COVID 19 SOMEHOW BECAME MORE OF A POLITICAL ISSUE IN THE US. DOCTORS, COME ON, SPEAK UP!!!

New York Governor Cuomo Coronavirus News Conference @CSPAN

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HOW COULD NEW YORK STATE of all States have been the least prepared to handle a Health EMERGENCY! GOVERNOR CUOMO and NYS Budget Director Robert Mujica WERE PREVENTED BY DEMOCRATIC SENATOR CHUCK SCHUMER AND PRESIDENT TRUMP

I'M REVIEWING MY POSTS (I'M STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW THE CORONA VIRUS PANDEMIC GAINED NOTORIETY IN THE US AS A POLITICAL ISSUE RATHER THAN A HEALTH ISSUE

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DOCTORS AND HEALTHCARE WORKERS UNITE TO PROTECT YOURSELVES AND YOUR PATIENTS DURING THE COVID 19 CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC

·        Published on March 19, 2020

· Kevin Maloney,MD Founder TOYS for KIDS and St Rita's Free Medical Clinic in Mamaroneck, NY Harbor Immediate Urgent Medical Care

3/19/2020 FOR ALL HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS RE: coronavirus COVID-19 testing, article in progress. This is a DRAFT ONLY

DOCTORS, YOU CAN DO THE SAME IN YOUR COMMUNITIES, AS I'VE DONE IN MINE DURING THIS WORLDWIDE PANDEMIC THAT HAS OUR ENTIRE POPULATION'S HEALTH AT RISK. IT'S TIME TO SPEAKUP.

(DON'T ALL KNOCK ME FOR THIS PLEASE: IT'S ONLY A SUGGESTION, DURING A WORLDWIDE HEALTH CRISIS., AND IT’S NO TIME TO SPELL CHECK THIS ETC..

DURING THIS CRISIS WE "ALSO" HAVE TO CONCENTRATE ON PROTECTING OURSELVES AND ALL HEALTHCARE WORKERS, WITHOUT WHOM WE WOULD HAVE A TOTAL COLLAPSE OF OUR ENTIRE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM."

I CONTACTED MY GOVERNOR IN NY LAST WEEK TO SUGGEST IMPLEMENTING DRIVE THROUGH COVID 19 TESTING. THIS WAS STARTED AT MY ADVICE. SO, DOCTORS SPEAK UP!!!

I've been keeping my patients informed as I'm sure that many of you are doing as well, to avoid panic, by posting updates to them through social media FACEBOOK Maloney J Kevin . I Posted this today:

3/19/2020 Update Corona virus Covid 19 testing:

I’ve been in contact with various health commissioners throughout the state (NY) as I have the availability of many testing kits that are being supplied to me by labs I deal with. I’ve suggested another drive through testing be set up at either Orchard Beach parking lot, Playland parking lot or both. Will keep you informed as I hear back today. The more people we test the more we can keep this under control by those who test Positive strictly quarantining themselves.

CONCERN FOR HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS (US) HAS BEEN OVERLOOKED AS ALWAYS, BUT WE DON'T HAVE TO STAY QUIET. I'M NOW BEING SENT TEST KITS TO DO THIS TESTING IN MY OFFICE (I'M FAMILY PRACTICE (ALL THOSE WE SEE DOING THIS TESTING AT DRIVE THRU SITES ARE IN HAZMAT SUITS HEAD TO TOE, BUT NOT US IN ER's AND NOW OUR PRIVATE OFFICES). WHEN ARE WE GOING TO STAND UP, SPEAK UP AND TAKE CONTROL OF OUR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM? IT'S BEING CONTROLLED BY BUSINESSMEN! REMEMBER, WITHOUT OUR "SIGNATURES" NOBODY GETS PAID. NURSES WENT ON STRIKE YEARS AGO AND UNIONIZED. WHEN ARE WE GOING TO DO THE SAME!!! THE QUALITY OF HEALTHCARE THAT WE DELIVER ALL WOULD BE GREATLY IMPROVED IF WE TOOK CONTROL AND MADE ALL DECISIONS REGARDING THE HEALTH OF OUR PATIENTS NOW BEING MADE BY CORPORATE CEOs, VENTURE CAPITALISTS ETC.. (NO FAULT OF THEIRS: WE ARE ALLOWING THIS TYPE OF CONTROL)

HERE IS A QUINTESSENTIAL EXAMPLE OF WHY WE MUST SPEAK UP TO LET ALL KNOW WHY OUR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM IS DETERIORATING.

