Citing financial concerns the federal government has quietly begun to shut down the president's medical healthcare plan for those who are uninsurable. They have already served 135,000 people, the majority suffering from cancer or heart failure, but the remaining money congress set aside for this plan will now be reserved for those enrolled in ...

  You might have seen this in the news, but the presidents federal Health Care Fraud and Abuse Program are hard at work uncovering scams in the system. In 2012 alone they were able to recover $4.2 billion from both companies and individuals who were trying to cheat the system. This was the highest three year total recovered since the ...

  Just the other day I was talking with one of the nurses I work with, and we got into a discussion of wasted dollars in healthcare. One of the patients was upset because for three days in a row the lab nurse came to draw blood. Another patient was mad because they were being sent out to the hospital for a routine procedure that could have ...

  As I've always said, productivity standards can jeopardize our ethical obligation. Trying to maintain productivity on a consistent basis is a tough task, especially with most employers requiring 85% or better. However, faced with the threat of losing your job can easily tempt us to alter the minutes we ...

  This is a topic I've covered before, but I've always wanted to show the emblem I was given after passing my national exam. It was actually enclosed in the envelope with my passing test results. My certification exam was completed under AOTCB (American Occupational Therapy Certification Board) which used to be a part of AOTA (American ...

In a strongly worded comment letter to the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services August 24, the American Occupational Therapy Association accused CMS of literally breaking federal law in parts of its proposed 2011 update of the Physicians' Fee Schedule. The document sets the rules as to how much the government will pay for therapy services, ...

Are you frustrated and a little scared wondering who is going to be paying your doctor and hospital bills this time next year? I am. And most people I talk to these days don't even want to think about it. That’s because they can’t see where Congress is headed with health care reform. The current bills are so full of unknown factors that no ...