Health care fraud and abuse is an important and conspicuous factor in the resource and finance drain in the US healthcare system and is responsible, to an extent, for the escalating healthcare costs. According to a report by Thomson Reuters on US healthcare spending, the US healthcare system wastes between $505 billion and $850 billion every year, out of which the waste caused due to Fraud and abuse constitutes $200 billion, or 22% of healthcare waste every year. The following chart shows the percentage of waste caused due to different parameters in the US healthcare spending. Source: Healthcare analytics, Thomson
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How To Save Money On Dental Implants – Get It Done In Mexico
How to Save Money on Dental Implants – Get it Done in Mexico – by Mark Shapiro How does your smile look? Not so good? Are your bridges failing or your teeth becoming loose? Are you already missing teeth? Has your regular dentist or periodontist recommended that you consider getting dental implants? That happens to lots of people as they get older especially if they have periodontal disease. Many are on the edge of losing all of their teeth. This means either get used to wearing uncomfortable dentures or deciding to get implants. The decision to get dental implants can
Continue readingGastric Cancer – Global Drug Forecasts And Treatment Analysis To 2020 Volume I 2011
GlobalData analysis finds that the global gastric cancer therapeutics market is attractive, and is primarily driven by the growth in the number of patients receiving gastric cancer therapy and the annual cost of therapy. The patient volume is primarily driven by an increase in patient volume in countries such as China, France, Spain and Italy. The patient volume was driven by growth in treatment usage patterns such as diseased population, treatment seeking population, diagnosis population and prescription population. The annual cost of gastric cancer therapy was driven by the launch of new therapies such as Taxotere (docetaxel), Xeloda (capecitabine) and
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International health insurance programs are becoming more popular. The number of people who travel abroad has gone up in this current era of globalization. People who have the wanderlust find the need for a medical coverage while they are away from home. International health insurance provides broad coverage in the event of illness or injury. Quite a few health-related mishaps can happen while travelling to a foreign country. Since you would not be a native, you might not be eligible for government-sponsored health care. If you travel overseas regularly either for business or for pleasure or maybe be as an
Continue readingStarting a Career in Healthcare with CNA Certification
To become a certified nursing assistant you must first complete all the required training to get your certification. This means that you will have to do some CNA training and classes at some type of school. There are many options available to complete this training and we will go through those options now with you. One of the ways to get your certification is to take your training at the Red Cross. They have a fantastic program that is located in 36 different areas through the US. The students that take the courses here at the Red Cross seem to
Continue readingHealth Insurance Helps You Stay Healthy
People struggle everyday in different ways. In the US and other countries there are many people that go to bed hungry. Because of how rough the economy has been there are more people that are out of work and having a very hard time making ends meet. When life becomes difficult in that way it also becomes very hard for people to maintain their health because going to the doctor is too expensive. Many people think health insurance is only needed for those who are ill or injured. Although it is the truth that would want insurance at times like
Continue readingIndian IT Companies to benefit from healthcare reforms
Barrack Obama’s healthcare victory is going to be a boon for Indian IT and offshoring companies. This historic win of Obama is likely to fetch Indian IT companies deal worth Rs. 1.2 lakh crore. The US Supreme Court upheld the law that many believe will change the face of America’s healthcare sector. A rough figure estimates that more than 25 million American citizen will buy healthcare insurance. Interestingly, the healthcare reform will ensure that every single medical practitioner will have a centralized data center in digital format. This will result in massive data conversion for electronic records for insurance claim
Continue readingCystic Acne Natural Cure – Stop The Breakouts And Throw Away The Useless Chemicals
When it comes to searching for a cystic acne natural cure, many people suffering from these terrible breakouts are obviously very motivated to stopping their breakouts. No one likes pimples as it is and cysts just add even more stress to a person that just wants to get clear skin. Unfortunately today we’re still bombarded with commercials and advertisements for the typical acne cures. The one’s that you put on your skin. If you have any experience with them yourself or if you’ve ever looked around the internet, you know that often times, the products don’t work for everyone. Instead
Continue readingHospitals Expand To Attract Well-insured Patients Despite Pressures Of Healthcare Reforms
Several hospitals are looking for well-insured patients beyond traditional market boundaries, both in prosperous suburbs and in nearby areas with growing, well-insured populations. According to a study by the Center for Studying Health System Change (HSC) hospitals seeking a competitive edge in the marketplace are targeting geographic expansion into new markets which are well-insured. The study based on HSCs visits to 12 nationally representative metropolitan communities, depicted that hospitals are expanding despite the pressures of the healthcare reform. Hospital strategies mainly include building full-service hospitals, establishing freestanding emergency departments and other outpatient services, acquiring physician practices, and operating medical transport
Continue readingMyths Of Homeopathy That Most People Do Not Know
Homeopathy is the second most popular medicine in the world. However, most people really do not know too much about Homeopathy. This article will help clear up some misconceptions associated with homeopathic medicine. 1) Homeopathic medicines are nothing more than sugar pill that contain no measurable substance. Certain homeopathic medicines have no measurable substance. However, many remedies do have measurable substances. In medicine that is 24X or 12C has no measurable substance. However, some medicine potencies such as 6X, 6C, 12X will have a measurable substance. 2) Homeopathy has never been successful in large scale well designed trials. Trials have
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