Editor's Note: Beginning in this issue, we will present an interesting and thought provoking quote every issue which has caught out attention.
This week's quote comes from Nikolai Bogduk's article "Common complaint which lacks definite treatment" printed in the Australian Dr. Weekly Aug. 21, 1992.
Nicolai Bogduk is an anatomy professor, and director of the Cervical Spine Research Unit at the University of Newcastle and Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Newcastle.
"For other medical problems, practitioners are trained in established methods of assessment and options for management, but no equivalent is available for neck pain. Basically, we don't know how to treat the problem, and without a validated approach, practitioners must either adopt measure they find by trial and error, or believe in measures they are told work. They many rely on referral, but even specialists are not necessarily better equipped."
Back pain? Blame the psoas. Seems as if everybody wants to dive headfirst into their psoas at the first sign of trouble with the lumbopelvic-hip region. Perhaps no other muscle is blamed more for causing problems than the psoas. Yes, it is an important stabilizer of the lumbar spine, but it shouldn't be the only one on which you focus. There is another big player on the scene: the iliacus.
Two closely related viruses of herpes simplex, HSV-1 and HSV-2, can infect the human body. HSV-1 mostly infects the gums and skin, although it can cause more serious infection in the brain. HSV-2 mostly infects around the genital area. Infection with the virus can be unsightly and painful, especially for HSV-2.
What’s the simplest way to ensure prompt payment for your claims? Ensure that the insurance payer has no reason to deny them. Submitting a “clean claim” from the start can have a more significant impact on your net collections than any other step in your billing workflow. Net collections and accounts receivable (AR) can improve significantly when claims are clean from the start.