YESTERDAY, MARCH 18th2020 DURING THE WORST AND MOST SEROUS EPIDEMIC THIS COUNTRY HAS FACED DURING OUR LIFETIMES, AS WE WERE RECEIVING EMERGENCY BULLETINS FROM ALL OF OUR STATE AND FEDERAL OFFICIALS AND WE AS HEALTH CARE WORKERS ARE IN HOSPITALS, NURSING HOMES, EMERGENCY ROOMS, AND ALL OTHER OUTPATIENT HEALTH CARE FACILITIES STRUGGLING TO PROTECT ALL OF OUR PATIENTS AS WELL AS OURSELVES FROM CONTRACTING AND SPREADING CORONA VIRUS COVID 19 TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITIES, CONCENTRATING OUR EFFORTS ON THAT AND NOTHING ELSE, I GET THE FOLLOWING PHONE CALLS:

1. "HI, THIS IS MVP HEALTHCARE, CAN YOU PLEASE GIVE ME YOUR FAX NUMBER SO THAT WE CAN SEND YOU A RECORD REQUEST, STATING THAT THEY HAVE NO DEMOGRAPHICS ON FILE FOR ME. (PRIMARY CARE DOCTORS, YOU ALL KNOW THESE ROUTINE RECORD REQUESTS WE GET ALL YEAR LONG. IT'S DRIVEN MANY DOCS TO LEAVE PRIVATE PRACTICE AND JOIN CORPORATIONS. WE ALL GET THESE RECORD REQUESTS ESPECIALLY FROM MANAGED CARE PLANS LOOKING TO COLLECT DATA ON HIGH RISK PATIENTS TO SUBMIT TO RECEIVE FEDERAL SUBSIDIES GIVEN TO EACH STATE, WIYH STATE AGENCIES ASSIGNED TO "MONITOR", OVERSEE AND REGULATE THESE MANAGED CARE PLANS. CAN YOU BELIEVE IT! WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF A HEALTHCARE CRISIS OR AM I DREAMING THIS THAT AS WE ARE LITERALLY RISKING OR LIVES (THOSE OF US WHO REMAIN OPEN) CARING FOR PATIENTS DURING A PANDEMIC, IN COMES A CALL FOR A ROUTINE RECORD REQUEST FROM A MANAGED CARE PLAN (CAN ONLY ASSUME TO SUBMIT DATA TO RECEIVE SUBSIDIES (MORE OF OUR TAXPAYER MONEY) FRO OUR GOVERNMENT DURING A PANDEMIC THAT THREATENS A DEPRESSION THAT COULD THREATEN OUR ENTIRE ECONOMY (MVP HEALTHCARE, WAKE UP!!).

AS WE DOCS ARE WELL TRAINED TO DO DURING EMERGENCY SITUATIONS, AT THE TIME I RECEIVED THIS CALL, YESTERDAY FROM MVP HEALTHCARE, I KEPT MY COMPOSURE AND CONCENTRATION ON THIS HEALTHCARE CRISIS BY SIMPLY STATING THAT I WOULD GET BACK TO MVP HEALTHCARE BY ASKING FOR THE PERSON'S EMAIL ADDRESS WHO CALLED ME TO ASK FOR MY FAX # TO SEND THE REQUEST (AGAIN STATING THAT THEY HAD NO DEMOGRAPHICS LISTED ON ME). (I JUST EMAILED THIS MVP REP A COPY AND PASTED STATEMENT OF MY MEMBER ROSTER LIST ON MVP'S SECURE PATIENT PORTAL SET UP TO TRANSMIT REQUESTS FOR RECORDS CONTAINING DEMOGRAPHIC IDENTIFIABLE INFO OR HIPAA PROTECTED INFO.

