A comprehensive review of Medicare claims for more than 45,000 patients from 2005 through 2010 found that nearly all of the 146 percent increase in intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) for ...

The number of physical therapy (PT) services provided to Medicare beneficiaries increased nearly 30% from 2004 through 2010, but the source of the increase is open to debate, according to a new report ...

When providers work together, patients are more likely to get their needs met at the right place and the right time. This leads to better health outcomes and lower healthcare costs. In outpatient ...

CHARLOTTE – A physician’s referral is no longer needed for treatment or evaluation from a physical therapist. Recent direct access legislation, effective in 2015, now means patients can go directly to ...

A new study suggesting that "the role of the physician gatekeeper in regard to physical therapy may be unnecessary in many cases" could have significant implications for the US health care system. A ...

Physical therapy services provided to Medicare beneficiaries increased by almost 30% between 2004 and 2010, but unlike other healthcare service-utilization increases, self-referring physicians were ...

There is a “large variability” in the use of physical therapy for systemic sclerosis, and patients who do receive it are rarely treated for hand or oral dysfunction, according to data published in ...

Physical and emotional quality of life in children with B-acute lymphoblastic leukemia randomized to every 4- vs. 12-week vincristine/dexamethasone during maintenance ...

Cedar Rapids, Iowa – (December 10, 2012) Tanager Place's Mental Health Clinic is one of the few facilities in Iowa to offer the clinically proven treatment option Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) for ...

More referrals for anxiety and depression talking therapies were made in Bath and north east Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire in April, new figures show. Meanwhile, waiting times between referral and ...