On April 17, 2014, the Office of the Inspector General at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued a report that showed the cost-effectiveness of ASCs.
According to this report, over the last several years, outpatient surgical centers have been saved Medicare more than $1 billion each year. This report was backed up by findings from a similar study conducted by researchers at the University of California.
William Prentice, CEO of Ambulatory Surgery Center Association responded to this report by warning policy makers that they “ASC reimbursement under Medicare needs improvement.” Learn more here.
Are your patients following a low-dose aspirin regimen thinking it will reduce their risk of stroke, heart attack or heart disease? According to researchers and the 2019 ACC/AHA Guideline on the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease, they should stop immediately. Three recent studies have found that aspirin therapy may not be benefiting them. And, in some cases, it could be doing harm.
As healthcare professionals, we hear a lot about hypertension and its negative effect on overall health. But, we don’t talk as much as we should about pulmonary hypertension (PH) — the type of high blood pressure that affects the arteries that run between the lungs and heart. Because PH is a progressive condition that if untreated can result in death in as little as two years, it deserves its own spotlight.
The majority of men are still so private when it comes to their health concerns, they don’t even discuss them with a doctor. That’s one of the revelations reported by the Cleveland Clinic in their newest nationwide survey of male patients.
