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Spring is Here, and So Are Allergies
By David Martin, President and CEO of VeinInnovations Temperatures are climbing as the weather begins to reflect what the calendar declared in mid-March – it’s spring! Along with azaleas come allergies, and this year experts anticipate a harsher than usual allergy season. Thank the infamous polar vortex. Winter weather has continued on longer than normal, […]
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Will Nurse Practitioners Help Meet Primary Care Demand?
Will your next visit to the doctor be with an independent nurse practitioner? As the need for healthcare providers grows, expanded nurse authority could help meet patient demand.
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Increase Your Health Care Literacy with Two Guides
By David Martin, President and CEO of VeinInnovations When pressed, can you explain what coinsurance is? Can you describe an in-network Out of Pocket maximum? Do you know the difference between copays and deductibles? If you’re not sure what any of those terms mean, you’re in the majority, according to a blog post on WashingtonPost.com today. […]
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Good Conversations Lead to Good Health
Without good communication between doctors and patients, health suffers. Are you prepared for your next checkup?
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Federally Facilitated Health Insurance Exchanges Will Differ From a State Run Exchange
By David Martin, President and CEO of VeinInnovations Last week, I wrote about changes coming to our state’s health care system. Here’s a brief summary of last week’s column: In November 2012, Governor Nathan Deal wrote a letter to Kathleen Sebelius, the secretary of Health and Human Services, declining to create a state run insurance […]
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An Insurance Exchange for Georgia
By David Martin, President and CEO of VeinInnovations In November 2012, Governor Nathan Deal wrote a letter to the secretary of the United States’ Health and Human Services, Kathleen Sebelius. Deal notified the secretary of Georgia’s decision not to create a state-run insurance exchange. In his letter, Deal noted that while he remains committed to […]
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Grady and the Role of Safety-Net Hospitals
By David Martin, President and CEO of VeinInnovations Happy New Year! As 2013 kicks off, I’m sharing the final three clips from my interview with Matt Gove. In the above clip, Matt and I discuss Grady Memorial Hospital and the integral role the hospital plays in the Atlanta health care system. Matt is a “refuge from […]
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HIPAA Risks and Social Media
By David Martin, President and CEO of VeinInnovations Is your practice using social media to stay in touch with patients and reach out to new ones? If so, you’re one of many in the medical community expanding into digital society. The New York Times recently profiled a doctor who goes one step […]
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In Office Dispensing
By David Martin, President and CEO of VeinInnovations Let me start off with an quick note on the decline of general practitioners. There is a shortage of general practitioners in the United States, a fact that we wring our hands over periodically. General practitioners are becoming scarce thanks in part to the rising cost in […]
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The Affordable Care Act and the Supreme Court
Speculation as to when the Supreme Court will issue its decision on the Affordable Care Act abounds. Rumors about their decision are flying; Ruth Bader Ginsburg made a statement at a conference held by the American Constitution Society last Friday that, “Those who know don’t talk. And those who talk don’t know.” True to her […]
