Good Health and . Elvonda

Why is the New England Journal of Medicine Scolding "Pharmascolds"? I, a normally quiet blogger on this site, was disquieted by wh...

Good Health and Why Physical Therapists Should Make Diagnoses. Elvonda

"Physical therapy is not a subspecialty of the medical profession and physical therapists are not medical doctors; we are a separate pr...

Good Health and Marcus Welby is Dead. Elvonda

"It's the death knoll of the private practice..." said Kurt Mosley, vice president of strategic lliances for Merritt Hawkins ...

Good Health and Physician Decision Making "Can't be Trusted" for Organ Transplants. Elvonda

Physicians, in their own words, "gamed the system" for organ transplants and "can't be trusted". To be fair, physic...

Good Health and Direct Access to Physical Therapists Can Reduce the Physician Shortage. Elvonda

Think physical therapists have it rough because our patients don't have direct access to our services? State laws preventing direct acce...

Good Health and 12 weeks of Physical Therapy Required By New Medicare Guidelines Prior to Joint Replacement in Florida. Elvonda

Medicare has begun to deny hospital charges for total joint replacement surgery IF the surgeon has failed to implement up to 12 weeks of pre...

Good Health and Physical Therapy Services Billed by Physicians in Florida Have a High Error Rate. Elvonda

Services billed by physician specialties represented 70% of the dollars incorrectly paid for physical therapy services in the November 2011 ...

Good Health and Electronic Health Records May INCREASE Uitilization of Diagnostic Imaging. Elvonda

Contrary to the notion that Electronic Health Records (EHR) will lower spending a new study in the March Health Affairs found a 40% to 70% I...