Helping Nurse Practitioners Maintain Autonomy
There have been a lot of changes in the healthcare in the last 15-20 years. Physicians are finding that they have to deal with a host of issues that affect their business, including new regulations,...
View ArticleAMA Supports Obamacare but Physicians Don’t
from Medpage Today by David Pittman The American Medical Association is standing by the Affordable Care Act despite its rocky start and many troubles. The group’s policy-making House of Delegates voted...
View ArticleThe True Cost of Diabetes
Total prevalence of diabetes Total: 25.8 million children and adults in the United States—8.3% of the population—have diabetes. Diagnosed: 18.8 million people Undiagnosed: 7.0 million people...
View ArticleCost Effective Wellness Programs for Small Business Makes Sense
Cyndi Takacs went the extra miles last year to earn additional paid time off, and she plans to do the same this year. She and other employees at Excelas, a medical consulting firm with 44 staffers in...
View ArticleDocs Urged to Start Prepping Now for ICD-10
by David Pittman WASHINGTON — Come the first week of October next year, the number of codes to document, say, an angioplasty will go from one to 854. The number of pressure ulcer codes will jump from...
View ArticleDecatur Family Practitioner Dr. Marlin Gill Exposes ObamaCare’s ‘War on Doctors’
03/26/14 Washington, D.C. –This morning, Congressman Mo Brooks (AL-05) addressed the U.S. House to share a letter by Dr. Marlin Gill of Decatur, Alabama, that details health care dangers posed by...
View ArticleNew Nurse Practitioner’s Network Allows Nurses to Be Nurses Again
Peer to Peer Medical Helps Private Practices Thrive in the “New Normal” New Orleans – Nurse Practitioners who own and operate private practices have for years contended with challenges that threaten...
View ArticleSo Many Moving Parts
Administrative requirements are interfering with the medicine Nurse Practitioners love to practice by Dr. Fred Pelzman The following article by Dr. Fred Pelzman, a frequent contributor to Medpage...
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