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Claim denials are a common healthcare challenge with real financial consequences for providers. They slow cash flow, increase administrative workload, and create uncertainty in revenue planning.   As denial volumes grow, many healthcare organizations rely on medical billing projects outsourcing to bring in external specialists who focus specifically on managing and resolving these issues.  In this article, we […]

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The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration has reportedly canceled thousands of grants supporting mental health and substance use treatment and services, according to the National Council for Mental Wellbeing.
Although the information has not yet been confirmed, the organization said that sources estimate the grants totaled about $2 billion.
“We are currently working to understand the scope of the cuts,” National Council for Mental Wellbeing President and CEO Chuck Ingoglia said in a press release. “But here’s one thing we do understand: These are not abstract budget lines —

Click here to read the Cover Story, “Lab to clinic: Patient-reported outcomes individualize care.”
To say “no” would be to ignore the fact that we have been collecting patient-reported outcome measures for more than 10 years.
This effort began in orthopedics as a small pilot project at my institution. Within 3 weeks of launching the pilot with a few willing divisions, the process proved so successful that we opened it to the entire department. It requires prioritization and a unified commitment from clinicians and providers across the health system, but it is absolutely achievable.
That said,

A single dose of either bivalent or nonvalent HPV vaccine was just as protective as the standard two doses of either vaccine in preventing HPV16 or HPV18, according to a study published in The New England Journal of Medicine.
“Persistent HPV infection can cause cervical cancer, and 77% of the global burden of cervical cancer is attributable to HPV types 16 and 18,” Aimée R. Kreimer, PhD, a senior investigator in the National Cancer Institute’s Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, and colleagues wrote.
“HPV vaccination could prevent most cervical cancers, but access remains inadequate:

A pilot program demonstrated that patients with cancer who frequently do not have access to acupuncture and massage services have substantial interest in them, and the therapies can produce rapid results.
Participants, most of whom came from under-represented backgrounds, reported significant reductions in anxiety and fatigue following acupuncture or massage, and detailed improved pain and nausea, as well.
“There definitely is a need for this type of therapy,” Kevin T. Liou, MD, integrative medicine specialist at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, told Healio. “In the beginning, there was

Regardless of whether it is a swept-source or spectral-domain platform, OCT angiography is comparably useful for monitoring visual field progression in glaucoma, according to a study published in Journal of Glaucoma.
“Glaucoma is traditionally tracked with structural OCT (nerve fiber layer thinning) and functional testing (visual fields), but there’s increasing evidence that microvascular changes around the optic nerve are also closely linked to disease severity,” study author Massimo A. Fazio, PhD, associate professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, told Healio. “OCT

WAIKOLOA, Hawaii — At Orthopedics Today Hawaii, J. Tracy Watson, MD, spoke about newer concepts and technologies in orthopedic trauma.
Among the new concepts is the treatment of neuropathic ankle fractures in patients with diabetes who have poor sensation by stabilizing the ankle joint through a small percutaneous incision through the heel.
“This technique is now becoming more and more prevalent, at least among the orthopedic trauma population, but I think is very applicable to the general population, especially since we have really a lot of issues with diabetics and neuropathic

WAIKOLOA, Hawaii — At Orthopedics Today Hawaii, John E. (Jed) Kuhn, MD, MS, discussed lessons learned on shoulder instability from the Multicenter Orthopaedic Outcomes Network Shoulder Group within the past 20 years.
First, Kuhn discussed the importance of psychology and the role the Personality Assessment Screener (PAS) plays in patient psychological assessment.
“We found both the [Western Ontario Shoulder Instability Index (WOSI)] score and the [American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons] score correlates significantly with this PAS scale,” Kuhn, Kenneth D. Schermerhorn professor

WAIKOLOA, Hawaii — At Orthopedics Today Hawaii, Cory A. Collinge, MD, spoke about current concepts in amputation.
“Obviously, amputation is something that nobody really wants to talk about, but it’s a vital part of what we do,” Collinge, an orthopedic surgeon in Fort Worth, Texas, said.
For transfemoral amputation, he spoke about making sure the femur is central in the residual limb of the thigh.
“I would recommend, if someone’s doing an above-knee amputation, they should pay attention to the adductor muscles. Take them off the medial flare of the distal femur