Confirmed cases, vaccines and death tolls continue the proliferation of the ongoing swine flu pandemic all over the world. Many countries have reported confirmed cases of the swine flu. The UK and the US are plotting to run massive vaccinations against the H1N1 virus. The World Health Organization says the latest death toll due to the swine flu has now reached 429.

The swine flu pandemic has also brought a scare to the world’s population from contracting the disease to dying from it. This has caused people to seek every preventive measure they could find to ward of the H1N1 virus – from putting on medical masks to boosting their immune system.

Ways and means of avoiding diseases are presented in the self-published book, Guide to Health Maintenance and Disease Prevention: What You Need to Know. Why You Should Question Your Doctor. Dr. Ijindah Marcus Uriri shows readers how health maintenance and disease prevention provides a concise up to date information on the management of certain chronic medical conditions, health promotion and disease prevention.

This book empowers individuals in several ways to be more proactive about their health. The ultimate goal of this Xlibris release in the lives of its readers is maintaining a excellent quality of life. Uriri emphasizes the importance of prevention and precaution in attaining optimal health.

For people who caught the H1N1 virus – or the swine flu scare – Guide to Health Maintenance and Disease Prevention is a must-read that will certainly help them fare better in fighting off the swine flu pandemic.

About Xlibris
Xlibris was founded in 1997 and, as the leading publishing services provider for authors, has helped to publish more than 20,000 titles. Xlibris is based in Bloomington, IN and provides authors with direct and personal access to quality publication in hardcover, trade paperback, custom leather-bound, and full-color formats.

For more information, please visit the book publisher’s website, e-mail pressrelease@xlibris.com or call at 1-888-795-4247, to receive a free publishing guide.

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Asbestos Health Risk: Greater in Older Adults?
In recent years much attention has been geared towards the various health conditions that may arise as a result of working with or around asbestos. From lung cancer to mesothelioma, the facts are there – asbestos can cause significant health risks.

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Free health talk
UNIVERSITI Kebangsaan Malaysia’s (UKM) Specialist Centre is organising a free health talk at the seventh floor of UKM Medical Centre in Bandar Tun Razak, Cheras, on July 24 from 10am to 2pm.

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US President Barack Obama has been pushing for health care reform ever since he was elected to office in 2008. As part of his administration’s effort to make health care more accessible for every American, the White House is now asking help from doctors in promoting the plotted health insurance overhaul.

In the President’s proposed reform, health care insurance would be made more available in all its forms, provide more options for the public, and generally lower the cost of medical care. Enlisting the aid of doctors indicates that the administration is depending on interest groups to support the health insurance reforms.

The ongoing health care reform issue is not only a concern for the Obama administration and the politicians who have the ability to approve or decline the proposals, but this most importantly impacts professionals in the medical field, health insurance companies and the American public who is at the receiving end of this conundrum.

There is a need for everyone involved – the physicians, politicians and patients – to know vital insights about health care related concerns. Dr. Arndt von Hippel, in his self-published book Better Health Care at Half the Cost, covers health-related topics ranging from the economy, the medical/industrial complex, taxation and outsourced jobs, to inexpensive remedies for certain health issues.

The author clarifies how cheap and effective treatments benefit the patient while discussing hundreds of ways to reduce health care costs and improve patient outcomes. Von Hippel further empowers patients by reviewing what medical care can and cannot achieve, and why screening tests and biopsies often give ambiguous results.

Better Health Care at Half the Cost will certainly give legislators and laymen the leverage they need to make better decisions concerning health care and eventually pass laws that will not only benefit insurance companies, but more importantly make health care more available and affordable to everyone.

Better Health Care at Half the Cost is published by Xlibris.

About Xlibris
Xlibris was founded in 1997 and, as the leading publishing services provider for authors, has helped to publish more than 20,000 titles. Xlibris is based in Bloomington, IN and provides authors with direct and personal access to quality publication in hardcover, trade paperback, custom leather-bound, and full-color formats.

For more information, please visit the book publisher’s website, e-mail pressrelease@xlibris.com or call at 1-888-795-4247, to receive a free publishing guide.

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Learn The Truth About Cancer And How To Eliminate Sickness And Disease Naturally By Health Expert Dr. Thompson!
Cancer & Health- It’s All About The Cell.

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On February 16, 2006 the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act was finalized, and enacted. This law is designed to establish national standards for all health care transactions, and to ensure the security and privacy of all health related information. The motivation behind this law is to improve the performance, and efficiency of our health care system. This type of reform has made a need for qualified individuals who can utilize the tools of this legislation, and assure full compliance, and maximum reimbursement. It would therefore be a prudent go for health care facilities to use such individuals in order to avoid mistakes that could have dire consequences.

The proliferation of medical knowledge following World War II brought about an explosion of diagnostic, and treatment procedures. As a result, there became a need to organize, and standardize all these developing technologies. Here is where the foundations of medical coding were born. Medical coding met these challenges, and allowed for a more uniform way of communicating health information under a common language. By January 1979, standardized definitions, and codes were adopted, and used by health care providers, and insurance companies. Since improvements and refinements of medical procedures are constantly being developed, codes must be added and updated to reflect these changes. Today, the number of medical and surgical procedures have become enormous, so too have the codes to describe them. These overwhelming numbers of codes and protocols have made outsourcing medical billing the standard.

Medical Billing and related occupations continue to be the fastest growing opportunities in health care. Insurance institutions and government agencies are investing huge resources to control claims’ fraud, abuse, and establish some degree of reimbursement parity. As a result, more insurance companies, and health care facilities are looking to medical billing experts for help. These companies and practices are looking for experienced and educated individuals; the legal consequences of incorrect billing could be devastating. There is a movement in the industry to make medical billers responsible for inaccuracies, much they way accountants are for tax returns.

At present, there are no standards for educational requirements for medical billers and coders. But, more employers are looking for some formal training at an accredited career training institution. These schools range in training time from nine months to two years, anything less would not be considered adequate. There is a go for certification, and several organizations are sponsoring certification examinations in medical billing and coding. Medical billers and coders earn as much as $8 to $10 per hour in the beginning, and could potentially realize $30 to $40 per hours with experience and additional responsibilities.

Today, evolutions in the health care industry are happening at a very high pace. It is only with the help of sophisticated computer programs, and standardized coding procedures that medical coders are now able to describe and characterize the tremendous number and various kinds of medical and surgical procedures. These realities coupled with government regulations, and health insurance guidelines have contributed to the strong demand for experienced medical coders and billers.

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