The FDA cleared the device for over-the-counter use after accepted clinical data demonstrated that patients successfully operated the device after reading the User Manual without any help or recommendations from physicians. A Quick Guide and User Manual are included with the device and a flash demo and further information is available on the RESPeRATE website. For those who need additional support, our product specialists are available toll-free to provide unlimited phone support.

There are scenarios and instances where a hearing professional does see patients in the physicians’ office, but all arrangements like this should also be handled in a business setting and discussed with your attorney. Start with the nurses. If you can begin educating the nurses, the doctor will probably follow. Even set up an open house with the free screening certificates (see Strategy Booklet) for the nurses and staff.

Once you have just 2 patients enrolled in the Take Control Sample Program, we will provide you with a free RESPeRATE demo device for your clinic.

A - Yes, Iowa is a "direct-access" state in which PTs may evaluate and treat patients without physician referral. A - Because Iowa is a "direct-access" state, the condition of referral is irrelevant except as it pertains to practice setting and insurance reimbursement. For example, hospitals may impose referral conditions, and insurance companies, including Medicare/Medicaid, may have their own referral rules.

The Privacy Rules require physicians to use appropriate administrative, technical, and security safeguards to protect the privacy of protected health information — including oral communications. This means that physicians must use reasonable efforts to have protections in place, but they do not need to make expensive structural changes to "soundproof" their offices. The Department of Health and Human Services addresses this topic in one of its Frequently Asked Questions at http://answers.

No. Under New Jersey laws, non-physician-owned diagnostic imaging outfits may not bill patients directly.

Walden Centers will cap the patient panel to approximately one quarter to one third of that experienced in a traditional primary care practice. Final panel sizes will be determined between the physician and Walden Healthcare Managing Directors.

Using the new timing sequence, it happens at Step 8. As soon as the card is successful and before you apply any card effects, you can use the Time Keeper's Bell.

Yes. We can generally schedule the same physician for each visit. However, Sierra HouseCalls Medical Group has several highly qualified medical providers, and it is part of our philosophy to have each provider become familiar with as many patients in the practice as possible. For this reason, you may be scheduled to see a provider other than your original physician unless you specify that you would prefer not to.

Yes, we'd be happy to send you a sample kit with product and information at no charge. It should arrive in a few weeks. Please call 1-800 BIOFREEZE and ask for the Health Care Department or email web@biofreeze.com. Yes, we have the PEP (patient education program), which contains 100 personalized brochures and 2 sample packets attached to each. Thiis available from our office at no charge. Call 1-800 BIOFREEZE and ask for the Health Care Department or email web@biofreeze.com.

We have seen patients ambulated earlier than 4-6 hours but we are obligated by the FDA to advise facilities to follow their manual pressure protocol for time to ambulation.

A.- YES - There have been at least twenty-six published medical papers written by well-known physicians who have used Laetrile experimentally in the treatment of their own patients, and who have concluded that Laetrile is both safe and effective in the treatment of cancer. A.- YES - Dr. Hans Nieper, MD, Director of the Dept.

Yes, we have a Sample Program called Take Control for you and your patients. The program enables your patients to receive a free RESPeRATE device* ($299 value) for 30 days, paying only for shipping and handling ($39.95) You simply provide a Sample Certificate to an appropriate patient and the patient sends it to our office to enroll in the program.

Yes, we have a Professional Dispensing program that enables you to provide RESPeRATE to your clients -- directly from your clinic. You can choose to loan or rent RESPeRATE to your clients or sell it to them. At the same time, the program fairly compensates you for your time. Please note that the best way for a patient to lower their blood pressure (BP) and sustain that blood pressure is to use it routinely at home. Yes.

Yes, InterCure provides unlimited phone support to all patients. A user forum is also available online.

The average reduction from the pooled results of six clinical trials for hypertensive patients with high BP (>140/90 mmHg) is 14/8 mmHg. However, a number of factors affect the expected reduction: the greater the baseline BP, the older the patient and the more slow breathing time accumulated per week, the greater the reduction.

Generally device-guided treatment is pleasant and relaxing, and most users enjoy using RESPeRATE. Our studies show that compliance is high and it may encourage patients to also be more compliant with their medication.

Over 50,000 use the device globally since receiving clearance for marketing, More than 500 patients have participated in clinical trials in the US, Israel , Italy and Korea. The pooled results of 9 studies are consistent and include more than 300 treated patients. Yes, see indications. RESPeRATE has also been approved by regulatory boards in Europe, Korea, Canada, Thailand, China, Australia, and Israel.

For your physician to treat you most effectively it is vital that you adequately describe your symptoms. Many patients are reticent about describing urgency and episodes of incontinence for example which may be readily treated with local topical therapy. If despite the best efforts of your physician you are not doing well either having continued symptoms or requiring continued high dose steroids then it may be appropriate to consider asking for a second opinion.