A new bipartisan law that will eventually remove Social Security numbers from benefit cards was signed into law by President Obama last week.

One of the most frequent personal financial threats facing seniors today are Social Security numbers that appear on the enrollees’ Medicare cards. This will not be an easy task for CMS and will take years until the process is complete. [Read more…]

The initial drug of choice that most prescribers like to start with when initiating medication therapy for a newly diagnosed individual is Metformin. Assuming that the patient’s renal function is within-normal-limits, Metformin has the ability to reduce glucose output from the liver, improve insulin sensitivity and slow gastric emptying resulting in lower spikes of glucose entering the bloodstream.

But did you know that Metformin has been studied in the prevention or delay in the onset of Type 2 diabetes? [Read more…]

Have you ever seen advertisements and offers of prescription discount cards and wondered just how much you can really save on prescription medications? The truth be told, unless they are offered by the drug manufacturer they are probably worth less than the plastic they are printed on.

Patients have been targeted by these fraudsters by phone, e-mail and regular mail and have been promised that for a small enrollment fee of sometimes up to $299 for the year they could expect to receive big savings on their prescription costs and even healthcare costs. [Read more…]

Have you ever walked past a sign by a patient’s doorway and noticed it stated “Neutropenic Precautions” and wondered what that meant?

The term neutropenia refers to an abnormally low count of granulocytes (white blood cells) which is defined as when the absolute granulocyte count (AGC) falls below 1500ml. [Read more…]