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Medicare inappropriately paid $6.7 billion for evaluation and management services claims in 2010 that weren’t coded correctly or lacked documentation, according to an HHS Office of Inspector General report. E/M services are performed by physicians and nonphysician practitioners to assess and manage patients’ health. Medicare paid a total of $32.3 billion for these services in […]
Read MoreAnesthesia Management: Salvaged Blood Safer, Cheaper than Transfusions, Study Says This paper was published in the June issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia, the journal of the International Anesthesia Research Society The use of cell savers to re-circulate blood into surgical patients can deliver higher quality red cells, eliminate transfusion risks, and cost hospitals less than […]
Read MoreAnesthesia Management: Ambulatory surgical centers cheaper than hospitals The use of ambulatory surgery centers spiked in recent years, partly because they’re more convenient for patients than hospitals. It turns out they’re cheaper as well. A procedure performed at a surgery center not only gets patients back to their homes quicker, it’s significantly less expensive, according […]
Read MoreAdults treated with gabapentin enacarbil for painful bouts of diabetic peripheral neuropathy demonstrate a lower incidence of peripheral oedema and weight gain than those treated with pregabalin or placebo, according to a randomised, phase 2 safety study presented at the 66th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Neurology (AAN). The 20-week trial included 420 […]
Read MoreNon-invasive magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound treatment (MRgFUS) that relieves pain and improves function for most patients with bone-related cancer pain when other treatment options are limited, according to a study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. “This is the first phase 3 study to use this technology in the treatment of cancer,” […]
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