Recently nine pharmacists from across the country were charged for their part in a $12.1M health care fraud scheme. The pharmacists allegedly took money for prescription medications that were neither purchased nor dispensed. The indictments further allege that the defendants billed Medicare and Medicaid for medications that were often medically unnecessary and for some medications that were purportedly dispensed to
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Bribery and corruption continue to plague governments and organizations around the world. Brazil’s Operation Car Wash, the 1MDB scandal in Malaysia, the FIFA bribery case and many others continue to make headlines. The prevalence of widespread, coordinated corruption and bribery is alarming and seems to continue to grow, despite ongoing sanctions and fines meant to deter these
If a cinderblock falls from the 4th floor of a building and crushes a construction worker’s foot, it’s terrible. If it lands on his head, it’s truly tragic. But the difference is sheer luck. Every employee deserves to return home safely from work. Unfortunately, accidents happen, which is why employers must carry mandatory workers’ compensation
Sanal etkinliğimiz Beyond Tomorrow öncesinde Eureko Sigorta’nın Data Studio Lideri Özlem Odar ile görüşme imkanı buldum. Hepimizin bildiği gibi Türkiye'nin öncü sigorta firmaları arasında yer alan Eureko Sigorta, hasar yönetimi ve risk değerlendirme konusundaki uzmanlığı ile alanında lider konumda olan uluslararası bir yapıya sahip. Avrupa'nın 6 ülkesinde 22.000 çalışanıyla dünyanın
Banco Proamérica de Guatemala se enfrentó a un escenario imprevisto y complicado cuando estalló la pandemia. Seguir atendiendo a sus clientes de Centroamérica y el Caribe le exigió reaccionar rápidamente. El objetivo: mantener su operación a toda costa y brindar el mismo nivel de servicio que daba a sus usuarios
SAS, uqudo and iLabs Technologies started a collaboration in OpenGate for touchless and safe travel. OpenGate, based on open source technology and open standards, offers a seamless, automated travel solution based on a reliable platform and technical solution. It enables sharing personal, health and location information between border control, air
A prima vista, potrebbe sembrare che data science e psicologia abbiano ben poco in comune. Tuttavia, di recente ho iniziato ad appassionarmi di psicologia e penso che tra le due ci siano molte più somiglianze di quanto si possa pensare. 1. Sia Data Science che psicologia ci aiutano a rispondere
Últimamente se habla mucho de la importancia del storytelling en analytics. Obviamente, no tiene sentido analizar datos si las personas a las que se los vamos a presentar no entienden qué relación tienen esos insights con el Negocio. ¿Cuál es el reto entonces? Ser capaz de explicar el análisis de
ModelOps is NOT a one-size-fits-all approach. It's important to identify the appropriate level of sophistication based on both the organization’s current readiness and its current and future business needs. My previous articles on Medium talked about why organizations should choose ModelOps, and how to implement ModelOps using a holistic approach
Being overwhelmed by the volume of news isn’t a new phenomenon. But today, our sense of being overwhelmed has increased and triggered feelings of fear, frustration and anxiety, given the ongoing developments and research tied to COVID-19. How do we sift through the volume of information facing us and truly understand whether the news we consume is factual or based on
Everyone knows that SAS has been helping programmers and coders build complex machine learning models and solve complex business problems for many years, but did you know that you can also now build machines learning models without a single line of code using SAS Viya? SAS has been helping programmers
Misschien heb je het al gehoord: SAS partner Notilyze is genomineerd voor de Computable Awards 2020 in de categorie Services! Met deze prijzen erkent het vakblad Computable bedrijven, projecten en personen die zich het afgelopen jaar hebben onderscheiden in de ICT. SAS is trots dat Notilyze is genomineerd, en het
Getting people with mental health conditions the help they need is a top priority for many Californians, according to a recent California Health Care Foundation report. In 2004, Golden State voters approved the Mental Health Services Act (MHSA). Enacted into law in January 2005, MHSA has generated approximately $15 billion
La desinformación y las fake news constituyen hoy en día una de las principales amenazas para la libertad de información y el pensamiento crítico de la sociedad. En épocas de gran incertidumbre, como la derivada de la pandemia del COVID-19, las fake news pueden llegar a tener consecuencias aún más
Como integrar modelos hierárquicos de séries temporais desenvolvidos em R ao SAS Visual Forecasting analisando as diferentes estratégias? O objetivo deste artigo é apresentar como podemos executar modelos de séries temporais, que foram desenvolvidos no R, no SAS Visual Forecasting, podendo, assim, paralelizar e acelerar o processamento do código R.
