by lisap | Jun 24, 2014 | Monthly Tip
Workers’ Compensation has seen a steady increase in prescriptions for topical compounded preparations. In fact, the use of compounded drugs in workers’ compensation has increased nearly five-fold in the past five years. Along with increased use, the prices charged for...
by lisap | May 12, 2014 | Monthly Tip
It is shocking to think a radiologist can miss a fracture or, even worse, over read an X-ray or MRI and/or exaggerate what they see in the images. The fact is it is more prominent than we would like to think. Making sure an injured person is properly diagnosed and...
by lisap | Apr 14, 2014 | Monthly Tip
Why do people think they can fool you? Sometimes we choose to ignore what we see but if it walks like a chicken and clucks like a chicken then most likely it is a chicken. You might be fooled but Psychological Evaluation with testing cannot. There are tests that...
by lisap | Mar 5, 2014 | Monthly Tip
A Functional Capacity Evaluation (FCE) is a detailed forensic process which is a series of evaluative tests that will measure ability to work. The physician orders this test as one of many tools to accurately determine a safe and acceptable physical demand level for...
by lisap | Jan 21, 2014 | Monthly Tip
The most significant elements of The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), commonly called the Affordable Care Act (ACA), became effective 2014. Most talked about include the health insurance mandates (now delayed until Jan 2015) and implementation of...
by lisap | Dec 11, 2013 | Monthly Tip
Let me share with you what most nurses, doctors, and medical personnel already know, “Doctors Are Not Created Equal”. Dr. Danny O. Jacobs has expressed this in his editorial, “Not All Surgeons are the Same”. Yet most patients take little or no time at all to do the...
