Volume 19 - Issue 8 - August 2006
News and Trends
08/03/2006
Brian McCurdy
CMS To Begin Competitive Bidding Process For DME
Changes are underway at the federal level to the durable medical equipment (DME) system for Medicare patients and may have an effect on podiatry practices and patient care. The Center for...
CMS To Begin Competitive Bidding Process For DME
Changes are underway at the federal level to the durable medical equipment (DME) system for Medicare patients and may have an effect on podiatry practices and patient care. The Center for...
CMS To Begin Competitive Bidding...
08/03/2006
Podiatry Today
Education
08/03/2006
Molly S. Judge, DPM, FACFAS, CNMT
For foot and ankle specialists, the diagnosis and complete management of neuropathic arthropathy ranks among the most daunting challenges. Currently, one makes the clinical diagnosis when there is a compilation of clinical and radiographic...
For foot and ankle specialists, the diagnosis and complete management of neuropathic arthropathy ranks among the most daunting challenges. Currently, one makes the clinical diagnosis when there is a compilation of clinical and radiographic...
For foot and ankle...
08/03/2006
Podiatry Today
08/03/2006
Anthony Leone
Perhaps your staff is battling an insurance company for appropriate reimbursement on a handful of claims. Perhaps you are wrestling with declining accounts receivable. Perhaps you are referring patients to other sources when you could be...
Perhaps your staff is battling an insurance company for appropriate reimbursement on a handful of claims. Perhaps you are wrestling with declining accounts receivable. Perhaps you are referring patients to other sources when you could be...
Perhaps your staff is...
08/03/2006
Podiatry Today
Sports Medicine
08/03/2006
Douglas Richie, Jr., DPM, FACFAS, FAAPSM
One of the biggest challenges in a sports medicine practice is deciding when an athlete has sufficiently recovered from an injury and can return to his or her sport. Often, the podiatric physician is under pressure from various sources to...
One of the biggest challenges in a sports medicine practice is deciding when an athlete has sufficiently recovered from an injury and can return to his or her sport. Often, the podiatric physician is under pressure from various sources to...
One of the biggest challenges...
08/03/2006
Podiatry Today
Clinical Solutions in Practice
08/03/2006
Anthony Leone
When looking for a wound care product that offers antimicrobial properties, provides effective debridement and facilitates a moist wound care environment, podiatrists may want to consider the AmeriGel Wound Dressing. As if these benefits...
When looking for a wound care product that offers antimicrobial properties, provides effective debridement and facilitates a moist wound care environment, podiatrists may want to consider the AmeriGel Wound Dressing. As if these benefits...
When looking for a wound care...
08/03/2006
Podiatry Today
Clinical Solutions in Practice
08/03/2006
Anthony Leone
When looking for a wound care product that offers antimicrobial properties, provides effective debridement and facilitates a moist wound care environment, podiatrists may want to consider the AmeriGel Wound Dressing. As if these benefits...
When looking for a wound care product that offers antimicrobial properties, provides effective debridement and facilitates a moist wound care environment, podiatrists may want to consider the AmeriGel Wound Dressing. As if these benefits...
When looking for a wound care...
08/03/2006
Podiatry Today
Industry News
08/03/2006
More Specific Orthotics
Do you need orthotics that are specifically tailored to the pathologies of your patients? You may not need to look any further than three new Pathology Specific Orthoses. ProLab Orthotics/USA says it designed the...
More Specific Orthotics
Do you need orthotics that are specifically tailored to the pathologies of your patients? You may not need to look any further than three new Pathology Specific Orthoses. ProLab Orthotics/USA says it designed the...
More Specific Orthotics
Do you...
08/03/2006
Podiatry Today
Forum
08/03/2006
John H. McCord, DPM
I do not care much for equipment failures. If you take good care of your stuff and do not abuse your equipment and instruments, they should last forever or at least for another three years until I retire. Tell that to my cast saw. A...
I do not care much for equipment failures. If you take good care of your stuff and do not abuse your equipment and instruments, they should last forever or at least for another three years until I retire. Tell that to my cast saw. A...
I do not care much for...
08/03/2006
Podiatry Today
08/03/2006
Jeff A. Hall
Imagine this scenario. A 75-year-old patient presents to a podiatric surgeon for treatment of a fracture of the fifth metatarsal base tuberosity. Instead of placing the patient in a walker, the podiatrist gives the patient crutches so he...
Imagine this scenario. A 75-year-old patient presents to a podiatric surgeon for treatment of a fracture of the fifth metatarsal base tuberosity. Instead of placing the patient in a walker, the podiatrist gives the patient crutches so he...
Imagine this scenario. A...
08/03/2006
Podiatry Today
Diabetes Watch
08/03/2006
Ronald A. Sage, DPM
Reducing the number of lower extremity amputations is a goal for all clinicians caring for patients with diabetes. In spite of this, the numbers of limb-threatening infections and subsequent amputations continue to rise each year. While...
Reducing the number of lower extremity amputations is a goal for all clinicians caring for patients with diabetes. In spite of this, the numbers of limb-threatening infections and subsequent amputations continue to rise each year. While...
Reducing the number of lower...
08/03/2006
Podiatry Today
