy is coming by, plus Wally, the World Series trophies, free ice cream, games, and a whole bunch of other fun stuff. If you're in the neighborhood, come on by!
Finally this morning, a wee word about the ACA. Fifteen years ago now, the late Senator Kennedy drafted a bill that standardized the electronic healthcare claims industry. You probably know this better thanks to the confidentiality rules attached to it. (HIPAA). In any case, there was a boom in the data transmission industry that continues to this day; you no doubt are well aware that I've worked in this industry since the beginning.
While not as sweeping as HIPAA, there's a provision in the ACA called CORE Operating Rules. This is codifying and standardizing a lot of operational procedures concerning such mundane things as claim status, eligibility transactions, real-time access, turnaround times, report standardization, and the like.
Once again, I'm here at the beginning, and seem to be the lead analyst for the project at FCHP right now. But the ACA was supposed to be expensive, job-killing, government overreach, wasn't it?
There's likely to be a few more jobs created as we get closer to the deadlines, but unlike HIPAA, the question this time is will they be in America, or will the programmers in India be the chief beneficiaries this time around?
