Lyric Launches AI-Powered Payment Accuracy Service, LyricIQ
Lyric Announces New AIaaS Offering and Investment from Rory Mcllroy’s Symphony Ventures
Lyric, an industry leader in payment accuracy, today unveiled its groundbreaking Artificial Intelligence as a Service (AIaaS) solution, LyriclQ. Backed by Lyric’s three decades of unrivaled clinical content expertise, LyriclQ harnesses the power of artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, and predictive modeling to redefine payment accuracy processes for health plan payers, bringing a new era of precision and efficiency to the healthcare industry.
In addition to the launch of LyriclQ, Lyric announced its strategic partner...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - August 29, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT Carolyn Wukitch Health IT Funding Health IT Fundings Health IT Investment Lyric LyriclQ Raj Ronanki Rory McIlroy Symphony Symphony Ventures Source Type: blogs
Not all pain is the same
When I started working in the field of persistent pain, many of the approaches used were based on the idea that every pain was the same. Oh yes, of course we had neuropathic pain and inflammatory pain, but our treatments tended to approach each person as if they were pretty similar. We later refined that approach and started to look at people in groups. In the service I worked in, we used the Westhaven-Yale Multidimensional Pain Inventory which generates three main psychologically-based profiles – and for a long time this was a very useful way of establishing who needed the three-week residential programme, and who w...
Source: HealthSkills Weblog - May 23, 2021 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: BronnieLennoxThompson Tags: Assessment Chronic pain Clinical reasoning Pain conditions Professional topics Research Science in practice Source Type: blogs
The Pain Is In Your Brain: Your Knees Know Next to Nothing
By HANS DUVEFELT
A “frozen shoulder” can be manipulated to move freely again under general anesthesia. The medications we use to put patients to sleep for such procedures work on the brain and don’t concentrate in the shoulder joints at all.
An ingrown toenail can be removed or an arthritic knee can be replaced by injecting a local anesthetic – at the base of the toe or into the spine – interrupting the connection between the body and the brain.
An arthritic knuckle can stop hurting and move more freely after a steroid injection that dramatically reduces inflammation, giving lasting relief long after any...
Source: The Health Care Blog - April 14, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Christina Liu Tags: Medical Practice Patients Physicians Primary Care Hans Duvefelt Pain Management Source Type: blogs
Treating neuropathy: Which medication is best?
Imagine experiencing burning, tingling, and numbness in your legs day in and day out, getting worse over time — and your doctors can’t find a reason for it.
That’s the situation for millions of people who suffer from idiopathic sensory polyneuropathy. The term “idiopathic” means that no cause can be identified; “sensory” refers to the type of nerve, in this case those carrying nerve signals such as pain or temperature; “poly” means “many” and “neuropathy” means nerve disease. So, this is a condition of unknown cause that damages multiple nerves; the most affected nerves tend to be those th...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - December 1, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Robert H. Shmerling, MD Tags: Drugs and Supplements Health Neurological conditions Pain Management Source Type: blogs
Getting the best treatment for your fibromyalgia
Imagine being in pain and having your doctor tell you it’s all in your head. Unfortunately, this is not an uncommon experience for many of the six million Americans living with fibromyalgia, a chronic, painful condition.
People with fibromyalgia experience widespread pain, aches, and stiffness in muscles and joints throughout the body, as well as unusual tiredness. No one knows what causes this condition, and no apparent physical cause has been identified thus far. The most likely culprit is a brain malfunction that amplifies normal nerve responses, causing people with fibromyalgia to experience pain or other symptoms wh...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - September 10, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Kelly Bilodeau Tags: Bones and joints Fatigue Health Pain Management Source Type: blogs
There ’s a code for pain, but what’s the code for suffering?
Opiates relieve pain and can transport people to their apparent happy place. So does marijuana. Lyrica, the seizure-turned-pain medication, caused enough of a buzz in early study participants that it became a controlled substance. The anesthetic ketamine is now used for treatment-resistant depression. Years ago, we had to be very specific about the location and […]Find jobs at Careers by KevinMD.com. Search thousands of physician, PA, NP, and CRNA jobs now. Learn more. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - June 16, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/a-country-doctor" rel="tag" > Hans Duvefelt, MD < /a > < /span > Tags: Conditions Primary Care Source Type: blogs
What you need to know about fibromyalgia
Fibromyalgia can be an incapacitating condition for many people with diffuse aches and pains that generally do not respond well to drugs. Prescription drugs for this condition are also plagued by substantial side-effects, as well as costs.
There are a handful of natural strategies that have yielded extravagant successes for many people, lessons learned from the worldwide Wheat Belly and Undoctored programs.
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Source: Wheat Belly Blog - May 9, 2020 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Open fibromyalgia Lyrica microbiota pain meds prebiotic prednisone probiotic sibo small intestinal bacterial overgrowth undoctored wheat belly Source Type: blogs
Harvard Health Ad Watch: A fibromyalgia treatment ( “But you look so good!”)
It’s something I’ve heard countless times from patients with fibromyalgia. They’re telling a friend or family member about their condition and the response is, “But you don’t look sick” or “But you look so well.” Sometimes, the reaction is more of an eye roll or some other response that reflects skepticism that the problem is even “real.”