AS YOU CAN SEE FROM AN ARTICLE I'VE PUBLISHED, I FILED COMPLAINTS AGAINST MVP HEALTHCARE AND THIS IS HOW THEY ARE RESPONDING, INSTEAD OF TAKING CORRECTIVE ACTION ON THE VIOLATIONS OF RULES I ALLEGE THEY MUST FOLLOW ACCORDING TO THE ACA (AFFORDABLE CARE ACT), THEY, I ALLEGE. CONTINUE TO OPERATE ONLY WITH ONE OBJECTIVE- PROFIT! THE UNAFFORDABLE CARE ACT, SOME CALL IT, CAUSED US AN INCREASE OF BILLIONS IN OUR HEALTHCARE BUDGET BY THE FORMATION OF MEDICARE AND MEDICAID MANAGED CARE PLANS "NOT-FOR-PROFIT" MVP HEALTHCARE HAS A NET WORTH OF OVER A BILLION DOLLARS. DOCTORS SPEAK UP!!!! ( PS- I've VOICE TEXTED THIS AND SOMEONE TYPED THIS UP FOR ME SO DON'T THINK THIS TOOK MUCH OF MY TIME TO DICTATE THIS. THE MAJORITY OF MY TIME TODAY HAS BEEN SPENT ADDRESSING THE NEEDS OF MY PATIENTS DURING THIS PANDEMIC IN ADDITION TO HELPING TO SOLVE THE MYSTERIES BEHIND THIS ILLNESS AFFECTING SO MANY THAT WE KNOW SO LITTLE ABOUT.

2. SECOND CALL YESTERDAY DURING THIS NATIONAL EMERGENCY, DURING THE MIDDLE OF A WORLDWIDE HEALTHCARE CRISIS, "HI THIS IS UNITED HEALTHCARE, CAN YOU PLEASE GIVE US YOUR FAX NUMBER SO THAT WE CAN SEND A REQUEST FOR A BMI ON A PATIENT" !!!!!!

I AM NOT MAKING THIS UP!!!!

THIS IS WHAT HAS TAKEN OVER CONTROL OF OUR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM; BUSINESSMEN, WITH ABSOLUTELY NO CONCERN FOR ANYTHING OTHER THAN PROFIT. (WE ALLOWED THEM TO DO IT SO WE CAN'T BLAME THEM, BUT WE CAN SPEAK UP DOCTORS!!!!!!!!!

What to do? GO ON STRIKE? Of course not now! (but later on : LET IT BE KNOWN TO THE BIG BUSINESSES NOW CONTROLLING OUR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM THAT WE COULD DO IT IF WE CHOSE TO?:

(A DILEMMA FOR US THOUGH AS WE WOULD NEVER DO ANYTHING TO JEOPARDIZE THE HEALTH OF OUR PATIENTS). BUT IT'S TIME WE DO SOMETHING. ANY THOUGHTS?

Can you imagine: a record request, a request for a bmi on a patient yesterday! 3/18/2020 as I'm treating patients worried they might have contracted Covid 19, taking calls from patients wanting info on testing, directing patients as to what to do and where to call, where to go: those who had been in contact with a person who tested positive for the Corona Virus, while discussing testing ideas with the Board of Health, The Chief of Police and Mayor of the town where I practice (not to mention that many of my patients live in New Rochelle, the only or first area to be designated as a containment area in all of the United States). And Oh yes, I almost forgot that MVP also requested the BMI on a patient a couple of days ago, as well, during this crisis as well AND SO MANY PATIENTS WHO LIVE IN THIS CONTAINMENT ZONE ARE INSURED BY MVP HEALTHCARE AND UHC WHO OBVIOUSLY COULD GIVE A DAMN ABOUT THE HEALTH NEEDS OF THEIR PATIENTS BY REQUESTING BMIs ON THEM DURING A PANDEMIC.

