Let Detroit suffer its fate Nov 18, 2008
The conservative gatekeeper Michael Medved spotlighted another whisper campaign in May, writing that the popular moderate Florida G.O.P. governor Charlie Crist had been single since his divorce in 1980 (after a marriage that lasted only a year) and was the subject of nasty rumors of possible gay activity. Crist announced his engagement to a woman weeks later, but by then he was no longer a serious contender for the ticket. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
What's Up, Docs? Aug 13, 2008
Consider using your primary-care physician as a gatekeeper of care and treatment options. If one of my patients has questions after seeing a specialist, I can ask the specialist, get an explanation and then call the patient back, says Dr. Gene Kallenberg, family medicine physician and chief of staff at UCSD Medical Center. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Democrats here reach a consensus on the party's platform Aug 10, 2008
" In language sure to rile the guardians of Iowa's gatekeeper event, the proposed amendment contended that, "Caucuses inherently disenfranchise the elderly, disabled, shift workers, single parents and others whose circumstances prohibit participation in caucuses. Further, the 2008 primaries illustrated that a caucus vote is worth more than a primary vote because each delegate elected by caucuses represents fewer votes than each delegate elected by primary. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
New Episcopal division offers in-home senior care Jul 18, 2008
"They would hopefully be the gatekeeper and monitor that everything is going well," said Kathy Ison, vice president of affordable housing and in-home services for Episcopal Retirement Homes. This article is for Paid Print Subscribers ONLY.. (Cincinnati Business Courier, OH)
Pratt & Whitney Moves Ahead With Sonomax Hearing Protectors May 21, 2008
Sonomax created SonoCustom(TM), a unique expansion earpiece and a highly efficient gatekeeper between sounds and eardrums, and SonoPass(TM) fit validation software, whose capability has been expanded so that it can now test hearing protectors other than SonoCustom(TM), with the objective of establishing individual fit-testing of hearing protectors as the universal standard. The Company's SonoPlatform(TM) is the foundation for state-of-the-art hearing aids, active and passive earpieces for... (CCNMatthews Press Releases)
In search of a diagnosis ... May 20, 2008
The same study found the majority of GPs agreeing that they have a central role in providing reassurance and psychological support to Mups patients, as well as acting as the gatekeeper to secondary care. Sue Carfrae certainly has no beef with doctors, even though she has no idea why two of her four children - Adam, 20, and Stephanie, 16 - need to use wheelchairs. (Guardian Unlimited)
Excise pledge did Nelson no favours May 18, 2008
Nelson's leadership was not assertive, his party was all over the place and ill-equipped to act as the gatekeeper for an ambitious, eager and mandated new Government. The abolition of Work Choices was the prime example. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
45 comments May 2, 2008
" Okay...but by that same token, the Constitution doesn't say that Congress can get involved in highways, or the Air Force, or hundreds of other things that the federal government has gotten involved with over the years. I'm not sure that your interpretation would stand up under judicial review. Donovan, Washington, DCMay 01, 2008 @ 08:52 AMA $2500 tax credit per person? With any kind of pre-existing condition, regardless of the severity, a person in his 40's and up can expect to pay over one... (Human Events Online)
Marketing Of Unproven Genetic Tests A Threat To Public Health Apr 9, 2008
These DTC tests are especially troubling, the paper explains, "because there is no health-care provider to serve as a 'gatekeeper' to prevent inappropriate test ordering or misinterpretation of test results.". The authors reviewed claims made by testing businesses about the value of genetic testing for variability in cytochrome P-450 (CYP450) enzymes in predicting how individuals will metabolize antidepressants called selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs). (Science Daily)
colorful Muttrah Mar 30, 2008
Because of its position on the route between Africa, India and the rest of Asia, and as gatekeeper to the Strait of Hormuz (and the riches of what was once Persia), Oman was the trade capital of the East for more than a thousand years. Traders here dealt not just in gold, textiles and slaves, but in the local copper and frankincense that made Omanis staggeringly wealthy 4,000 years before anyone thought of a profitable use for all that oil under the sand. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)
