65-Year-Olds Need to Enroll Even If They Delay Social Security. Open enrollment is only for those who are already enrolled in Medicare, but John Piershale, a certified financial planner and wealth advisor with Piershale Financial...
From Engagedpatients.org. The following definitions summarize the responsibilities of the members of the physician team and the roles different doctors may play in your care. While not every level of physicians – especially resident physicians...
By Anna Wilde Mathews Wall Street Journal. Cheryl Lassiter likes to keep a close eye on her cholesterol levels, but with a high-deductible insurance plan, she doesn’t want to pay the fees for repeated checkups...
I have often been over-charged in a hospital ER as well as an inpatient. There should always be statements given or sent to patients in simple terms that are easily understood by any person not… Read More...
American doctors make the wrong call more than 12 million times a year. There are times when a single, unexpected death sparks a change in medical practice. In 2012 a 12-year-old boy named Rory Staunton...
CNN iReport. It took doctors about nine months to diagnose Kevin Paskawych of Marietta, Ohio, with pulmonary arterial hypertension, and all those diagnostic tests – plus four days in an Intensive Care Unit – added...
Epidural Corticosteroid Injections. FDA Warns Epidural Corticosteroid Injection Associated with Serious Neurologic Problems Washington, DC. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning that injection of corticosteroids into the epidural space of the spine may...
From Patients Beyond Borders With medical tourism still in its early stages, gaining reliable data is challenging. Our research and editorial team works hard to compile the most accurate, current information on international medical travel,...
From Consumer Reports. Are you interested in reading the medical notes your doctor writes about you? Some ten thousand patients around the country recently had that chance. And both they, and their doctors, said it...
Source: The Tampa Bay Times. Determining the true cost of health care remains difficult, despite the government’s recent release of valuable data about medical billing. Nationwide, doctors and hospitals engage in complex billing schemes that...