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Managing Chronic Pain
What is pain management? Pain management refers to techniques to reduce and control the amount of pain a person experiences over the long term. There are many ways to manage pain, and not all of them include taking medication. Physical techniques Various physical methods can help with managing chronic [...]
Appealing a Health Plan Decision
There are 3 steps in the internal appeals process for health insurance claims: You file a claim: A claim is a request for coverage. You or a health care provider will usually file a claim to be reimbursed for the costs of treatment or services. Your health plan denies the claim: Your [...]
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease COPD
Structural differences in lung airways between men and women may be the cause of differences in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) prevalence and outcomes between the sexes. According to a large, multicenter study published in the journal Radiology, researchers found that even among adults who have never smoked, or who [...]
Why You Should See A Urologist
There are many reasons to see a urologist. When you see a urologist they may perform a variety of urology procedures to diagnose and treat urologic conditions. Vasectomy This is a common urology procedure that many men get. According to the American Urological Association, 500,000 men get vasectomies each year in the [...]
Mammography Use by Breast Cancer Survivors
Study finds a steady decline in mammography use by breast cancer survivors The rate of mammography use by breast cancer survivors has steadily declined since 2009. This happens particularly among younger survivors, according findings published today in the Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network. The investigators reviewed a nationwide commercial [...]
Belimumab May Reduce Organ Damage in SLE
Belimumab May Reduce Organ Damage in SLE, Lupus Nephritis Natasha Persaud Up to 80% of organ damage from SLE is attributable to glucocorticoid use, investigators noted. Long-term treatment with belimumab slows the key drivers of organ damage. These key drivers are disease activity, severe flares, and glucocorticoid exposure. The long-term [...]
Your Knee 101: What’s A Meniscus Tear?
Formed by three bones, the knee joint is typically a tough, strong joint. But it is not necessarily the most flexible when it comes to rotating in certain directions. During some activities — especially contact sports — the force and degree of twisting your knee can tear some of the [...]
Wearable Neurostimulation Device Receives Second Chronic Pain Breakthrough Designation From FDA
Wearable Neurostimulation Device Receives Second Chronic Pain Breakthrough Designation From FDA The FDA gave Quell (NeuroMetrix), a wearable neurostimulation device, a breakthrough designation for reducing moderate to severe chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN) that persists for six months or more after the end of chemotherapy. Approximately 30% of chemotherapy patients experience [...]
What Is Modifier 24 and When Do You Use It?
Modifier 24 is reported as follows: Append only to Evaluation and Management (EM) codes. Use only to report an EM service beginning the day after a procedure performed by the same physician during the past 10 or 90 postoperative days. The patient's record must document that the EM service was [...]
Radiation therapy as monotherapy
Radiation therapy as monotherapy effective in oligometastatic renal cell carcinoma by Benjamin P. Saylor Radiation therapy as monotherapy may be a safe and effective treatment for patients with oligometastatic renal cell carcinoma (RCC), according to findings from a phase 2 study published in The Lancet Oncology.1,2 Use of the modality resulted [...]
