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  • Is there a CPT Code for Maggots Yet?

    Specially prepared maggots have been approved by the FDA since 2004 for neuropathic foot ulcers, pressure ulcers,venous stasis ulcers, and traumatic and post-surgical wounds.  Insurance companies spend thousands of dollars for an amputation but back off at a $100.00 maggot treatment.  The American...
    Posted to The Medical Quack .... by Barbara Duck on 11-19-2008
    Filed under: Medically Related, Insurance, Other Items of Interest, FDA, AMA, CMS, Maggots, Wound care, CPT Codes
  • Physicians often caught between what patients want and what science offers

    The American Medical Association administration recommends that genetic testing be carried out under the personal supervision of a qualified health care professional, but the lines get a bit gray in between what is actual clinical credible data and what is still science.  Education of both the physicians...
    Posted to The Medical Quack .... by Barbara Duck on 11-04-2008
    Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Insurance, Pharma/FDA News, personalized medicine, Genomics, healthcare, Science, AMA, DNA Testing, Sequencing, Lab Tests, genetic counselors
  • AMA Ad on Medicare Cuts - HR 6331

      Update – Video from You Tube regarding the upcoming Medicare issue in Congress. From the American Medical Association Technorati Tags: HR 6331 , Medicare , AMA , physician pay cuts http://youtube.com/watch?v=CPwjz22WlOk
    Posted to The Medical Quack .... by Barbara Duck on 07-09-2008
    Filed under: Medically Related, Insurance, medicare, Physician Pay Cuts, AMA, HR 6331
  • Patients rarely use online ratings to pick physicians ...

      So why are they still posted on the web?   You are not going to get all the information you really need from a “text box”, as there’s a bit missing, like sound, interaction, and son on.  But on a related story, the AMA is now rating insurance companies.   It compares Medicare and...
    Posted to The Medical Quack .... by Barbara Duck on 06-16-2008
    Filed under: Medically Related, Insurance, health insurance, AMA, ratings
  • MDs: Secret shoppers aren't cure

    There are 2 sides to this, and I would guess it would all depend on what the secret shopper would be looking for.  Personally myself, I think as a person, this would be somewhat difficult to do to be an imposter at a medical office, as it’s not like the retail game of mystery shoppers.  They...
    Posted to The Medical Quack .... by Barbara Duck on 06-16-2008
    Filed under: Medically Related, Insurance, Other Items of Interest, Health Care, secret shopper, AMA
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