Posts Tagged ‘Doctors’

Mental health patients 'shunned' by doctors

Filed under: mental health carers

The report also shows that almost half of mental health carers believe doctors behave differently when they discover a person's mental health history. In any given year up to four million Australians fight a mental illness, for whom public stigma is a …
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Louth and Mablethorpe health consultation

Filed under: mental health carers

By 2014 all NHS Trusts like LCHS will either become Foundation Trusts, or become part of existing Foundation Trusts such as those providing hospital or mental health services. LCHS is inviting views on its future plans as it works to become an NHS …
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The Money Carer Foundation Warns of Higher Levels of Financial Abuse in 2012

Filed under: mental health carers

Doctors bill hospitals for work they haven't done
Filed under: medical claims

Some hospitals, which checked claims from visiting medical officers thoroughly, found errors in between 10 and 18 per cent of claims. The Audit Office of NSW estimates this rate is replicated across all public hospitals, many of which use ''minimal …
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Secrecy protects doctors with long histories of problems
Filed under: medical claims

222117's medical licenses. Two professional societies took away the doctor's memberships. The Department of Health and Human Services banned the doctor from billing Medicare and Medicaid. And the Drug Enforcement Administration revoked the doctor's …
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Drawing the Line Between Fraud and Abuse in PIP Claims
Filed under: medical claims

By James Ruototo, SAS The Insurance Research Council (IRC) estimates that about one-third of paid auto injury claims in Florida contain some form of fraud or abuse. But where is the line between hard fraud and abusive medical billing? …
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Doctors leave private practice in droves
Filed under: physicians billing

"Physicians are getting out for a number of reasons: For lifestyle issues; because of the need for access to capital; for administrative help, billing, coding. Health information technology is a big part of the (Affordable Care Act)," said Walker Ray, …
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Alberta health minister says some doctors turning the intimidation tables
Filed under: physicians billing

"On its face it (the review) appears to be a means by which this group of physicians is being intimidated," reads the letter. The doctors also complain the review goes beyond billing practices and they therefore should have been notified. …
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Rogue Physicians' Impact on Medical Malpractice Claims
Filed under: physicians billing

The process for researching a physician's background includes reviewing claims history, checking with the Office of Inspector General (OIG), reviewing a physician's past billing to Medicare and checking the National Practitioner Data Bank to see if a …
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Question by doug: Can my doctor refuse to transfer me to another doctors care that is closer to my home?
A new substance abuse clinic just opened up in my town. It is 2 blocks from my house and the one am currently going to is 4 miles away. The doctor that runs the new clinic used to work for the other clinic and his clinic is at their previous location. Since they have moved it is not convenient for me because I don’t have a car. I was told that I would not be allowed to transfer because the doctor “stole patient information and contacted patients to come to his new clinic”. He used to work for the other clinic and when they moved he decided to open up his own clinic. If he used to treat us I don’t see how he could steal patient info since he was our doctor, but the truth is I contacted him. On the wall under patient rights and responsibilities it says “upon acceptance of another treatment program, patients have the right to a smooth transfer”. A lot of other people have been told they could not transfer either. We were told that they have to have a meeting to see how they are going to handle this and that there may be a law suit against this doctor for stealing patient information. Is any of this legal? I think we may have grounds for a class action law suit.

Doctors can help patients boost their weight loss
Filed under: medical weight loss cost

The study also is being published in the New England Journal of Medicine. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently proposed covering the costs of intensive behavioral weight-loss counseling provided to seniors in primary-care …
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Weight-Loss Enzyme Identified by Brown Researchers
Filed under: medical weight loss cost

While not the solution to holiday weight gain, a new study from Brown University researchers sheds promising new light on metabolism and weight loss. Scientists report that they substantially curbed weight gain, improved metabolism, and improved the …
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Doctors move away from health insurance
Filed under: health insurances
TULSA – Two Tulsa doctors are bringing back an era when health insurance didn't exist. In fact, their clinic, Grassroots Healthcare near 91st and Sheridan, doesn't even accept insurance. "Everybody calls it a new concept, but it's really not. … Read more on kjrh.com

Why everyone needs health insurance
Filed under: health insurances
30 PostPartisan blog excerpt, “Ducking challenge of health care costs,” Robert J. Samuelson wrote: “Many of the uninsured, young and healthy, don't need insurance.” Wrong. They don't need health care. They do need health insurance. … Read more on Washington Post

Health Insurance Scheme Ghana: The country's NHIS showcased in London
Filed under: health insurances
Insurance – The Chief Executive of Ghana's National Health Insurance Scheme, Mr. Sylvester A. Mensah, has described funding arrangements and bi-partisan political will for Ghana's social health financing mechanism as two key strengths of the scheme. … Read more on Afrique en Ligue