Family Medicine Doctors in Fort Mohave, AZ Accepting Medicare

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Dr. Richard E Hendrix, MD Family Medicine Medicare: Accepting Medicare Assignments Practice Location: 1611 Joy Ln, Fort Mohave, AZ 86426 Phone: 928-788-1900    Fax: 928-788-2048

Kaye A Cunningham, MD Family Medicine Medicare: Accepting Medicare Assignments Practice Location: 5653 S Highway 95, Ste A, Fort Mohave, AZ 86426 Phone: 928-768-2558

Dr. William Brian Womack, D.O. Family Medicine Medicare: Accepting Medicare Assignments Practice Location: 1611 Joy Ln, Fort Mohave, AZ 86426 Phone: 928-768-9496

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Winston submits NDA for CIVANEX to U.S. FDA

Winston Laboratories, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Winston Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a pharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing novel pain management therapies, announced that it has submitted a new drug application (NDA) with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for approval to market its civamide (zucapsaicin) 0.075% cream, CIVANEX®, for the treatment of signs and symptoms of osteoarthritis of the knee.

Physicians rarely discuss risks of cancer screening with patients

A survey finds that most patients are not being told about the possibility of overdiagnosis and overtreatment as a result of cancer screenings, according to report in a research letter by Odette Wegwarth, Ph.D., and Gerd Gigerenzer, Ph.D., of the Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin, Germany.

Home health, hospice patients need to have face-to-face encounter with physician: New Medicare rule

A new federal regulation issued by Medicare in November will create a crisis for approximately 4.5 million home health and hospice service patients. Starting on January 1, homebound elderly and disabled patients as well as hospice patients will now need to have a "face-to-face encounter" with a physician or nurse practitioner if they want to receive care under Medicare.

Reid wants COBRA subsidy extension, eyes Medicaid funds for states

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is trying to extend unemployment benefits, health insurance subsidies for those recently laid-off and help for state Medicaid budgets that would in total cost $100 billion, The Associated Press reports. The measure is separate from the jobs bill. "Facing a Feb. 28 deadline, Reid hopes to pass two measures, one as soon as possible. The first includes a 30-day extension of several of soon-to-expire provisions such as jobless aid, parts of the Patriot Act and prevention of cuts in Medicare payments to doctors."

Diuretic lessens risk of death from mild heart failure: Study

A new study shows that diuretic pill Inspra (generic – Eplerenone) cuts down the risk of death and hospitalization among people with mild heart failure. The drug that is widely used to treat advanced heart failure, also has value for people with mild disease, says lead researcher Faiez Zannad, of Nancy University in Nancy, France. The results were reported at the American Heart Association's annual meeting and published simultaneously online in the New England Journal of Medicine.

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