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Licensure and regulation for telemedicine
Telemedicine

Licensure and regulation for telemedicine

Telemedicine, by definition, is medicine at a distance. This raises new issues for physicians and practitioners since licensing is done…

Mar 12, 2010 Patricia King, JD
Telemedicine reimbursement
Telemedicine

Telemedicine reimbursement

Currently, Medicare pays for telemedicine only in limited areas:  the originating site must be located in a rural health professional…

Mar 12, 2010 Patricia King, JD
Can Medicare fraud recovery really cover health care reform?
General Medical Practice

Can Medicare fraud recovery really cover health care reform?

The word on the street is that the estimated 10-year cost of expanding health insurance coverage is about $1 trillion. …

Oct 30, 2009 Ardena L. Flippin, MD, MBA
Medicine News

Participants in studies differ from medicare population

CHICAGO—The clinical trials used by Medicare for making decisions about coverage for cardiovascular products or services include participants who differ…

Jan 29, 2008 NetDoc.com Medical News Feed
Medical Dictionary

Medicare

Definition of Medicare A program under the U.S. Social Security administration that reimburses hospitals and physicians for medical care provided…

Nov 22, 2007 NCI Thesaurus v.07.09d
Cardiology

Women less likely to receive implantable cardioverter-defibrillators

CHICAGO—Among Medicare patients, men are about 2-3 times more likely than women to receive an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator for the prevention…

Oct 03, 2007 NetDoc.com Medical News Feed
Otolaryngology

Medicaid patients have greater advanced cancer rates

CHICAGO—Individuals with advanced-stage laryngeal cancer at diagnosis were more likely to be uninsured or covered by Medicaid than to have…

Aug 21, 2007 NetDoc.com Medical News Feed
Medicine News

Medicare part d plans cover most common medications

CHICAGO—An examination of Medicare Part D plans in California and Hawaii reveals wide variations in drug formularies, but indicates that…

Jun 20, 2007 NetDoc.com Medical News Feed
Medicine News

Bariatric surgery appears to be safe for older medicare patients

  CHICAGO—Complications after bariatric surgery appear similar between patients younger and older than age 60 and also between Medicare recipients…

Jun 19, 2007 NetDoc.com Medical News Feed
Cardiovascular Surgery

Black patients less likely to receive coronary procedures following heart attack

CHICAGO—A large study has found that black medicare patients are less likely than white patients to receive blood vessel opening…

Jun 13, 2007 NetDoc.com Medical News Feed

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