*****THESE ARE THE PEOPLE CONTROLLING OUR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM SO DOCTORS PLEASE SPEAK UP.*******

AGAIN, I PRACTICE IN NEW YORK STATE AND I CONTACTED THE HEALTH COMMISSIONERS OF A NUMBER OF COUNTIES IN NEW YORK STATE TO GIVE MY SUGGESTION TO GOVERNOR CUOMO THAT WE IMPLEMENT DRIVE THRU TESTING. HE APPROVED IT, and THUS DRIVE THROUGH TESTING BEGAN IN NY.

AS I'M WRITING THIS, I JUST RECEIVED A CALL FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY WHO ARE ALSO TAKING MY SUGGESTIONS AND ARE GOING TO INFORM ME IF THEY ARE GOING TO USE THEM.

I ALSO SUGGESTED TO HOMELAND SECURITY AND OUR HEALTH COMMISSIONERS TO CONSIDER HOME TESTING, PROVIDING THE PUBLIC WITH TEST KITS TO DO THEMSELVES. AS ANOTHER MEANS TO MINIMIZE EXPOSURE. SO, DOCTORS SPEAK UP.

I REALIZED THAT WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE DURING THE 9/11 TERRORIST ATTACK WHEN I WAS ABLE TO SET UP MY OWN MASH UNIT AT THE SITE AND TREATED RESCUE WORKERS FOR A FULL MONTH (EVERY EVENING AFTER MY OFFICE HOURS) BY SIMPLY DRIVING DOWN TO MANHATTAN AND GETTING INVOLVED IN A CRISIS NOBODY HAD DEVISED A PROTOCOL FOR.

WE CAN ALL BECOME INVOLVED NOW WITH COVID 19, (OUR THOUGHTS AND OPINIONS AS DOCTORS MATTER AT TIMES LIKE THIS WHEN WE HAVE TO USE OUR PROBLEM-SOLVING SKILLS TO DIAGNOSE, TRAT, PREVENT AND POSSIBLY CURE.

DOCTORS, WHY ARE OUR OPINIONS NEEDED NOW?

Ex: DURING HURRICANE SANDY I VOLUNTEERED AT LARGE SHELTERS IN NYC, ONE OF WHICH “I RAN” AND SUBSEQUENTLY HAD TO SHUT DOWN TO AVOID AN EPIDEMIC OF NOROVIRUS. I REALIZED WHEN NYC FOUGHT ME AGAINST SHUTTING THIS SHELTER DOWN THAT MY INVOLVEMENT MADE A DIFFERENCE AS CAN YOURS NOW.

AT THIS SHELTER I DISCOVERED TRANSMISSION OF NOROVIRUS BETWEEN TWO FAMILIES; A NUMBER OF ADULTS AND CHILDREN WHO I THEN TRANSFERRED OUT OF THE SHELTER TO ERs FOR HYDRATION ETC.. I THEN ORDERED AND SUPERVISED DECONTAMINATION OF A NUMBER OF ROOMS, BATHROOMS ETC TO PREVENT SPREAD. THIS SHELTER OCCUPIED 3 FLOORS OF A LARGE UNIVERSITY AND CLASSES WERE TO RESUME FOR 20,000 COLLEGE STUDENTS THE NEXT DAY, WITH RESIDENTS OF THE SHELTER REMAINING AT THE UNIVERSITY. IF NOT FOR MY INVOLVEMENT, 30,000 STUDENTS COULD HAVE BEEN EXPOSED TO THIS STOMACH VIRUS WHICH COULD HAVE CAUSED AN EPIDEMIC THROUGH NEW YORK CITY AND BEYOND AS MANY STUDENTS COMMUTED TO THIS UNIVERSITY FROM ALL SUBURBS THROUGHOUT NEW YORK CITY.

