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Medicare Fraud Medicare fraud is a topic I am familiar with due to working in the Durable Medical Equipment industry for just over ten years in various departments including compliance. While in compliance and billing management positions, I have attended webinars regarding fraud as well as kept up to date on ever-changing Medicare regulations. For…

An activity that welcomes all no matter the age or size, surfing for some become a lifestyle and the ocean becomes their home. The ocean is a surfer home but it is an also a sharks’ domain, so we should do our best to protect it. People know the risk they take when they go…

The barriers that stand in the way of children and adolescents getting vaccinated should be minimized to little or none. Vaccination is the “injection of a weakened organism that produces immunity in the body against that organism.” While many worries about injecting part of the virus into the human body could be dangerous. It is…

Down syndrome (DS) is a genetic disorder that affects the body interiorly, exteriorly and mentally as well. When babies are born, they are born with twenty-three pairs of chromosomes, one chromosome that comes from the mother and one that comes from the father. Within those twenty-three chromosomes that the body creates at an early stage…

For years, heart attacks have struck fear into the eyes of Americans. All cardiovascular diseases together are the widest cause of death in the country, with heart attacks alone accounting for about twenty-three percent of all fatalities (Staff, 1997). Doctors have tried to reduce this risk over time by advising patients about lowering cholesterol levels,…

My family has never been one with a significant amount of health problems. My grandparents are the ones who suffer the the most from health related illnesses, but mostly because of their age. After completing the family tree, the only re-occuring problem I found was hypertension. I chose to write about hypertension because it is…

Have you ever had this instance when you woke up in the middle of the night and you’re hungry so you get up and eat? Well, what if I tell you that there is this eating disorder that makes you get up in the middle of the night and smash on a lot of food….

Growing up I never considered becoming a nurse, however, I knew I wanted a job that allowed me to care for others because it comes naturally to me and provides a sense of fulfilment. This led me to join various clubs and organizations whose goal was to provide care to the elderly, sick and shut-ins…

Adolescents want to try new things and seek new risks to create their own identity. Adolescents differ from adults because they consume an excessive amount of alcohol in a short period and are less likely to report withdrawal symptoms. Adolescents perceive that alcohol and substance use is “normal” because many people engage in them. The…

Medicare was established in 1965 after President Lyndon B Johnson signed a legislation for the Social Security Act. This is when Americans began receiving Medicare as their health coverage. Not just 12 months later did more Medicare coverage for hospital and medical insurance benefits take off. Medicare is comprised of four different parts available for…