HSA collection strategies: Learning how to ask for payment – AMNews staff, May 15, 2006

HSA collection strategies: Learning how to ask for payment As more patients enroll in health savings accounts, physicians might find that they need to adjust their practices to the new business realities of consumer-driven health care. By Jonathan G. Bethely, AMNews staff. May 15, 2006. ——————————————————————————– Family physician Donald L....

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AAHSA Party with a Purpose

AAHSA has a unique way to involve people at a grassroots level in the health reform debate as it pertains to long term care. You can do your part by throwing a Party with a Purpose. These community gatherings will serve as a platform for conversation and action around long-term...

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Physicians Try To Put Gag Order on Patients

In the past five years more than 40 Web sites have begun reviewing physicians. Questions about their usefulness have fueled debate. As a defensive measure, some physicians are requiring patients to sign broad agreements that prohibit online postings or commentary in any media outlet. Medical Justice, a company that for...

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Language Skills, Social Networks Two Allies in Fight Against Alzheimer’s

People with more developed language skills as young adults may be better able to stay sharp well into old age, even if they develop Alzheimer’s-like abnormalities in their brains. The findings suggest that this may be in part because their remaining brain cells become extra large to compensate. According to...

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Putting Person Centered Care in Perspective

Person Centered Care. Culture Change. A lot of jargon is being spewed in the continuum of aging services. What I have noticed though is that while the talk is good, the underlying tone is somewhat defeatist and negative and that can only spell doom for the industry. While embracing the...

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Be Quiet Sharon Osbourne

OK I admit I watch America’s Got Talent, even auditioned in Charlotte last year. Last night Sharon Osbourne, one of the judges, told a group of young singers and dancers that their material belonged in an elder folks home or something to that effect. Now even I admit that the...

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