Camden Lawless, Author at Vein Therapy News

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KRATOM: POWDER GROUND FROM LEAVES OFFERS PAIN RELIEF, MOOD ENHANCEMENT

By Christine Vestal, The Pew Charitable Trusts CARRBORO, N.C. — On a sunny November afternoon in this quiet college community, a steady stream of customers walks through the doors of a local cafe called Oasis for a cup of an…

CHINESE ROBOT PASSES CHINA’S MEDICAL LICENSING EXAM

A Chinese medical robot named Xiaoyi achieved a passing score of 456 on China’s medical licensing exam in early November. A passing score is 360 out of 600. But 456 is an impressive result considering the robot scored 100…

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FIFTH WELLCARE EXEC SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR FRAUD SCHEME

Thaddeus M.S. Bereday, the former general counsel for WellCare Health Plans ,has been sentenced to six months in federal prison for his role in a scheme to defraud Florida’s Medicaid program. The Department of Justice announced that Bereday will serve a prison…

WHAT’S UP IN THE NEW YEAR? PHYSICIANS RESPOND TO ISSUES FACING THEM IN 2018

By Larry Storer When I recently polled a dozen physician leaders by email about what issues were at the top of their list of the most critical issues facing them in 2018, concerns fell into two categories: political and medical.…

BTG GETS CPT CODES FOR VARITHENA AS OF JAN. 1; MEDTRONIC VENASEAL GETS MORE FAVORABLE CODES

By Larry Storer The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services have published the final fee schedule for new Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) Category 1 codes for BTG International’s Varithena procedures, and changed CPT codes for Medtronic’s VenaSeal, effective Jan.…

AMERICAS WILL BENEFIT MOST WITH IVC FILTER MARKET GROWTH

Market research analysts at Technavio predict that the global inferior vena cava (IVC) filter market will grow steadily during the next four years and post a CAGR of more than 11 percent by 2021. This market research analysis identifies the…