pettusftw

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by pettusftw 4y ago
It seems like an unaccounted for confouder that LCD/NCD/MUE denials are the bread and butter of a claims clearinghouse and the claims would not be sent to the payer if they failed those tests. My bias may be showing, but it doesn&
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by pettusftw 4y ago
I am also not nearly educated enough, and also following this work very closely. With the strides made in the past several years I'm always surprised I don't see it being discussed more (outside of a niche of academics)
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by pettusftw 4y ago
Proponents of electric cars love to talk about daily commutes and charging at home over night and how they never have to "fill up", while either never leaving a 200 mile bubble around their home, or pretending they're okay wi
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by pettusftw 4y ago
Not to challenge your perspective because I agree to some degree, but hemp roots grow >=3,<=6 feet down due to the tap root.
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by pettusftw 5y ago
That's an interesting perspective. So you would say any economic disincentive used against a country is a violation because the population is impacted by the economic pains? Are reparations a violation of the same in your mind? It seem
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by pettusftw 5y ago
> It should be on the ground in Ukraine, but it can't because it is spent. Should it? That's not a foregone conclusion. Your justification for why it "can't" is also quite debatable. > Meanwhile, the enemy ste
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by pettusftw 5y ago
The following is US centric because that is the only resource extraction I'm personally familiar with. Coal should stay dead. It has no redeeming qualities except that the cost is largely in externalizations. Oil and LNG output is cons
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by pettusftw 5y ago
It is so bizarre to me how he consistently and entirely disregards the idea of Ukraine's sovereignty and right to self-determine. Imperialism as inherently justified seems to be a foregone conclusion. If they want to join NATO, or do a
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by pettusftw 5y ago
I interpret it as eliminating the barrier to entry to those that know how to set up custom equipment. I haven't tried, so I don't know how large that barrier is, but it seems safe to say there's a very low probability a rando
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by pettusftw 5y ago
As a counter-anecdote, I purchased a Sceptre monitor in the 20"-30" range in 2010 and used it through 2015 when I gave it away. It's still in daily use and working fine for what it is.
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by pettusftw 5y ago
To add an anecdote, I attempted to rent almost 2 months ago and there was zero availability within 150 miles of a major city.
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by pettusftw 5y ago
Yes. Sort of. Oklahoma saw an incredible number of earthquakes from wastewater disposal, it has since died down after being regulated so its pretty clear that was the cause https://www.usgs.gov/faqs/oklahoma-has-had-a-s
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by pettusftw 5y ago
Interesting. I've wondered about this sort of pivot before. Coming from Oklahoma where O&G reigns supreme it seemed natural to galvanize that same workforce for this type of clean energy, and with the explosion of horizontal drilli
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by pettusftw 5y ago
IIRC there is an intranasal expected to be approved mid next year. I can't find the source I read that in, so take the timing with a grain of salt. Another source I can't find at the moment mentioned questions about the duration o
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by pettusftw 5y ago
Opposing governmental mandates is one thing, but eschewing personal responsibility is supposed to be the antithesis of these folks worldview. It's a bit baffling, though sadly not surprising. And to be clear, the majority of the conser
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by pettusftw 5y ago
Judging by your stance across this thread I doubt it will matter, but I'll share it anyway for the readers. Take it for whatever you think it's worth. My anecdotal experience via my SO who is an ICU nurse is that what you've
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by pettusftw 5y ago
The 2013 Moore, OK tornado was 1.08 miles (1.74 km) wide at its peak. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_Moore_tornado That's nowhere near the widest, just the widest F5 that comes to mind. 11 days later the wides
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by pettusftw 5y ago
Do you believe the alternative is the town dying? I come from a place that is the furthest from a tourist destination you can imagine, and it was booming with local businesses in the 70's and 80's and they died all the same, they
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by pettusftw 6y ago
How does this square with the pharmaceutical manufacturers averaging a 26% profit margin, health insurers averaging 3%, and PBMs 2%? https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/healthcare/reports/2...
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by pettusftw 6y ago
Pharmaceutical companies are actually far more profitable than I imagined. Pharma companies enjoy a profit margin averaging 26%, medical device companies 12%, and hospital groups (which includes non-profits) 8%. Insurance companies are clos
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by pettusftw 6y ago
Depends who the developers are. My company has been acquired several times over the past decade and it has been for our backend. The frontend has been largely left to rot and is a seldom used nightmare at this point. Our backend devs that u