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Finding the Right Care for Seniors––Centennial Medical Center

March 29, 2013 LIVING WELL Magazine Comments Off

Choosing the kind of medical care you need depends on your situation, especially as you get older. When aging, different issues start to affect the body and primary care physicians are consulted more often, but if minor problems or emergencies arise there are quicker, alternative facilities that can be sought for medical care. It is important to know all options available if an appointment with your personal doctor is unavailable. Dr. David Arai, emergency medicine physician on the medical staff at Centennial Medical Center in Frisco, Texas, highlights some important information on emergency care. […]

Protect Your Health (and Your Wallet!) in 2013––Care Pro MedPacks

March 26, 2013 LIVING WELL Magazine Comments Off

If you are like many American adults, you probably have several prescriptions that you take regularly for a variety of medical conditions. However, your medications will be most effective if you take them as prescribed. It’s important to understand the directions your physician and pharmacist give you about when and how to take your medications and to ask questions if you have concerns.
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Rotator Cuff Tears Come in Different Shapes & Sizes––Physicians' Clinic of Iowa

March 25, 2013 LIVING WELL Magazine Comments Off

In 2008, more than two million people saw their physician for the evaluation of a rotator cuff shoulder injury. The key is to know the symptoms and see your doctor so that appropriate treatment can begin. […]

Why Take Advice from a Consulting Firm who has not walked in Your Shoes?––ACO Practice Solutions

March 24, 2013 LIVING WELL Magazine Comments Off

How are you going to select a physician the next time a particular medical condition requires specialized medical or surgical expertise? If you happen to have a family physician, you may rely on their recommendation for a specialist. They may refer you to whom they feel would provide you with the best outcome; however, in today’s highly competitive, insurance dominated, government regulated environment, it may be to a specialist that is in an insurance network, hospital system, or their multispecialty group. […]

Beware of Fraud––Axtell-Rite Pharmacy

March 23, 2013 LIVING WELL Magazine Comments Off

It seems that you cannot open a newspaper or watch the local news without hearing of some type of scam or fraud.

Medicare fraud, sadly, is becoming more and more prevalent. Medicare fraud happens when Medicare is billed for services or supplies you never got. Medicare fraud costs Medicare a lot of money each year. In 2011, the government recovered an historic $4.1 billion and has recovered a record-breaking $10.7 billion of healthcare fraud over the last three years. In October 2012, Medicare Fraud Strike Force operations in seven cities led to charges against 91 individuals––including doctors, nurses and other licensed medical professionals––for their alleged participation in Medicare fraud schemes involving approximately $432 million in false billing. […]

Colorado Springs LIVING WELL Magazine welcomes Dr. Patrick Sniezek

March 20, 2013 LIVING WELL Magazine Comments Off

Colorado Springs LIVING WELL Magazine is pleased to welcome Dr. Patrick Sniezek at Mohs Surgery and Skin Cancer Center at the Colorado Springs Dermatology Clinic to the publication […]

Heart Disease: women need to pay extra attention––Texoma Medical Center

March 17, 2013 LIVING WELL Magazine Comments Off

According to the American Heart Association, cardiovascular disease kills more women than the next three causes of death combined. One explanation for this disturbing trend is that a woman’s symptoms, often different and more subtle than a man’s, are harder to identify. […]

Getting Real About Death––Home Hospice of Grayson

March 16, 2013 LIVING WELL Magazine Comments Off

Let’s face it, I mean really face it—we are all going to die. Pushing that reality aside will not make it go away. It is better to plan now than leave it to others to do for you later. Ask anyone who has been faced with making decisions and choices under stress, when in pain, or when in fear. That is not the right time. The right time is right now. […]

Heart Disease: Women need to pay extra attention––Texoma Medical Center

March 13, 2013 LIVING WELL Magazine Comments Off

According to the American Heart Association, cardiovascular disease kills more women than the next three causes of death combined. One explanation for this disturbing trend is that a woman’s symptoms, often different and more subtle than a man’s, are harder to identify. […]

Providing Knee Replacement That Fits Only One Knee. YOURS ––The Dallas Limb Restoration Center

March 13, 2013 LIVING WELL Magazine Comments Off

Numerous studies have illustrated the relationship between surgeon experience and improved outcomes in joint replacement. Orthopedic surgeons with a high volume of surgical patients and more extensive experience have improved outcomes, lower complication rate, lower morbidity, shorter length of hospital stay, and a lower mean hospital charge compared to orthopedic surgeons who perform fewer joint replacements or have less experience. Significant major journal articles and studies have also found that individual surgeon experience––rather than hospital factors––is significantly associated with improved complication rates and a shorter hospital stay. […]