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Bill McBain

@mcbill

Bill McBain: i♥nyc. Ad & tech agency Finance. Biztech geek. Diabetic. News fanatic. Fan of my family and large Muppety dogs. Duxbury born and raised.

New York, NY Katılım Ekim 2007
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Bill McBain
Bill McBain@mcbill·
No one ever wrote a book about someone who 'was gonna' do something. Do it. And don't look back until you're done.
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Dave Amirault
Dave Amirault@ozskier·
I’m flying to EWR on a 737-800 that has an in flight entertainment system from a million years ago, no wifi, and a crap cabin. This flight was also $1,400. Do better, @delta.
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@BeachDuxbury I assume OSV capacity is based on conditions, certain wildlife metrics, and staffing levels. Are the procedures for these decisions documented anywhere? Trying to compare how Dux manages these calls vs other towns in MA and northeast. Looking if framework exists.
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Morning Brew ☕️@MorningBrew·
AOL says it will discontinue dial-up internet on September 30 May this sound echo in eternity:
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They told me I’d know the result of the authorization by Saturday. It’s now Sunday and I haven’t heard a thing. I’m supposed to be in the OR at 10:00 AM tomorrow. @UHC is the absolute worst.
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My surgery is 7:30 AM on Monday and I just got a phone call from my surgeon's authorization department that @UHC hasn't approved it yet. Why the fuck am I finding this out at 3:00 PM Friday afternoon before the surgery? Burn the entire medical system down and start over.

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Bill McBain
Bill McBain@mcbill·
@ozskier People in your mentions will attempt to blame programs like this for price increases while voting for $4 trillion tax cut extensions for people that don’t need it.
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An excellent way to explain price increases and remind people who to blame.
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Mark Cuban
Mark Cuban@mcuban·
If you are a CEO of a self insured companies and you want to know what the problem with pricing on medications do this: Call your PBM and ask for 1. A list of all your pharmacy claims the last month and the net price for each 2. A price list of all net prices 3. Why a drug that is just a pill, is considered a specialty drug 4. Who pays for the rebates you get (hint, it's your sickest employees) 5. Why they reimburse your local pharmacy less than their cost and charge them crazy fees 6. If you can discuss your PBM contract with anyone 7. Why you can't add @costplusdrugs to your network, for when our prices are cheaper than theirs 8. Why you can't call a manufacturer to discuss adherence or wellness programs with the company who created the drug 9. Why they don't provide claims data to the manufacturer to help them improve the safety profile 10. Why they sell positioning on their formulary rather than using it exclusively for clinical value 11. Whether they calls doctors to get them to change scripts to the PBMs white label biosimilar 12. Why your consultant didn't tell you any of this The level of opacity that the big PBMs create is why the price of brand drugs are outrageous
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Dave Amirault
Dave Amirault@ozskier·
Welp, there goes the economy. Congratulations, morons.
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Bill McBain
Bill McBain@mcbill·
@ozskier I liked Borowitz’s take “On JD’s ski trip the best act of resistance would be done by a tree.”
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Michelle Tandler
Michelle Tandler@michelletandler·
Congestion pricing in NYC is *working* on every metric. Busses are going faster -- taxi trips are up -- traffic and noise are down -- foot traffic is up, Broadway tickets up, commute times down. And the city is making $$ for public transit. This is a fight worth fighting.
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Like I know Apple has their intents api for exactly this purpose developer.apple.com/documentation/… and llmstxt.org is a lite standard, but it just seems like it should be a major focus of so many in the tech space right now and doesn’t seem to be getting appropriate chatter.
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Bill McBain@mcbill·
Hey @amywebb , you know of anyone writing the standards or best practices to guide ai agents on public servers? Like a robots.txt to provide guardrails for agents / help them discover the right content or interact with digital products optimally?
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Bill McBain@mcbill·
@jmwass Yes. Common way of ensuring dogs in public are vaccinated to reduce rabies risk if bites occur. Secondarily, allows for up-to-date contact info if a dog gets loose.
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Jonathan Wasserstrum
Jonathan Wasserstrum@jmwass·
Today I learned that my town makes you get a dog license and have it renewed every year. I’ve never had a dog so this is news to me. Is this common?
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