Effective Oct. 1, the Arizona state legislature instituted significant changes to the adult benefit package for the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS) population. Among other substantial effects, these changes will eliminate all coverage of orthotic devices for people…
Day: October 1, 2010
Comprehensive Information Improves Chances of Claim Approval
Documentation of medical necessity is essential in providing the patient with the best chance of approval from an insurance company, according to Conal Doyle, Esq and presenter at the 2010 AOPA National Assembly in Orlando, Fla. “The more detailed and…
The Last Days of Stonewall Jackson
Thomas Jonathan “Stonewall” Jackson underwent an amputationjust 8 days before his death.
Trial Wedges Can Lessen Pain After Lateral Column Lengthening for Flatfoot Deformity
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Lateral column lengthening for flatfoot deformity correction can be used safely, albeit with a risk of postsurgical plantar lateral discomfort. However, the use of intraoperative trial wedges may decrease that complication, according to investigators from New…
Oil Change, Dentist, Haircut … Marketing
Make time for marketing to keep the business healthy and running
smoothly.
Respect Women’s Buying Behaviors to Increase Sales
Post-mastectomy fitters should understand that the needs of their
patients vary based not only on their medical situations but on their
personalities.
Relief Efforts in Haiti Continue
Health care professionals address P&O needs, rebuild and focus on
the future.
Inexpensive Gait Analysis Can Still Yield Quality Results
Gait analysis is a necessary and important part of the overall lower limb patient evaluation. If done properly, gait analysis can reveal nuances of patient ambulation otherwise unseen to the naked eye, according to Seamus Kennedy, CPed, owner of Hersco…
Material Data Safety Sheets: A Practical Risk Management Tool
Material Safety Data Sheets should include detailed product information
of hazardous chemicals from air fresheners to acetones.
Breast Cancer Treatment Headed for a Hopeful Future
Throughout the course of his career, Kenneth D. Miller, MD, assistant professor of medicine at Yale University, has watched the evolution of breast cancer diagnosis and treatment. He remembers a time when many women received diagnoses of advanced stages of…