AN ADMINISTRATOR FROM NEW YORK CITY HEALTH AND HOSPITAL CORPORATION CAME “STORMING” IN TO ME DEMANDING THAT I KEEP THE SHELTER OPEN, BUT NOTE, AT THE SAME TIME ASKING ME WHY THE FLOORS WERE COVERED WITH CARDBOARD AND WHY THE PLACE SMELLED OF CHLORINE, AS NOT BEING A DOCTOR THEY WERE UNAWARE OF DECONTAMINATION PROTOCOLS. THEY LATER APOLOGIZED BUT THIS IS WHY WE DOCTORS HAVE TO SPEAK UP AND STOP ALLOWING CONTROL OF OUR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM BY BUSINESSMEN, WHO ARE NOT TRAINED AS WE ALL ARE). SO, SPEAK UP DOCS AND TOGETHER WE CAN IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF OUR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM THAT IS FAILING.

USE YOUR INFLUENCE NOW DURING THIS PANDEMIC.

By increasing testing sites we can lessen the criteria needed for anyone to be tested. Right now the requirements are that you have been in contact with someone who tested positive, have traveled from an endemic country, very symptomatic and in the case of the “New Rochelle” (AN EPICENTER) DRIVE THRU TEST CENTER, you have to provide proof of residency. I’m Doing my best to make this testing available to everyone and especially my patients, and you can do the same.

I POSTED THIS MORNING: AGAIN I SUGGESTED ORCHARD BEACH AND PLAYLAND PARKING LOTS AS TESTING SITES TO WESTCHESTER COUNTY AND NYC HEALTH COMMISSIONERS DR SHERLITA AMLER and DR HOWARD ZUKER and WILL INFORM YOU OF DECISIONS BUT IF ANYONE DISAGREES PLEASE LET ME KNOW.

THE BOARD OF HEALTH CALLED ME YESTERDAY ASKING ME IF I STILL WANTED A TESTING SITE IN MAMARONECK, WHICH I ORIGINALLY SUGGESTED BUT DECIDED NOT TO DO AS WE ARE TOO POPULATED IN MAM'K. LOCAL OFFICIALS AGREED WITH MY DECISION. WILL LET MY PATIENTS KNOW IF I GET THESE SITES APPROVED TODAY (WESTCHESTER COUNTY HEALTH COMMISSIONER SHERLITA AMLER JUST INFORMED ME THAT SHE WILL SUBMIT MY SUGGESTION TO THE STATE, as I EXPECT NYC HEALTH COMMISSIONER HOWARD ZUKER WILL DO THE SAME.

BUT COME ON, DOCTORS SPEAK UP!!

IT'S TIME WE EXERT OUR INFLUENCE AND USE OUR POWER. WHAT IF "WE ALL DIED FROM COVID 19" (WE ARE MOST AT RISK AND THE LEAST PROTECTED" AND OUR PATIENTS NEED US AND APPRECIATE ALL WE DO FOR THEM. IT'S TIME WE MAKE ALL THOSE BUSINESSMEN WHO HAVE INVESTED IN HEALTHCARE WHO NOW CONTROL US FEEL THE SAME ABOUT US AND REALIZE THAT WE ARE THE ONLY ONES WHO, WITH OUR KNOWLEDGE AND "YEARS" OF STUDY WHO CAN MAKE THE BEST DECISIONS WITH REGARDS TO PROVIDING HEALTHCARE!!!!