Analytics is playing an increasingly strategic role in the ongoing digital transformation of organizations today. However, to succeed and scale your digital transformation efforts, it is critical to enable analytics skills at all tiers of your organization. In a recent blog post covering 4 principles of analytics you cannot ignore,
Αν θέλετε να «σπάσετε» την καλοκαιρινή μονοτονία🙂 ανάμεσα στις θαλάσσιες βουτιές, το χταποδάκι στην ταβέρνα και την χαλάρωση από το διάβασμα ενός βιβλίου, σας έχω μια καλή πρόταση! Εάν δεν καταφέρατε να είστε ένας από τους χιλιάδες επαγγελματίες στον τομέα των analytics που συμμετείχαν από 56 χώρες και παρακολούθησαν το
Las organizaciones han estado migrando a la nube para estar a la vanguardia tecnológica y alcanzar más rápidamente sus objetivos de negocio. Tener el software, la infraestructura y los servicios en cloud da la flexibilidad y el poder de procesamiento que requieren a medida que crecen; incluso cuando se enfrentan
I progetti di analytics sono complessi, ma gli aspetti tecnici spesso non sono i più complicati. Uno degli elementi più importanti è la gestione degli stakeholder. I clienti – e utilizzo il termine cliente perché anche se la richiesta proviene da un collega interno, in questa situazione è importante gestirlo
El gobierno de los modelos analíticos es una función cada vez más estratégica para las empresas. Para analizar su importancia hemos llevado a cabo un evento digital junto al Club Chief Data Officer (CDO) Spain & Latam. Aprovechando la ocasión entrevistamos a Silvina Arce, Co-Founder del Club Chief Data Officer
La pandemia originada por el COVID-19 ha puesto de manifiesto, entre otras muchas cosas, el reto que supone para los sistemas de salud hacer frente a una emergencia sanitaria de gran alcance. Garantizar la disponibilidad de camas hospitalarias, ventiladores o incluso de profesionales sanitarios para atender las necesidades de miles
You may not have heard the term "whole person education" before but it recognizes the critical intersection of schools and a young person's behavioral health. When I was running youth behavioral health treatment programs, schools were a major part of raising awareness and advocating for help for many kids. I
If you are a government leader, or one of the millions of people employed in the public sector globally, these last 100 days have probably been the most challenging of your lifetime. It is also an unprecedented opportunity to show how dedicated public servants and their agencies can best serve
Through hyperparameter autotuning, you can maximize a model's performance without maximizing effort. While SAS searches the hyperparameter space in the background, you are free to pursue other work.
Las telecomunicaciones son una industria que a nivel global –y muy especialmente en México– ha mostrado un gran dinamismo en los años recientes. Son la columna vertebral por la que circula una enorme cantidad de datos, voz y video, y las que soportan e impulsan a la maquinaria de la
Los negocios buscan ofrecer una experiencia continua y fluida a sus clientes. Es responsabilidad de los líderes de mercadotecnia enfocar sus esfuerzos en saber cómo aportarán este valor en la atención a sus mercados y, por consiguiente, generar nuevos ingresos, entre otros objetivos de las organizaciones, como ofrecer una experiencia
Did you know that you can use SAS Enterprise Miner 15.1 to easily create an ASTORE? You can create an ASTORE from an HP SVM node, an HP FOREST node, and also from some SAS Viya Code Nodes! This blog will show you how.
El coronavirus ha sido un tema importante en las noticias últimamente: es una enfermedad similar a la neumonía que ha cobrado la vida de varias personas. Se cree que comenzó en China y se ha extendido a varios otros países, por lo que debemos estar preparados en caso de que
This blog is a part of a series on the Data Science Pilot Action Set. In this blog, we discuss updates to Visual Data Mining and Machine Learning with the release of Viya 3.5. In the middle of my blog series, SAS released Viya 3.5. Included in Viya 3.5 was the
This blog focuses on using SASPy for modeling and machine learning.