As Health Savings Accounts grow in popularity, there is growing fear among those who want to nationalize healthcare that they will not be able to put the cat back in the bag. There are already over 3 million HSA owners, and by 2010, the Treasury Department estimates as many as 45 million Americans will be covered by HSA plans. They…
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Demand For Legal Nurse Consultants At All Time High
What Is a Legal Nurse Consultant? A legal nurse consultant is a registered nurse who uses existing expertise as a healthcare professional plus specialized training to consult on medical-related cases at fees of $100-$150/hour. Few attorneys know how to read medical records or understand the terminology and subtleties of healthcare issues to achieve the best results for their clients. A…
Eleven California Schools Districts Awarded 150 000 To Encourage Students To Attend Health Career Institute
In June of 2006, superintendent of public instruction Jack O’Connell awarded $150,000 in grants to 11 districts within the California schools. The funds are for California schools student attendance at the California Health Science Education Institute and associated costs of the program. Currently, there are numerous jobs in the healthcare industry for applicants with college and only high school degrees.…
Why You Need Health Insurance
Health is wealth so they say and every person should prepare financially and emotionally for the possibility of any health problems that may come his way at any time in the future. People say the only things certain in life are taxes and death. Perhaps, illness should also be included in that list because every person can get sick at…
Patient Advocacy
Every healthcare provider, from the blue color worker whose primary responsibility is the maintenance of operating room suite furnishings, to the cardiac surgeon performing high risk, complicated and life saving surgery, should be a patient advocate. What exactly is patient advocacy? The moment a patient makes a decision to trust their life, health and wellbeing to another person, that person…