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AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2015  Vol. 8 No. 5 VEINTHERAPYNEWS.COM

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Another year living under government regulations By Deborah L. Manjoney, MD, FACS, RPVI A year ago, I wrote about the onerous government demands on medical practitioners in regards to HIPAA, Meaningful Use and ICD-10. The financial burden of change, sheer volume of the rules and the changing influences of medical reimbursement have led many solo physicians and physician groups to sell their practices to hospitals or multispecialty groups. The larger organizations have better negotiating powers and trained personnel to implement the requirements.

Many physicians have already regretted their decisions, as they are now employees of corporations. They face productivity quotas, salary reductions, and restrictions on practice visits for the sake of supporting administrative overhead and corporate profit. Sacrifice of independence seems a steep price to pay for many of us “old-timers.” What is the status of these government regulations?

HIPAA HIPAA enforcement and levying of fines has indeed increased in the last year.

To be brief, six resolution agreements were reached between the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) of the Health and Human Services Department (HHS) and violators in 2014. These were based on reported or discovered data breaches. Since 2009, when fines were first levied, more than $25.1 million has been collected. It should be noted that the largest data breach to date, the Anthem breach involving 80 million people, and is prompting legislation to make encryption mandatory. REGULATIONS

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Dr. Ellis created medAge health program to complement vein practice By Laura Ellis, MD

Dr. Ellis

As insurance reimbursements continue to decline within most sectors of traditional medicine, many practitioners have branched into complementary areas of integrative practice. Whether it is adding pharmaceuticalgrade dietary supplements to their offerings, or providing an overall expanded holistic approach to care, most physicians on the cutting edge are extending their cash/self-pay patient services. Anti-aging, Functional, and Integrative medicine programs are among those specializations trending most significantly. I founded medAge Comprehensive Health Program in 2011, a comprehensive functional

medicine program, focusing on the prevention, apprehension, and reversal of degenerative and age-related illness. The medAge protocol is built on a holistic foundation with four pillars: • Scientific Stress Management • Custom Nutrition • Optimized Exercise • Bio-identical Hormone Replacement The reasoning behind and importance of these four focus areas of the practice (not necessarily in this order) are:

SCIENTIFIC STRESS MANAGEMENT

“psychophysiological” coherence within the human body is tantamount to the apex of healthcare. This is because it promotes a high degree of balance, harmony and synchronization within and between cognitive, emotional and physiological processes. This state is associated with highperformance, reduced stress, increased emotional stability and numerous health benefits. Fundamentally it involves purposefully increasing parasympathetic activity dominance in resting state, interrupting lingering and chronic physiological stress

Modern research is confirming that creation and maintenance of a

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