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APMA and HealthFusion Partner to Deliver EHR Benefits to APMA Members
The American Podiatric Medical Association (APMA) and HealthFusion® have entered into a membership benefit agreement to promote the adoption of electronic health records (EHRs) within the podiatric medical community. The use of certified EHRs advances quality of care and allows medical providers to qualify for Medicare and Medicaid EHR incentive stimulus funds.
"Selecting an EHR that is cloud-based, HIPAA compliant, native to the Apple iPad®, and can be used on any PC or laptop, was important in our decision to enter into this exciting agreement. HealthFusion's MediTouch® is an EHR that is easy to use, adapts to the doctor's workflow, and has achieved the APMA Seal of Acceptance. The APMA serves its members in many ways, including researching the latest state-of-the art technology to improve patient care, and introducing special benefits to our members," said Michael King, DPM, president of APMA.
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CSPM Names New Research Room after Biomechanical Pioneer
Samuel Merritt University (SMU) is looking toward the future with a new research focus to achieve national recognition as a health sciences institution in clinical education. Next year, a new state-of-the-art Motion Analysis and Research Center (MARC) lab will open with new avenues of research. A matching grant from Root Lab, Inc. has made possible the renovation and technological upgrade of the MARC. One of the research rooms inside the lab will be named after the company founder, Merton L. Root, DPM.
Dr. Root is known as a biomechanical pioneer. He graduated from the California College of Podiatric Medicine (CCPM), now known as CSPM. He served as chair of biomechanics at CCPM from 1961 until 1968 where he returned to teaching part-time. Root is considered one of the most influential educators in the profession. His theories laid the groundwork for the modern orthotic industry which has contributed to the fields of sports medicine and podiatry.
Source: Elizabeth Valente
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NM Podiatrist Elected Chief of Surgical Staff Fritz A. Moeller, DPM has been elected Chief of the surgical staff at Socorro Presbyterian hospital. Dr. Moeller recently completed his term as the Chairman of the Board of the Texas Longhorn Breeders Association of America. Dr. Moeller lives a quiet life here in the middle Rio Grande valley having semi-retired from his full time practice in urban Albuquerque. Being on call 24/7 in a rural area, is quite interesting .
Since he has been in rural New Mexico, he has removed objects like railroad ties and fishing poles from lower limbs . He has treated gunshot wounds, rattlesnake bites, fractures from horse and cow kicks, and tractor accidents. Dr. Moeller clearly remembers the time when he had to fight for the most minor of surgical privileges at his local hospital and is very proud to represent podiatry in his new position. |
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Podiatrists High on List of Specialists Receiving EHR Stimulus Money
It has been said that physicians are unlikely to receive the promised incentive funds for adopting electronic health records (EHR) technology and attesting to meaningful use. This, however, clearly is not the case. In October alone, the government paid out more than $36,500 in EHR adoption funds to qualified physicians.
In 2011, more than $104,490 was paid out to just 5,805 healthcare providers. This amount doesn't even include Medicare-only hospitals or Medicare/Medicaid hospitals. This amount covers payments to individual healthcare providers working in family practice (1,216), internal medicine – cardiovascular disease (1,198), cardiology (517), podiatry (378), gastroenterology (232), orthopedic surgery (201), general surgery (197), urology (197), nephrology (174), and neurology (148).
Source: Medical Economics [1/10/12]
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Hiking Medicare Age Would Trim Outlays: CBO
Raising the eligibility age for Medicare would reduce the federal healthcare program's outlays by about $148 billion from 2012 through 2021, according to estimates released Tuesday by the Congressional Budget Office.
The CBO expects that most people affected by an increase in the Medicare eligibility age would move to other forms of healthcare insurance, but there also would be a “slight” increase in the number of uninsured. Of the 5.4 million people affected by the higher eligibility age in 2021, about 5% would become uninsured, and about half of the group would obtain insurance from either their employers or former employers, or their spouses' employers or former employers.
Source: Jessica Zigmond, Modern Healthcare [1/10/12}
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Interview Question
The standby interview question “Tell me about yourself” is so broad that it can cause problems. You may hear so much information that you lose control of the interview, or the overwhelmed candidate, unsure how much information to provide, can panic.
Better: Tell candidates “Take five minutes to give me an overview of your career.” That keeps their response work-focused, and the five-minute guideline conveys your expectations.
Source: Adapted from Managing People, Jane Churchouse and Chris Churchouse, Gower Publishing Ltd.via Communications Briefings
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Query: Charging for Paperwork
We are considering charging for the completion of disability paperwork, FMLA notices, etc. I would like to hear from other offices that are charging for this service how they feel it has gone. Has there been significant backlash from patients? Are there other concerns we should be aware of before implementing this?
Michael J. Hodos, DPM, Wake Forest, NC
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RE: Study Showing Efficacy of Therapeutic Diabetic Shoes
From: Charles Perry, DPM
I have a primary care doctor who refuses to sign the documents for his part of the paperwork required to dispense diabetic shoes, stating that he thinks the shoes don't help. I thought I would present him with some data showing the efficacy of the theraputic shoe program. When I looked, all I could find was a paper published in Diabetes Care in 2004 which concluded "no statistically significant benefit was observed between control patients wearing their own footwear and intervention patients wearing study footwear." Can anyone direct me to a study that shows this program is actually working by saving amputations or preventing ulcerations?
Charles Perry, DPM, Cambridge OH
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From: Tip Sullivan, DPM
I have used cimetadine as an ancillary treatment for warts for at least 15 years in children and adults (20mg/kg/day in children, and up to 40mg/kg/day in adults). Anecdotally, I have seen varied responses from resolution within one month of multiple warts, to no effect. I have not been able to differentiate between who will be helped and who will not. Since it is a relatively benign drug, and it requires daily dosing which may add to the placebo effect, I use it just about routinely.
I can say that I see a better resolution rate in children than adults, but of course, this may or may not be associated with the medication. The use of it in conjunction with other “immunomodulators” sounds like a good idea, but I have not braved those waters yet. See: Pediatr Dermatol. 2001 Jul-Aug;18(4):349-52.Has anyone else tried this?
Tip Sullivan, DPM, Jackson, MS, tsdefeet@MSfootcenter.net
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From: Erika TC Huston, DPM
My understanding from the quality measures is that you could not be excluded from any of them, but that CMS does not actually care about the results of the numbers, only that you are providing them. The report provided by our EMR indicated several measures that actually had denominators, but with a numerator of 0. So, those were the numbers we entered. Confirmation that is correct would be nice.
Erika TC Huston, DPM, Tucson, AZ, ohioetch81@gmail.com
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From: Ira M. Baum, DPM
Before Medicare and the development and progression of health insurance, patients used to pay doctors for services. Then, for-profit, third-party payers came into the picture, and the insurance companies paid for the provider services. Then, for-profit, third-party payers used basic economics "supply and demand" theory and developed managed care (health maintenance organizations. Health maintainance, what maintainance? This was a thinly-veiled method to increase profits.
Outraged by this method, physicians' backlash contributed to growth of a new product, PPOs (preferred provider organizations) - a morsel to appease the physicians. Then, organization of single specialties and pseudo ACOs, multi-specialty groups and hospital organizations evolved to improve reimbursements. On and on and on. This is a financial battle for the healthcare dollar. It is not about evidence-based medicine, or quality of care. Where does the compromise end? Who knows? But it doesn't look promising for the healthcare provider.
Ira M. Baum, DPM, Miami, FL, ibaumdpm@bellsouth.net
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