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American Cervical Arterial Dissections and Association With Cervical Manipulative Therapy Stroke. published online August 7, 2014; Author: Long, Lori D. et Statement for Healthcare Professionals From the American Heart Association After a neck adjustment — also known as cervical manipulative therapy and typically employed by chiropractors and other healthcare providers — people are at increased […]
Read MoreCMS has released a proposed rule that would update the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule for calendar year 2015. Here are eleven things to know about the PFS and the proposed rule. 1. Medicare uses the PFS to reimburse providers for covered physicians’ services provided to Medicare Part B beneficiaries. The PFS assigns relative values to […]
Read MoreIn Massachusetts, rates of discretionary surgical procedures rose, while rates of non-discretionary or emergency procedures declined in the years following the state’s insurance expansion, researchers found. As the insured population grows, hospital surgery centers should expect to perform more elective and discretionary surgical procedures, but fewer non-discretionary operations performed on an emergency basis. That’s what […]
Read MoreI thought this was interesting so I wanted to share it with our readers. UnitedHealth Group, based in Minneapolis, is one of the nation’s largest companies based on revenue and has introduced health insurance innovations including drug formularies, hospital admission pre-certification processes and physician office software to manage and control costs. Here are 10 things […]
Read MoreAuthors: Borer JS., J Am Coll Cardiol 2014 Jun 10; 63:2408 A Korean registry study provides valuable long-term outcomes data in a large cohort, although important limitations constrain its impact on clinical practice. Management of severe primary (degenerative) mitral regurgitation (MR) in asymptomatic patients with preserved left ventricular function is controversial. Current U.S. and European […]
Read MoreAuthors: Park K-H et al., J Clin Microbiol 2014 Jul 52:2566 Differential time to positivity appeared useful in predicting catheter-related infection. Differential time to positivity (DTP) — the difference in time to positivity between blood cultures drawn simultaneously from a central venous catheter (CVC) and a peripheral vein — has been useful in identifying patients […]
Read More1. Correct all denials within five days. If a bill is returned to a practice because it was submitted incorrectly to an insurance company, the bill should be corrected and resubmitted to the payer within five days. The way to do this is to create a strong workflow process. Part of the process is implementing […]
Read MorePatients with confirmed episodes of awareness during anaesthesia and surgery do not seem to be at increased risk of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) or other problems with psychosocial well-being at long-term follow-up, reports a study in Anesthesia & Analgesia. “We found no indication that intraoperative awareness with recall had any long-term effects on patients’ psychosocial […]
Read MoreGabapentin improves pain relief following caesarean delivery, according to a study presented here at the 2014 Annual Meeting of the Canadian Anesthesiologists’ Society (CAS). “We think that gabapentin can become, if not a routine addition to the analgesia we offer these women, then certainly a valuable alternative should elements of the standard package be contraindicated […]
Read MoreAmong more than 56,000 adults undergoing hip repair between 2004 and 2011, the use of regional anaesthesia compared with general anaesthesia was not associated with a lower risk of death at 30 days, but was associated with a modestly shorter length of hospital stay, according to a study published in the June 25 issue of […]
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