News & Events
Notable quotations
Editorials
"Soak the Seniors!"
Book reviews
Statistics
Percentage Levels of Long Term Health Care
Insurance for Working Families
Reason for Changing Health Plans
Who Pays For Long Term Care
Care Quality in For-Profit vs. Not-For-Profit HMOs
Comparative Mortality in 1st Year of Life
Case Studies
Insurance company: PHS
Oxford and Aetna US Health Care
79-year-old woman
PHS and Columbia Presbyterian Hospital, NYC
Coverage denied due to provider error
Pain management
HPN OPINIONS
  Case Studies
  Pain management
A patient who was rendered a quadriplegic from a diving accident was suffering with pain in his extremities. This patient had been in placement for several years and the staff had long since ceased to advocate for him. HPN contacted a physician specializing in pain management and persuaded him to provide this patient with a newly developed pain-relieving device placed surgically within the patient.

Cost: $75
Savings: months of pain relief

 

  <<Back Next>>
 
 
Copyright© 2004 Health Plan Navigator LLC All Rights Reserved