In December 2019, the coronavirus (COVID-19) was first identified in Wuhan, China in some patients characterized by mild flu-like symptoms to acute pneumonia leading to deadly respiratory distress syndrome with mortality rate of more than 1%. In 2020 the virus was isolated and later identified as a new strain of COVID-19 and named Severe Acute …
It is common around the healthcare industry for patients to wait for weeks and months to get an appointment from doctors and then wait till they get treated. This is the traditional model of healthcare. In the past few years, the healthcare industry has grown to the extent that it has developed different models through …
It is no secret that Covid-19 has turned the entire world upside down. What was considered to be a phase has not only continued to exist but also intensified in magnitude over the last 1.5 years. The viral disease has multiple symptoms and its effects may vary amongst different patients. Amongst the many uncertainties associated …
Healthcare just like food and clothing is one of the basic human needs. However, you have to pay for these basic needs. Recently, people are demanding that everyone should have access to quality healthcare regardless of their financial status, as delay in medical treatment might put someone’s life at risk. However, the government is not …
The pandemic has highlighted how important for a country it is to have an effective healthcare system. People are living in constant fear of not only being subjected to the virus, but also the medical bills that could potentially pile up. The United States’ healthcare system operates using a for-profit insurance mechanism. This has led …
Many people are concerned about their necks when it comes to the safety of chiropractic care. The main reason behind the concern depends on many elements such as the aggressive manipulation regarding upper cervical chiropractic that is being carried out via multiple videos on the internet, rumours circulating in social circles, and suggestions by certain …
The economic situation in the world economies has been terrible in this second quarter. Look at the economic collapse in the United States. Many would say that it was foreseeable that these very steep falls would occur. Let us remember that in the second quarter we witnessed an almost total paralysis of economic activity due …
The pandemic has given rise to telehealth but concerns are managing the clinical and billing staff remotely. The COVID-19 lockdown has forced many organizations to consider remote working to keep them operational. However, various HIPAA regulation specialists and representatives from law firms dealing in medical-related lawsuits have raised their concerns over the practical viability of …
The healthcare industry is one of the most rapidly changing industries in the world. Challenges, such as rising costs, value-based care delivery, payment reforms, data security and transformation to smart healthcare technologies have engaged healthcare professionals in recent times and there is more to come in 2020. Technology is transforming healthcare at a faster pace, …
What is insurance fraud? Insurance fraud is a willful misrepresentation or falsification that the individual or business makes, knowing that the deception may result in unauthorized use to the person or company or another party. The most common type of fraud is a fabricated statement, misrepresentation or willful mistake that is critical to determining the …