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Valentine’s Day woes? There’s an ICD-10 code for that
Charlotte Bohnett Medical & Allied HealthcareNo holiday is without unfortunate incidents — not even the lovey, dovey Valentine's Day. No matter what goes awry, though, trust that there's an ICD-10 code for it.
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ONC aims to expand Blue Button reach
Pamela Lewis Dolan Healthcare AdministrationAn initiative aimed at getting more patients to access, download and share their patient data is expected to go live later this month. The Blue Button Connector, a website launching by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT, was initially scheduled to go live Jan. 15. The launch has been delayed, reportedly to give the ONC time to improve the user experience and build momentum surrounding the Blue Button movement. It is banking on the Blue Button to become the gold standard of patient data access.
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Plastic surgery report shows prices vary by generation
Dr. Jonathan Kaplan Medical & Allied HealthcareWhat's the first thing you want to know about plastic surgery but the hardest to find? Pricing, cost, budget, how much this is going to set me back, and can I afford it? Plastic surgery pricing can be difficult to understand because there are so many factors involved.
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MHPAEA: What is new under the final rules?
Jessica Belle Healthcare AdministrationThe Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 requires that certain private and public healthcare insurance plans that offer mental health or substance use disorder benefits apply the same type of financial requirements and treatment limitations that the plan applies to medical and surgical benefits.
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The crucial career choices we make every day
Mike Wokasch Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementMany of us are in a work routine where we get up, go to work, do our job and go home. We do this without realizing that every day we make two choices that affect our job performance, career opportunities and compensation. These choices also have deeper rooted personal and job satisfaction implications that will become obvious from this discussion.
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Food for thought: Resilience in the face of adversity
Karen Childress Healthcare AdministrationTo be human — especially given the complex times in which we live — is to be occasionally faced with adversity, hardships and challenges. One day, you're happily minding your own business, and then out of the blue you're given a diagnosis you never expected, or you're named in a malpractice case, or your trusted practice manager or spouse suddenly announces his/her departure.
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30 years later: Are we any closer to a cure for AIDS?
Dorothy L. Tengler Medical & Allied HealthcareHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV) was first discovered in 1983. In 1984, HIV was definitively linked to acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) patients and to groups whose members were at high risk for developing AIDS. But are researchers any closer to finding a cure now than when the HIV/AIDS connection was established 30 years ago?
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Study: EHR beliefs tied to gender, personality
Pamela Lewis Dolan Healthcare AdministrationIt's an established fact that for technology implementation to be successful, there needs to be some flexibility in order to meet the individual needs of those learning the new systems. A recent study finds those individual needs may be determined by gender and personality.
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Attracting young adults to insurance exchanges proves difficult
Pamela Lewis Dolan Healthcare AdministrationAfter a slow and rocky start, the state and federal health insurance exchanges seem to finally be taking off. By the end of December, enrollment surpassed the 3 million mark for state and federal marketplaces combined. But young adults — who many claim are key to the success of the Affordable Care Act — haven't been as eager as their older counterparts to enroll.
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Discharge marketing: Are you taking advantage of this opportunity?
Jarod Carter Healthcare AdministrationAt a time when hospitals are purchasing medical practices and requiring that physical therapy referrals now stay "in house," and even nonorthopedic practices are starting physician-owned PT clinics, marketing directly to the public has become ever more important.
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