5 Myths of Health Care Reform
This article, by Bob Laszewski has hit the nail on the head. Health information technology, prevention, outcomes research, pay-for-performance and universal coverage are indeed myths. Unfortunately, they will...
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Electronic Medical Records
Are you using them like the 17% of physicians in the U.S.? Are you waiting for CMS to give you a financial incentive to do so?...
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Lots of Options, None of them Good- Especially if you are a Provider
Projected Federal Spending Under One Fiscal Scenario Because health care is so large, instead of doing an analysis of the entire Federal budget, CBO decided...
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Mississippi leading the way in PT Fraud
First we had our good friend Mr. Mai in Mass. Now we have several cases in Mississippi including Dr. Thomas allegedly and incorrectly billing PT services...
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Phony Owners, Records, Treatments
I wonder how Mr. Mai convinced the PT’s and PTA’s to prepare the “made up” evaluations and notes. Haven’t heard of this kind of fraud...
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If There Was Ever A Time for PT’s to Be The Change
It is now. According to this article in Amednews.com, the lack of primary care docs leads to worse health care outcomes and higher costs due...
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ACL Surgery is Not all It’s Cracked Up to Be
No kidding, according to this study, done in Lund, Sweden (which I imagine is a good place to do an ACL study since there is...
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Not Getting What We Pay For
This Washington Post article is right-we aren’t. The article does highlight some great examples, including this gem which we featured on this blog when it...
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Free to a Good Home
If you think the bailout hasn’t reached the PT world, guess again. In an effort to “get out of the health care business”, the county...
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How about so less invasive that there is no skin penetration?
Leave it to our good buddies the back surgeons working no doubt in “consultation” with manufacturers to come up with this gem. AxiaLIF. Combined with pedicle screws or...