WATERLOO, Iowa (June 10, 2015)—Amy Van Dyken-Rouen, a six-time Olympic gold medalist and T-12 paraplegic, will headline the 14th annual VGM Heartland Conference. Van Dyken-Rouen was the first woman to win four gold medals in one Olympic Games, but was severely injured one year ago in an ATV accident. Her spinal cord was severed, leaving her paralyzed from the waist down.
Cedar Falls, Iowa (June 8, 2015)—Nine-year-old Natalie Olsen and her family will be the beneficiaries of new home accessibility equipment to be installed at their home in Cedar Falls. The home modification will take place Wednesday, June 17, and is part of Access Day USA, a nationwide campaign, championed by nonprofit Evergreen Life Access, to promote safe home access for people with a physical limitation who are in need.
WASHINGTON, DC (June 2, 2015)—Joint replacement was the most common hospital procedure that Medicare paid for in 2013, accounting for nearly 450,000 inpatient admissions and $6.6 billion in payments.
Among physicians, cancer specialists received the largest payments from Medicare, but much of their reimbursements went to cover the cost of the very expensive drugs to treat their patients.
SAN DIEGO, Calif. (June 2, 2015)—DME Data Solutions has introduced a new Windows-based database application that utilizes clinical outcome measures to drive sales.