Chronic Diseases
Chronic diseases account for 83% of the $1.4 trillion spent on health care. And chronic conditions account for over two-thirds of the deaths in the U.S. Click on Chronic Diseases - How Expensive Are They? for more information.
Smoking Cessation
Smoking cessation is considered the "gold standard" in cost effective interventions. One insurance carrier's annual cost of smoking cessation programs ranged from 89 cents to $4.92 per smoker. But the annual cost of treating smoking related illnesses ranged from $6 to $33 per smoker.
Click on to learn more about how smoking effects your body. Click on Health Effects of Smoking Free Guide & Tips to Quite Smoking for a handy, fact filled guide on how you can quite smoking.
Weight Management
Obesity in the past 30 years has become epidemic. Thirty-three percent of adults aged 20 - 74 are obese. And kids have been swept up in this as well. Obese people are at increased risk for heart disease, hypertension, diabetes and some cancers.
For a free weight management guide click on Weight Management: Fact and Fiction. This free guide contains facts and tips on healthy eating, how to overcome your barriers, an exercise and activity guide and how to take it off and keep it off.
Also included is Understanding Body Mass Index to find your healty weight.
Lower HBP
High blood pressure (HBP) is called the silent killer. This is because many people who have it don't know it. Left uncontrolled HBP can lead to heart disease, heart attack, stroke, kidney disease or blindness. Making some lifestyle changes can help keep your blood pressure under control.
It is estimated that 25% of the U.S. population has HBP, and as you age you are more likely to get HBP. Taking steps now can help you avoid this disease.
For HBP risk factors you can control and a free guide on how you can control HBP click on the links provided.
Did you know?
The surface
area of an average adult's intestive is 10 times more than the surface
area of his skin......330 Network.
The human brain
consumes one-fifth of the energy produced by what we eat and
drink........Singapore Science Network.
The medical term for a hangover is 'veisalgia', roughly translated from the Norwegian word dveis, maning "the pain that follows debauchery"......National Public Radio.
If the average man never shaved, he would grow a beard 30 feet long by age 70..... 330 Network.
Hospital Overcharges
Over 51 Billion dollars is wasted each year on fraudulent medical billing charges alone. This does not count the clerical errors, the unbundling errors or the routine versus special charges on a hospital bill.
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Filing Medical Claims
Once you or a loved one returns from the hospital, it begins. Each day in the mail more and more bills. Some are explanation of benefits from your insurance company. Some are partial bills from your physicians.
Before you know it you have a big box of them. Don't you have better things to do with your time than sort bills?
Let trained professionals take care of the mess. Assistance filing medical claims will make your life much easier, and maybe save you money as well.
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Medical bills are frustrating and difficult to understand, not only for you
the patient but also for health care providers.
During our research auditng medical and hospital bills we have run across a lot of useful information. And now we have decided to share that with you.
Lower Medical Bills is useful information, tips and a guide to reduce medical bills. Check it out soon, and often.