Dr Kevin Maloney. Mamaroneck, NY

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SO DOCTORS LETS JOIN TOGETHER TO TAKE CONTROL OF OUR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM OUT OF THE HANDS OF BIG BUSINESS FOR THE PROTECTION OF OUR PATIENTS, OUR FAMILY MEMBERS AND OURSELVES TO RESTORE AMERICA TO BEING NUMBER ONE AGAIN IN TERMS OF QUALITY OF HEALTHCARE RANKED BY THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION

11/18/2020. Responding to those asking for DR MALONEY'S backround after he reported: "GOV CUOMO'S MEDICAID REDESIGN TEAM IS LOOKING TO FILL IN HOLE OF 2+ BILLION PUBLIC HEALTHCARE FUNDS THAT CUOMO(ON AIR) STATES HE IS HAVING TROUBLE THINKING OF A WAY TO FILL IT IN (WHEN QUESTIONED ABOUT THESE MISSING FUNDS WHEN HE HANDED IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET PROPOSAL. THE FEDS SHUT DOWN HIS TEAM AND WOULD NOT LET THEM TOUCHTHE BOOKS. I REPORTED TO GOV CUOMO TO LOOK AT SPENDING BY MVP HEALTHCARE NY WHO ? MISAPPROPRIATED THE FUNDS."

IT WAS AT DR MALONEY’S ADVICE THAT GOVERNOR CUOMO OF NY IMPLEMENTED COVID 19 DRIVE THRU-TESTING. Dr M was informed Gov Cuomo was sending a mobile VAN out for testing, & Dr M intervened. USING HIS EXPERIENCE AS A 1st RESPONDER & LEADER DURING PREVIOUS EMERGENCIES Dr M instructed NY’s HEALTH COMMISSIONERS HOW TO IMPLEMENT & DUPLICATE drive-thru Covid 19 testing, who to contact for personnel, supplies etc. HAZMET, DMAT, FEMA RED+etc. DR M’s advice for States to be ready to use Drive-thrus for mass vaccination IF NEEDED is under consideration. Dr M has consistently reported his success without a single hospitalization or pneumonia in treating covid 19 patients with steroid;since Dec'19. He reported that his knowledge was empiric,: gained by treating many pt's living in a Covid 19 containment zone. As he reported his success using steroids the CDC advised not to use them stating that steroids depress the immune system. DR M argued that this was true only in certain individuals, reporting that IMMUNOSUPPRESSION HAS ONLY BEEN OBSERVED IN PATIENTS WITH LONG-TERM USE & THAT IMMUNOSUPPRESSION HAS NOT BEEN OBSERVED IN PTs WHO HAVE BEEN PRESCRIBED SHORT COURSES OF STEROIDS, AS DR M WAS DOING WITH pts with SOB C/P WHEEZING. HE REPORTED THAT STEROIDS WERE EFFECTIVE IN SUPPRESSING THE DESTRUCTIVE INFLAMMATION HE WAS WHITNESSING IN PATIENTS’ UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACTS. Dr M reported his finding until FINALLY, 6 months later, it was announced that steroids were the 1st drug shown to have a significant effect in fighting Covid 19 illness, first approving steroid use in hospitalized patients on vents, followed by approving use of steroids to Tx most Covid 19 hospitalized patients with respiratory compromise. DR MALONEY CONTINUES TO ADVISE USING STEROIDS ON PATIENTS WITH RESPIRATORY ILLNESS EARLY ON TO AVOID HOSPITALIZATION. HE HAS REPORTED THAT THERE ARE NO GENERALLY ACCEPTED RECS IN PLACE TO TREAT COVID 19 PATIENTS WITH UPPER RESPIRATORY SYSTEMS “PRIOR TO HOSPITALIZATION”. DR M IS PRESENTLY ADVOCATING FOR A Tx PROTOCOL TO BE ANNOUNCES TO Tx COVID 19 PATIENTS BEFORE HOSPITALIZATION (starting by EVALUATING THOSE WITH SHORTNESS OF BREATH AS CANDIDATES FOR EARLY INTERVENTION AND PREVENTION OF PROGRESSION OF MORBIDITY IN COVID 19 PATIENTS. 

AND TO CALCULATE MORBIDITY RATES & DEVISE OUTPATIENT Tx PROTOCOLS DR M PROPOSED SENDING ALL DOCTORS TRACKING FORMS used to track LYMES & STD cases TO FILL OUT ON COVID 19 Pts (what they prescribed, how well the pt did to collect data to Tx & contain this virus