by Susanne Madden It’s been a while since any of us at Verden have taken the time to add a blog post. Things have been so very busy and the micro-blogging capabilities of Facebook and Twitter have distracted us from this space. But this topic deserves a little more room. I spend a lot of… [Read more…]
April 2, 2011
by The Verden Group
by Susanne Madden I was recently a ‘Guest Expert’ for the Sermo community and engaged the physicians there on a discussion about Accountable Care Organizations (or ACOs): Physician Friend or Foe?. The general consensus was that with the advent of this PPACA-based model, hospitals would hold all the power going forward and physicians would lose… [Read more…]
January 26, 2011
by The Verden Group
By Tiffany Lauria Two recently released reports have brought to light an interesting point regarding evidence based medicine- that it may not be as widely used as thought, or should be. In a retrospective cohort study of cases submitted to the National Cardiovascular Data Registry-ICD Registry[1] between January 1, 2006, and June 30, 2009, researchers… [Read more…]
January 9, 2011
by The Verden Group
by Susanne Madden Many bloggers have used the New Year as an opportunity to reflect on 2010. It was a big year for health care, certainly, and there is much to write about in looking back. However, I believe that 2011 will be the year that we begin to see and feel the results of… [Read more…]
December 16, 2010
by The Verden Group
by Jason Lopata Patient privacy concerns continue to be in the headlines recently as more and more opportunities for possible breaches exist in our electronic, and ever more interconnected, world. Importantly for private practices and hospitals alike, a recent hospital survey (published by Press Ganey Associates, Inc., a patient-satisfaction measurement firm) suggested that patients are… [Read more…]
October 26, 2010
by The Verden Group
by Tiffany Lauria ‘Look, Listen and Feel’ is a thing of the past…. After years of drilling ‘Look, Listen and Feel’ into first responders heads as step one of the basic CPR process, the American Heart Association has released their 2010 guidelines which changes the sequence of CPR steps from Airway-Breathing-Chest Compressions (ABC) to Chest… [Read more…]
October 8, 2010
by The Verden Group
By Jason E. Lopata, Esq. There can be no question that the internet has changed the way most of society operates, from our homes and offices, to each and everyone’s smart phone located in their pocket or purse. Medicine is not immune from the use and development of technologies to bridge the gap in physical… [Read more…]
September 27, 2010
by The Verden Group
by Tiffany Lauria In a recent court document[1] , filed against Dimensions Health Corporation, Joseph and Felicia Ann Wheeler allege that while recovering from auto accident injuries at Prince George’s Hospital Center, Mr. Wheeler was misidentified as a female cancer patient 13 years his junior that was scheduled for chest tumor surgery. In the disturbing… [Read more…]
September 24, 2010
by The Verden Group
by Susanne Madden Last Wednesday we participated in Physician’s Practice LIVE, a virtual conference for practices, for the second time this year. This second conference was even better than the last, with several presentations to listen to and five individual Ask the Expert hours, where attendees could pose questions and get advice. The presentation session… [Read more…]
September 20, 2010
by The Verden Group
By Jason E. Lopata, Esq. Received a take-back letter recently or had a claims audit by an RAC? Amid the changes found with health care reform laws passed earlier this year are new fraud enforcement powers that have the potential for impacting all medical practices, big and small. Recently, President Obama took steps to target… [Read more…]
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June 14, 2011
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