Health care costs up ... Spot that storm ... Awning collapses in city of McConnell ... 20-SOMETHING: Amber Benson - After losing it all in Hurricane Katrina, she starts over ... STATE POLITICAL CHATTER: Cook County nears budget deadline ... STATE NEWS: Software snafu delays United Airlines\' check-ins on Leap Day ... SOMETHING TO TALK ABOUT: Medill journalism dean cleared of accusations by Northwestern provost ... YOUR HEALTH: Study finds robots - and Rover - equally decrease loneliness in the elderly ... DEADLY SUBSTANCE: 2 weeks after man seriously sickened, Vegas police find ricin in his hotel room ... IRAQ UPDATE: Iraq\'s presidency gives go ahead for execution of \'Chemical Ali\' ... BUSINESS NEWS: Tyson plans $10M expansion at hometown plant as other closes ... BIG BUSINESS: State Farm reports 3 percent profit increase for 2007 ... WALL STREET: Stocks fall as economic reports, disappointing quarterly reports stir concerns about economy ... ';var marqueewidth="350px";var marqueeheight="25px";var marqueebgcolor="#FFFFFF";////NO NEED TO EDIT BELOW THIS LINE////////////var pauseit=1;var marqueespeed=1 //slow speed down by 1 for NSvar copyspeed=marqueespeedvar pausespeed=(pauseit==0)? copyspeed: 0var iedom=document.all||document.getElementByIdif (iedom)document.write(''+marqueecontent+'')var actualwidth=''var cross_marquee, ns_marqueefunction populate(){if (iedom){cross_marquee=document.getElementById? document.getElementById("iemarquee") : document.all.iemarqueecross_marquee.style.left=parseInt(marqueewidth)+8+"px"cross_marquee.innerHTML=marqueecontentactualwidth=document.all? temp.offsetWidth : document.getElementById("temp").offsetWidth}else if (document.layers){ns_marquee=document.ns_marquee.document.ns_marquee2ns_marquee.left=parseInt(marqueewidth)+8ns_marquee.document.write(marqueecontent)ns_marquee.document.close()actualwidth=ns_marquee.document.width}lefttime=setInterval("scrollmarquee()",20)}window.onload=populate;function scrollmarquee(){if (iedom){if (parseInt(cross_marquee.style.left)>(actualwidth*(-1)+8))cross_marquee.style.left=parseInt(cross_marquee.style.left)-copyspeed+"px"elsecross_marquee.style.left=parseInt(marqueewidth)+8+"px"}else if (document.layers){if (ns_marquee.left>(actualwidth*(-1)+8))ns_marquee.left-=copyspeedelsens_marquee.left=parseInt(marqueewidth)+8}}if (iedom||document.layers){with (document){document.write('')if (iedom){write('')write('')write('')write('')}else if (document.layers){write('')write('')write('')}document.write('')}}Saturday, March 01, 2008 Joe Tamborello / The Journal-StandardFreeport Finance Director Craig Joesten (left) and Freeport's Deputy Chief of Police Bob Smith discuss the city's health insurance options in the City Council chambers on Feb. 19. Health care costs up Mar 1, 2008
In a change to that plan, Joesten said NIHP is offering to eliminate its "community gatekeeper requirement.". "I received a call from FHN and they are beginning a pilot program with the city only where they have expanded their network to include their broad PPO Network," he said. (Freeport Journal-Standard, IL)
If it's broke, fix it- with stock tips Jan 29, 2008
The Republicans are divided between the free-market corporatists who believe that the solution to America's healthcare crisis is to have companies cut healthcare from employees' benefit packages, and the social conservatives who seem to believe that Jesus should be both their spiritual and healthcare gatekeeper. The two Democratic Party frontrunners, Senators Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, have advanced detailed policy prescriptions for covering the uninsured in America. (Asia Times Online)
An analytical mind Jan 1, 2008
" But Dr. Melani, in his mid-30s at the time, was just a decade into his professional life. Craving for more than just a punch in, punch out job, he was put in charge of a Blue Cross insurance subsidiary, called Health Related Services. He was not, say co-workers and superiors, immediately tapped for corporate stardom. "He wasn't even on our radar screen," said one boss. But he would slowly distinguish himself as someone who could read the tea leaves and see the future of health care; at no time... (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Dr. William McGuire Settles with the SEC and the UnitedHealth Group Special Litigation Committee on Stock Options Matter Dec 7, 2007
These included expanded uses of data in decision-making, technology applications to improve efficiency and advance quality, the elimination of "gatekeeper" systems in favor of open access to doctors and nurses and new approaches to meeting the unique health care needs of older people and disadvantaged populations. Dr. McGuire resigned from the company on November 30, 2006. (PR Newswire)
Mitt Romney's to-do list is mostly done Nov 11, 2007
To that end, he has spent more time and money in the two gatekeeper states than any other Republican. So far, the first part of his strategy is working. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Says training more intel agents is right course to follow Oct 9, 2007
WND: What will be the impact on the American public if they do not get past existing gatekeepers for the information that they need to have about their candidates ... Our health care system is a tribune to bureaucracy, because it basically puts the big insurance companies and the government into the role of being the gatekeeper. (WorldNetDaily)
LSE finance director quits for Close Brothers Oct 9, 2007
Mr Howell presided over the exchange's books during its landmark flotation, and he was the LSE's financial gatekeeper while no fewer than five potential buyers circled the exchange over a period of about seven years. Nasdaq, the US exchange, Macquarie, the Australian bank, and rival exchanges Deutsche Borse and OMX all launched formal bids. (Times Online)
A guide to company results and meetings, and economic statistics Sep 17, 2007
INTERIMS: Burren Energy, Close Holdings, Collins Stewart, F&C Private Equity Trust, Gatekeeper Systems, Gyrus, Lighthouse, Unite, X5 Retail. FINALS: Ricardo. (Telegraph.co.uk)
Who needs gated communities? Jul 25, 2007
Your going to see a gated community when you die and I hope you know the gatekeeper ... John 8:32 the GateKeeper said when you know the truth, the truth will set you free. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
