Surgery
<ѻý class='mpt-top_cat_title_description'>News, opinions and meeting coverage in surgery.ѻý>
<ѻý>Derms Want NP/PA Practice Limitsѻý>
NPs and PAs who bill Medicaid as independent practitioners are more likely to bill for a dermatology visit than for any other office-based service -- so much so that in 2012, 55% of their Medicaid billings were for derm codes, to which dermatologists claim scope of practice violations.
Aug 15, 2014
<ѻý>CCSVI Practices Suboptimal but Patients Don't Mindѻý>
DALLAS -- Canadian multiple sclerosis patients who left the country to undergo the controversial procedure called chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency (CCSVI) often received poor pre- and postoperative care, but most were still relatively satisfied overall, a researcher reported here.
Jun 01, 2014