An APMA podiatrist presented a first-of-its-kind study as a late-breaking research abstract at the 73rd Scientific Sessions of the American Diabetes Association (ADA) Symposium in Chicago last week. The study’s findings support the need to include podiatrists in Medicaid. In 2009, the Arizona legislature voted to eliminate podiatric care reimbursement, deeming it an optional service.…
Health insurers 2012 Earnings: from amednews
Health insurers report 2012 earnings with eyes on ACA in 2014  - By BOB COOK, amednews staff — Posted Feb. 18, 2013 During health insurance companies’ discussions with stock analysts about what happened in 2012 and what they expect to happen in 2013, much of the talk instead turned to 2014. As with 2012, company executives said,…
Thomson Reuters Study: Economic Value of Podiatric Physicians in Preventing Amputations
“The Economic Value of Specialized Lower-Extremity Medical Care by Podiatric Physicians in the Treatment of Diabetic Foot Ulcers,†Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association, Vol. 101, No 2, March/April 2011. • Thomson Reuters Healthcare carried out the study utilizing its MarketScan Data Base examining claims from 316,527 patients with commercial insurance (64 year of…