One giant YouTube leap, for 2008 White House hopefuls Jul 22, 2007
"This stuff is much less fascinating if a third-party gatekeeper comes in and tells us what is interesting and what is fluff," he wrote. Already, 2008 candidates are adept at using YouTube-style videos to reach voters in new ways: Clinton launched her campaign in one, and Obama even posted short films of him having dinner with selected supporters. (Yahoo News -- Technology)
Auto thefts maintain steady climb in Tucson Jul 16, 2007
In San Diego, where the auto-theft rate has dropped, some partly credit the overall decrease in crime to tightened border security from Operation Gatekeeper, which began in October 1994 and essentially sealed the border. Police in Southern Arizona, hoping to see such a drop in auto-related crimes, also credit highway operations, such as last week's checkpoint, for gathering vital intelligence for investigations and stopping stolen vehicles. (FOX 11, AZ)
League of Rural Voters: SIRIUS/XM Merger is Not EchoStar/DirecTV Jun 22, 2007
"The FCC found that DBS operators contribute to viewpoint diversity by playing a 'gatekeeper role' that 'clearly affects' which entertainment and news programming is available," the paper says. "The audio entertainment market does not present the same concern, since it includes many different providers/editors." -- Additionally, LRV's analysis concludes that the FCC's concerns in the EchoStar/DirecTV case do not apply to satellite radio because of its small saturation in a rapidly growing... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Moore on health insurance: entertaining but flawed Jun 17, 2007
There will always be a gatekeeper. Under a single-payer plan, that person would be a government employee _ some might even say a bureaucrat. (Scripps Howard News Wire)
Cheaper health insurance option is minus the ER May 28, 2007
It includes preventative and routine care using the HMO gatekeeper referral model, mental health counseling, rehabilitation, durable medical equipment, urgent care centers and a $100 a month pharmacy stipend. This article is for Paid Print Subscribers ONLY.. (South Florida Business Journal, FL)
No Theological Test for Citizenship May 3, 2007
I get worried when we place man as the gatekeeper to the knowledge of God ... Second man as the gatekeeper leaves itself open to abuse and control of the people. (Washington Post)
North San Diego County Community News Briefs: Paddle a canoe for charity Apr 20, 2007
These free services are offered as a safety net: Vial of Life, Gatekeeper, Postal Alert, Home Safety Check, You Are Not Alone and Are You OK. Call Gloria Aronson at (760) 943-2255. Toastmasters meet weekly. (North County Times)
Initiative to Test Hispanics Improves Knowledge, Safety Mar 16, 2007
That's one of the reasons "gatekeeper" Maria Hernandez gets involved. Hernandez, 27, was one of two people helping Mondragon by passing out pamphlets, brochures, condoms and lubricants. (The Ledger)
Marijuana found in routine BHS drug sweep Mar 14, 2007
GateKeeper wrote on March 08, 2007 3:59 PM:"It it's the gateway drug....... dubbb me the GATEKEEPER..... As far as the SF stats go on here....... i would say maybe 25%.... There are animal crackers in my cube... hehehe They did the dog searches 15 years ago when i was in high school and i lived in a "little Chicago" town just south of here which most of the regular bloggers have commented is a "hick town" in the past. (I was never dumb enough to take it to school) I do think that checks like... (The Pantagraph newspaper)
Where the heart (surgery) is Feb 6, 2007
A doctor in New Delhi will replace Nancy Kuhlman's mitral valve - a gatekeeper on the left side of the heart that prevents blood from flowing the wrong direction. Kuhlman, 58, is joining a growing number of Americans who are outsourcing their health care to India and other countries. (Durango Herald)
Vouchers, transit alert, Sen. Obama Feb 3, 2007
President Bush signs an executive order requiring each agency to have an appointee acting as gatekeeper to analyze the cost and benefits of proposed new rules and regulations and to make certain agencies act on his priorities ... I am a curmudgeon today, so lets open with a sour word: while President Bush had laudable intentions in requiring a gatekeeper to re 000005A8 in in the excesses of the regulators, the devil is in the details ... If the gatekeeper comes from the agency, is that not... (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Sonnenschein's Growth Plan: Cherry-Picking Laterals Feb 1, 2007
"Kara is the gatekeeper [who] makes the strategic gut check," Portnoy says. "She asks, 'Is this a move that is aligned with our strategic plan? Is this a move that makes sense strategically, economically and culturally?'" Adds Ross, who has worked with Baysinger to recruit partners: "Kara has that sense of place of who our firm is, who fits and who does not. ... When she has a sense that someone is not the right person, she pushes back.". (Law.com)
Doctor Group Joins Call for Healthcare Overhaul Jan 23, 2007
He said the proposed system goes far beyond the "gatekeeper" concept under which patients had to get permission from a primary care physician to consult a specialist. "It's being done successfully in other countries," Doherty said -- citing Commonwealth Fund studies that show that health care quality in the United States often falls short of that seen in countries with nationalized programs, such as Britain, New Zealand and Australia. (Newsmax)