Those are issues addressed head-on in a TV ad for Lyrica (pregabalin), a treatment for fibromyalgia. “To most people, I look like most people,” a woman says. “But on the inside I feel chronic, widespread pain.” After clarifying that the pain is real, this direc...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - November 22, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Robert H. Shmerling, MD Tags: Arthritis Bones and joints Fatigue Pain Management Source Type: blogs
Cannabis questions … so many questions!
Recently I wrote a summary of my readings around cannabis for pain. It’s a hot topic in New Zealand because we’re holding a referendum on cannabis law reform next year, and as expected, all the lobby groups are out in force! My interest is sparked because so many of the people I work with as patients also use cannabis – and the evidence from RCTs is pretty poor. And YET as a recent study colleagues and I carried out with people who have spinal cord injury and neuropathic pain, cannabis is something that holds appeal, and interestingly, seems to provide some useful effects.
The study we conducted (see i...
Source: HealthSkills Weblog - October 28, 2019 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: BronnieLennoxThompson Tags: Coping strategies Pain Pain conditions Research cannabis medicinal cannabis qualitative Source Type: blogs
Off-label use of gabapentin and pregabalin for anxiety
An excerpt from Understanding Medicines for Anxiety. In addition to medicines with FDA indications for anxiety, such as benzodiazepines and some antidepressants, a number of drugs are frequently prescribed off-label. Among these are gabapentin and the related compound pregabalin, collectively known as gabapentino ids. Their popularity is remarkable: gabapentin has been the tenth most commonly prescribed medicine […]Find jobs at Careers by KevinMD.com. Search thousands of physician, PA, NP, and CRNA jobs now. Learn more. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - July 31, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/wallace-b-mendelson" rel="tag" > Wallace B. Mendelson, MD < /a > < /span > Tags: Meds Psychiatry Source Type: blogs
A Physician Letter Essay Sample
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From: Dr. Abu Salim Idris (Consultant Neurologist at KPJ Tawakkal
Hospital/ MMC NO 23250 / nsr 124687/)
To: Whom it may concern
I Am writing regarding the health of
my patient, name: MOHAMED YAHYA RASHEED AL JUMA,
Passport NO: VP3153200 (OMAN), D.O.B: 01/07/1991
The above-mentioned patient was born on the 1st day of July 1991 in Oman
and a student at the KDU University in Malaysia. The student is set to go back
for hi...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - July 12, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: elan peter Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
Millions Take Gabapentin for Pain. But There ’s Scant Evidence It Works. - The New York Times
One of the most widely prescribed prescription drugs, gabapentin, is being taken by millions of patients despite little or no evidence that it can relieve their pain.In 2006, I wrote about gabapentin after discovering accidentally that it could counter hot flashes.The drug was initially approved 25 years ago to treat seizure disorders, but it is now commonly prescribed off-label to treat all kinds of pain, acute and chronic, in addition to hot flashes, chronic cough and a host of other medical problems.The F.D.A. approves a drug for specific uses and doses if the company demonstrates it is safe and effective for its intend...
Source: Psychology of Pain - May 22, 2019 Category: Anesthesiology Source Type: blogs
Prescription Drugs That Block Weight Loss
A number of drugs prescribed to treat common conditions, such as hypertension, allergies, depression, inflammation, and diabetes, block your ability to lose weight. Several of these drugs actually cause weight gain, and most doctors fail to inform their patients of such side effects. Among the drugs that block weight loss are:
Beta-blockers: metoprolol, atenolol, carvedilol, and propranolol
Antidepressants: amitriptyline (Elavil), nortriptyline (Pamelor), doxepin, paroxetine (Paxil), trazodone, and others
Steroids: prednisone and hydrocortisone (but not inhaled or nasal steroids for allergies)
Antihistamines: diphenhydr...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - May 7, 2019 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: News & Updates blood sugar drugs failed weight loss fatigue weight loss hypertension insulin prescription drugs undoctored wheat belly Wheat Belly Total Health Source Type: blogs
CMS Posts CY 2019 Notice and Call Letter
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has posted the calendar year (CY) 2019 Advance Notice and Call Letter explaining proposed methodological and payment changes for Medicare Advantage (MA) plans, as well as key policies under Part D. The proposal includes opioid prescribing limits in Medicare Part D and changes to MA utilization of encounter data. It also expands MA supplemental benefits and reducing payments to Employer Group Waiver Plans.
Net Payment Impact
For MA plans, CMS estimates a +1.84 percent net increase on average relative to CY 2018 becau...
Source: Policy and Medicine - March 9, 2018 Category: American Health Authors: Thomas Sullivan - Policy & Medicine Writing Staff Source Type: blogs
Proposed Medicare Changes to Limit Opioid Prescribing
by Chad KollasOn February 1, 2018, the Centers for Medicare& Medicaid Services (CMS)published its Advance Notice of Methodological Changes for Calendar Year 2019. Included in these proposed rules were several directives intended to reduce" Opioid Overutilization ” (see p. 202), including formal adoption of the “90 morphine milligram equivalent (MME) threshold cited in the CDC Guideline, which was developed by experts as the level that prescribers should generally avoid reaching with their patients (p. 203). ” CMS proposed “adding additional flags for high-risk beneficiaries who use ‘potentiator’ drugs (such...
Source: Pallimed: A Hospice and Palliative Medicine Blog - February 4, 2018 Category: Palliative Care Tags: CMS health policy kollas medicare opioids Source Type: blogs
