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Many lower income families depend on the SCHIP program administered by individual states to pay for healthcare. Republicans see this as just another entitlement program while Democrats see it as an essential way of making sure children have access to the basics in healthcare. This veto might be based...
Diabetes continues to be a global problem with hefty costs in dollars, death and disability. Over the years treatment has not varied much-exercise, diet and use of insulin- and the problem continues to grow. If bariatric surgery shows amelioration of diabetes (if "cure" is too strong a worrd), ...
I have seen a trend of decreased reimbursements in my practice with post MWL body contouring. These patients are plagued with complications due to their malabsorption. Wound healing and seroma formations are issues that are encountered close to 100% of all MWL patients who undergo elective...
House calls for physicians is a growing area in the primary care fields since the reimbursements are so low for the services provided at their clinics. Physicians can make 10 times the amout if they do house calls as compared to seeing patients in the office. so clearly this is an expanding...
The large study comparing daptomycin to a comparator group of either vancomycin plus gent or a semi-synthetic penicillin plus gent showed no statistically significant differences in responses for Staph aureus bacteremia. The subgroup with MRSA, which was a pre-determined analysis, did show a trend to...
It is important to look closely at the new niche called Concierge Medicine. It is obviously created out of a special need and will prove lucrative for physicians who choose to go that route. But there are larger questions of access and ethics of exclusivity/ One has to consider whether this...
The recent changes in leadership in the LTAC space is significant and suggests a tightening of operations. It is important to monitor the overall long term space as well as follow who goes where. The changes are not insignificant, but may not be as ominous as they appear on the surface. Investors...
- Some studies show that medical errors continue to increase despite an intense focus on this issue over the last recent years. This decision by CMS should bring even more attention to this whole area of patient safety and error prevention
- There will need to be increased documentation to "prove"...
Congress is looking at making cuts to Medicare especially the privately administered Medicare Advantage plans. America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) the advocacy group is concerned solely with preserving the healthy margins enjoyed by its members, while Congress is interested in reducing Medicare...