There are many uses for medical scissors within the medical and healthcare industry. There are running scissors, AB scissors, head scissors, nursing scissors, and even scissors perfect for cutting medical materials used for dressing wounds and more. You will find RPX scissors provide perfect scissors for any of your medical or healthcare needs.Whether you need running scissors, AB scissors, head scissors, nursing scissors, or even bandage...more
Medical practices are over burdened with paper work and often long hours are wasted filling forms and getting paper work in order. Poor in house billing system leads to unsettled insurance claims and the medical practice could run into financial problems.There are innumerable medical billing service vendors who offer services that will free the time of medical professionals and ensure that money flow becomes trouble free and efficient. However, a...more
Medical professionals need to spend long hours completing paper work and insurance claims. To ease their work the IT industry has designed and created medical billing software. This software enables quick filling and maintenance of paper work and electronic submission of insurance papers. According to statistics submission of insurance claims electronically increases settlements to over 90 %.Medical practitioners need to be more than doctors they need to:- Keep paper work in their practices in order.- Balance accounts and track aspects like receivables and co-payments.- Ensure that fees are according to maximum allowable by insurance carriers.- Procedure codes are current.All medical practices need to institute sound business practices. Using the right billing software can improve cash flow in medical practices. And the cost of installing the medical billing software will be recovered within months due to streamlining of systems. Most medical billing systems are HIPAA compliant.As a professional you need to choose a medical billing system carefully. Here are a few tips to guide you:1. The first step is to evaluate your needs. And when evaluating...more
Medical tourism--high quality, low cost medical care away from one's home country--has given many North Americans a new lease on life by helping them get treatment they either couldn't get access to or couldn't afford near home.This digest of six patients shows how far medical tourism has come since its popular roots in North America as an...more
Marijuana is also known as pot, grass and weed but its formal name is actually cannabis. It comes from the leaves and flowers of the plant Cannabis sativa. It is considered an illegal substance in the US and many countries and possession of marijuana is a crime punishable by law. The FDA classifies marijuana as Schedule I, substances which have a...more
Gearing Up for a RAC ExperienceAs the first round of audits in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) program got under way, we suspected that we might be included in the second round of the demonstration program. Sure enough, Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System (SRHS) was tapped to participate in a RAC audit.Of course, going through an audit - just by the nature of the beast - can be a trying experience. And to no one's surprise, our RAC audit presented some real challenges. First, in October 2007, we had to respond to audit requests for "piles" of records. The RAC requested 270 charts for complex review.Six months later in April 2008, the RAC identified 104 overpayments, representing $1.3 million in revenues. We had only 30 days to submit appeals, or the money would be lost. We gathered the documentation needed to make our case and submitted our rebuttals and first-level re-determination to the audit findings.It was an arduous process, but we found there was a silver lining. While the RAC could have delivered a knockout punch, we came through it not only standing, but better off for the effort. How so? By leveraging the technology we...more
Healthcare is becoming increasingly expensive and inconvenient. Just to get a basic prescription or an answer to a health-related question, people have traditionally needed to take time away from work in order to spend hours waiting in a doctor's...more
Be prepared for any emergency with wholesale medical supplies. Because medical supplies are essential for tending to injuries and illnesses, it is important to have access to a well-stocked medical kit at all times. Medical supplies are not just for...more
It is widespread practice that potassium permanganate is used for several medicinal applications such as foot soak for athlete's foot and a warm bath for eczema. It is also used as a disinfectant, deodorant and astringent alongside being an effective...more
Victims of prescription drug addiction and street drug addicts who overdose on opioids can often be saved by the drug naloxone, but the event should be followed immediately with admission to a medical drug detox facility, followed by lengthy drug...more
Contrary to popular belief, doctors are not exempt from the necessity of advertising and marketing. Doctors these days have a lot of competition and more and more medical professionals are recognizing the need for medical practice marketing in order...more
China has been a late bloomer in medical tourism. China is a popular tourist destination, but not a popular destination for medical tourism. There are several reasons why. Quality and safety are more important issues than price when it comes to...more