Volume 16 - Issue 4 - April 2003
Column
News and Trends
04/03/2003
By Gina DiGironimo, Production Editor
By Gina DiGironimo, Production Editor...
Beginning this month, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will expand its coverage of hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO) to include the treatment of diabetic wounds in the lower extremities. According to the CMS, in order to...
Beginning this month, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will expand its coverage of hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO) to include the treatment of diabetic wounds in the lower extremities. According to the CMS, in order to...
Beginning this month, the...
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Diabetes Watch
04/03/2003
By Eric M. Feit, DPM, and Mary M. Peters, DPM
By Eric M. Feit, DPM, and Mary M. Pet...
It is believed that 15 percent of diabetics will develop a foot or leg ulceration at some point during the course of their disease and that 50 percent will recur within 18 months.1 Approximately 80 percent of diabetic ulcers occur plantarly...
It is believed that 15 percent of diabetics will develop a foot or leg ulceration at some point during the course of their disease and that 50 percent will recur within 18 months.1 Approximately 80 percent of diabetic ulcers occur plantarly...
It is believed that 15 percent...
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Industry News
04/03/2003
Your debriding arsenal just became a little fuller with the introduction of two new sizes of popular debriding ointments. New from Healthpoint, Panafil and Accuzyme are now available in 6-gram unit packages. According to the company, the...
Your debriding arsenal just became a little fuller with the introduction of two new sizes of popular debriding ointments. New from Healthpoint, Panafil and Accuzyme are now available in 6-gram unit packages. According to the company, the...
Your debriding arsenal just...
04/03/2003
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Practice Builders
04/03/2003
Michael Metzger, DPM, MBA
More often than not, we feel like we’re doing the managed care company a favor by applying. There’s also a tendency to believe the process is so cut and dry that we can apply at the last minute. Let’s clear up these misconceptions. If you...
More often than not, we feel like we’re doing the managed care company a favor by applying. There’s also a tendency to believe the process is so cut and dry that we can apply at the last minute. Let’s clear up these misconceptions. If you...
More often than not, we feel...
04/03/2003
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Sports Medicine
04/03/2003
The performance demands of ballet are comparable to many highly competitive athletic pursuits. Although dancers are artists and not athletes, the athletic demands of dance choreography place the dancer at risk for injuries. Fifteen to 20...
The performance demands of ballet are comparable to many highly competitive athletic pursuits. Although dancers are artists and not athletes, the athletic demands of dance choreography place the dancer at risk for injuries. Fifteen to 20...
The performance demands of...
04/03/2003
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Clinical Solutions in Practice
04/03/2003
By Brian McCurdy, Associate Editor
By Brian McCurdy, Associate Editor
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Peripheral neuropathy is prevalent among people with diabetes and has a strong correlation to the majority of diabetic foot ulcers and diabetes-related amputations. One potential option for helping these patients is Anodyne Therapy, a...
Peripheral neuropathy is prevalent among people with diabetes and has a strong correlation to the majority of diabetic foot ulcers and diabetes-related amputations. One potential option for helping these patients is Anodyne Therapy, a...
Peripheral neuropathy is...
04/03/2003
Podiatry Today
Clinical Solutions in Practice
04/03/2003
By Brian McCurdy, Associate Editor
By Brian McCurdy, Associate Editor
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Peripheral neuropathy is prevalent among people with diabetes and has a strong correlation to the majority of diabetic foot ulcers and diabetes-related amputations. One potential option for helping these patients is Anodyne Therapy, a...
Peripheral neuropathy is prevalent among people with diabetes and has a strong correlation to the majority of diabetic foot ulcers and diabetes-related amputations. One potential option for helping these patients is Anodyne Therapy, a...
Peripheral neuropathy is...
04/03/2003
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Continuing Education
Education
04/03/2003
By David Levine, DPM, CPed
By David Levine, DPM, CPed
There is a large untapped population of patients who need our biomechanical expertise and guidance. These are the patients who are currently seeing physical therapists, chiropractors, orthopedic surgeons and their family physicians for...
There is a large untapped population of patients who need our biomechanical expertise and guidance. These are the patients who are currently seeing physical therapists, chiropractors, orthopedic surgeons and their family physicians for...
There is a large untapped...
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04/03/2003
By Richard O. Lundeen, DPM, and Stephen M. Offutt, DPM, MS
By Richard O. Lundeen, DPM, and Steph...
The treatment of symptomatic flexible pes planovalgus is a topic that stirs up considerable controversy among practitioners. This is especially true in the pediatric arena where there is a common belief that the child will “grow out of it.”...
The treatment of symptomatic flexible pes planovalgus is a topic that stirs up considerable controversy among practitioners. This is especially true in the pediatric arena where there is a common belief that the child will “grow out of it.”...
The treatment of symptomatic...
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04/03/2003
By Robert Smith, Contributing Editor
By Robert Smith, Contributing Editor
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Hiring an associate can be a time-consuming, involved process—if it is done properly. As with any major professional decision, you must take great care and consideration in order to make the right move at the right time with the right person....
Hiring an associate can be a time-consuming, involved process—if it is done properly. As with any major professional decision, you must take great care and consideration in order to make the right move at the right time with the right person....
Hiring an associate can be a...
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