By Dr. Ted Tyberg In a study announced yesterday at the American College of Cardiology annual meeting, taking place this year in Washington, DC, a drug projected to be a sure fire hit, turned out to be a total miss. The drug, evacetrapib lowered LDL ( bad ) cholesterol 37% and doubled HDL ( good
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By Dr. Ted Tyberg As the Zika virus spreads inexorably northward, and the Olympics will be held in an endemic area, it is important to be aware of the most recent Center for Disease Control ( CDC ) recommendations. Firstly, it should be noted that there have been 0 cases of Zika from infected mosquito
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By Dr. Kenneth Rothaus The traditional system by which hospitals and physicians are reimbursed by insurance companies has been on an item by item (or service by service) method. For example, when a patient is admitted to the hospital for a hernia repair, the hospital would bill the patient’s health insurance company separately for tests,
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By Dr. Kenneth Rothaus Abuse of prescriptions for opioid-based painkillers is becoming the focus of increased regulatory activity on the federal and state levels. For example, as of March 27th in New York State paper prescriptions will become a thing of the past. All physicians practicing in New York must e-prescribe. This is in addition
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