AdvaMed Supports Recent CMS ChangesDOTmed.com (press release), NY - 59 minutes agoMedicare prohibits the hospital from billing the beneficiary for the difference between the lower and higher payment rates.

Background:Small supernumerary marker chromosomes (sSMC) occur in 0.075% of unselected prenatal and in 0.044% of consecutively studied postnatal cases. Individuals with sSMC present with varying phenotype, ranging from normal to extremely mild or severe depending on the chromosomal region involved, the euchromatic content present and degree of mosaicism. Except for chromosomes 15 and 22, the number of reported cases of sSMC is extremely small to provide us with a good genotype-phenotype correlation. Analphoid sSMC are even rarer. To our knowledge only eight cases of analphoid inversion-duplication 3q sSMC are reported so far.

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FISHING LINEAlbuquerque Journal (subscription), NM - 57 minutes ago... and Management Systems Society, based in Chicago, describe medical practices that have increased revenue by up to 15 percent through improved billing.

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Disclosing information about a child to an estranged parent; whether to inform the police that a patient with diabetes was continuing to drive despite being warned not to; and a patient refusing treatment following a paracetamol overdose were just some of the 25,000 calls to the Medical Defence Union

Hospitalizations of children principally for asthma fell by almost 60,000 between 1997 and 2006, according to the latest News and Numbers from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. However, the number of children who are admitted to hospitals to treat other conditions but who also have asthma rose by nearly 70,000 during the same period.

Gaze direction is significant for the processing of visual information from the human face. Researchers in an Academy of Finland funded research project have discovered that the visual system of the brain processes another person's face more efficiently when the person's gaze is straight ahead than when the gaze is averted.

Scientists working in the Academy-funded Research Programme on Neuroscience (NEURO) have discovered important changes in the way that infants react to another person's face at age 5-7 months. Infants aged 5 months react very differently to a fearful face than those aged 7 months.

Young people from 10 countries around the world have shared their views on housework and abortion issues in a new study from the University of Adelaide, Australia. The research, conducted by Professor Chilla Bulbeck in the University's Discipline of Gender, Work and Social Inquiry, looked at the attitudes of young men and women to a number of gender equality issues.

AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), the operator of the largest non-government HIV testing program in California, praised the California Legislature for its passage this week of Assembly Bill 2899 (Portantino, D-Pasadena).

In cooperation with Nebraska Beef Ltd., Cub Foods is recalling case-ready (pre-packaged) Wild Harvest™ Beef Choice Ribeye Steak, Beef Choice Sirloin Steak And Beef Choice Strip Steak supplied by Coleman Natural Beef following a nationwide recall issued by Nebraska Beef Ltd., of select beef products due to possible E. coli contamination.

Stromedix, Inc., a biotechnology company focused on innovative therapies for fibrosis and fibrotic organ failure, announced today that its lead clinical candidate STX-100 has been granted orphan drug status by the US Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") for the treatment of chronic allograft nephropathy.

Forte Systems, a leading provider of healthcare software solutions in the United States, announced their release of an entirely new class of healthcare software: Patient Relationship Software. This new breed of software is designed to replace both billing and practice management software.

According to an article published in the August 13 issue of JAMA, Liberian fighters who experienced sexual violence during civil wars were more likely to report higher rates of depression symptoms, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and suicidal thoughts compared with men and women non-combatants or former combatants who did not experience sexual violence. Kirsten Johnson, M.D., M.P.

AmniScreen™ is the first and only FDA-approved at-home screening test for amniotic fluid leakage during pregnancy, a condition that may lead to serious complications such as infection and preterm labor. AmniScreen™ is now available by prescription only and can be purchased in retail pharmacies.

Researchers form Harvard and India have found that married Indian women who are physically and sexually abused by their husbands have an increased risk of HIV infection compared with women who are not abused by their husbands. The results of the study are published in the August 13 issue of JAMA. Jay G. Silverman, Ph.D.

A study published on bmj.com reports that an increased risk of obesity later in life is associated with poor physical control and coordination during childhood.