Jax company to pay $22.5 million to settle Medicare fraud suit
Jacksonville-based wound care company Healogics Inc. will pay up to $22.5 million in a settlement with the Justice Department. The department's suit claimed Healogics knowingly caused wound care centers to bill Medicare for unnecessary and unreasonable hyperbaric oxygen therapy.
“Medicare beneficiaries are entitled to care based on their clinical needs and not the financial goals of healthcare providers,” Chad A. Readler, acting assistant attorney general for the department's civil division,… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - June 21, 2018 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Will Robinson Source Type: news
Evidence brief: hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) for traumatic brain injury and/or post-traumatic stress disorder - Bennett MH.
This report is a product of the VA Evidence-based Synthesis Program. The purpose is to provide "timely and accurate syntheses of targeted healthcare topics …. to improve the health and healthcare of Veterans". The authors have made a comprehensive search... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - June 13, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Multiple victims of carbon monoxide poisoning in the aftermath of a wildfire: a case series - Santos LR, Alves-Correia M, C âmara M, Lélis M, Caldeira C, Brazão ML, Nóbrega JJ.
INTRODUCTION: Carbon monoxide poisoning may occur in several contexts. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Retrospective of 37 carbon monoxide poisoning cases that underwent hyperbaric oxygen during wildfires in Funchal in August 2016. RESULTS: The studied samp... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - May 25, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Burns, Electricity, Explosions, Fire, Scalds Source Type: news
The protection effect and mechanism of hyperbaric oxygen therapy in rat brain with traumatic injury - Xing P, Ma K, Li L, Wang D, Hu G, Long W.
PURPOSE: To investigate the effect of hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) on traumatic brain injury (TBI) outcome. METHODS: The modified Marmarou's weight drop device was used to generate non-lethal moderate TBI rat model, and further developed in vit... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - May 21, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy
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Source: MayoClinic.com Full Feed - January 12, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Clinical characteristics of pediatric patients with carbon monoxide poisoning - Sethuraman KN, Douglas TM, Bostick BB, Comer AC, Myers B, Rosenthal RE.
OBJECTIVES: Carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning is a common and deadly form of poisoning that is often treated with hyperbaric oxygen. The characteristics of children exposed to CO and then treated with hyperbaric oxygen have not been delineated. The purpose of... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - January 9, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Infants and Children Source Type: news
Quantitative Romberg's test in acute carbon monoxide poisoning treated by hyperbaric oxygen - Bidstrup D, Jansen EC, Hyldegaard O.
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to evaluate whether monitoring of acute carbon monoxide-poisoned (COP) patients by means of quantitative Romberg's test (QR-test) during a hyperbaric oxygen (HBO ₂) therapy regimen could be a useful supplement in the e... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - December 29, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Medical News Today: Could an existing oxygen therapy treat Alzheimer's?
Researchers have shown that hyperbaric oxygen therapy alleviates some physical and behavioral symptoms of Alzheimer's in a mouse model of the disease. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - December 7, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Alzheimer's / Dementia Source Type: news
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy may alleviate symptoms of Alzheimer's Disease
(American Friends of Tel Aviv University) A new Tel Aviv University study reveals that hyperbaric oxygen treatments may alleviate symptoms experienced by patients with Alzheimer's disease. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - December 5, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
#MayoClinicRadio podcast: 12/2/17
Listen: Mayo Clinic Radio 12/2/17 On the Mayo Clinic Radio podcast, Dr. Paul Claus, outgoing medical director of Mayo Clinic?s Hyperbaric and Altitude Medicine Program, discusses the?hyperbaric oxygen therapy program at Mayo Clinic. Also on the podcast, Dr. Saranya Chumsri, a medical oncologist at Mayo Clinic, discusses how cold cap therapy can help prevent chemotherapy-related [...] (Source: News from Mayo Clinic)
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - December 4, 2017 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
Case control study: hyperbaric oxygen treatment of mild traumatic brain injury persistent post-concussion syndrome and post-traumatic stress disorder - Harch PG, Andrews SR, Fogarty EF, Lucarini J, Van Meter KW.
Mild traumatic brain injury (TBI) persistent post-concussion syndrome (PPCS) and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are epidemic in United States Iraq and Afghanistan War veterans. Treatment of the combined diagnoses is limited. The aim of this study is... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - November 24, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy in the treatment of acute severe traumatic brain injury: a systematic review - Daly S, Thorpe M, Rockswold SB, Hubbard M, Bergman TA, Samadani U, Rockswold G.
There has been no major advancement in a quarter of a century for the treatment of acute severe traumatic brain injury (TBI). This review summarizes 40 years of clinical and pre-clinical research on the treatment of acute TBI with hyperbaric oxygen therapy... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - November 16, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Hyperbaric Oxygen Has No Significant Benefit for Diabetic Foot Ulcers Hyperbaric Oxygen Has No Significant Benefit for Diabetic Foot Ulcers
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) does not significantly improve wound healing or prevent amputation in diabetes patients with ischemic lower-extremity ulcers, according to a randomized controlled trial.Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape General Surgery Headlines)
Source: Medscape General Surgery Headlines - November 15, 2017 Category: Surgery Tags: Diabetes & Endocrinology News Source Type: news
Justifying hyperbaric oxygen delivery for carbon monoxide poisoning: time to respond to pressure with a large-scale randomized controlled trial - Cowl CT.
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Source: SafetyLit - November 13, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
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Source: Al Sears, MD Natural Remedies - November 7, 2017 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Cathy Card Tags: Anti-Aging Alzheimer's arthritis Cancer diabetes heart disease high blood pressure hip fractures metabolic syndrome obesity Syndrome Zero Source Type: news
