When patients are about to have a surgery, their major concerns include the efficacy of drugs that they are put under. With the acute shortage of anesthesia drugs, anesthesiology practices are...
Medicare Readmission Penalties – Effects and Management
According to the federal government, one in five elderly patients is readmitted to a hospital within 30 days after leaving that hospital. Though many of those readmissions are unavoidable owing to...
ICD-10 Extensions for Radiology Practices
With ICD-10 deadline extension, radiology practices now have an extra year for preparation and they should utilize this opportunity to prepare well for the transition. When the Protecting Access to...
Endocrinologist Shortage Worsens While Patient Demands Increase
With the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) more number of Americans became insured with the objective to gain increased access to healthcare. But, what if there aren’t enough...
Implications of Medicare Payment Rise for Outpatient Care
When the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released prospective Medicare payment rules for 2015 recently, they proposed a 2% increase in outpatient visit reimbursements for hospitals...
Some Facts about Ebola Virus – Symptoms, Diagnosis and Treatment
Ebola hemorrhagic fever, identified by ICD-10 diagnostic code A98.4 has taken toll of around 1,000 people. It needs to be effectively managed to avoid an outbreak of epidemic proportions. Some Facts...
ICD-10 Implementation Delay – Varied Responses from Providers
The healthcare industry’s response to the postponement of ICD-10 standard for medical diagnosis and billing codes to October 1, 2015 ranges from relief to resentment. While those healthcare...
ACA Improves Young Adults’ Access to Mental Health Care
Lack of access to mental health care has been a problem among young adults in the U.S. In addition to the social stigma that surrounds mental health disorders, lack of insurance coverage and...
WHO Reports Depression as the Top Global Cause of Illness and Disability for Teens
A depressive disorder is an illness that involves the body, mood, and thoughts and interferes with daily life, normal functioning, and causes pain. According to the Stanford School of Medicine, over...