Archive - October 2016

Essentially Women is busy preparing to attend, exhibit and present at Medtrade Fall in Atlanta, Georgia, Oct. 31 - Nov. 3. Although it’s only been three weeks since FOCUS conference, your team at Essentially Women is packing up and heading out to see EW members attending Medtrade.                   If you are planning to attend the conference, we’d love to see your smiling face! First, use discount

Medullary carcinoma of the breast is a rare subtype of invasive ductal carcinoma (cancer that begins in the milk duct and spreads beyond it), accounting for about 3-5% of all cases of breast cancer. It is called “medullary” carcinoma because the tumor is a soft, fleshy mass that resembles a part of the brain called the medulla. Medullary carcinoma can occur at any age, but it usually affects women in their late 40s and early 50s. Medullary carcinoma is more common in women who have

Healthcare attorney Elizabeth Hogue spells out legal considerations of sales programs by:  Tracy Orzel   YARMOUTH, Maine – Banking giant Wells Fargo is under fire from consumers and Congress for setting such high sales goals, employees felt pressured to create sham accounts. The controversy has shined a light on how companies set up their sales program. Luckily, the banking and healthcare industries aren’t one in the same, says healthcare

by Jeffrey S. Baird, JD AMARILLO, TX - When a DME supplier signs a competitive bid ("CB") contract, the supplier becomes a "contract supplier." The contract supplier obligates itself to serve Medicare patients who reside in (or travel to) a CBA covered by the contract and who ask for products covered by the CB contract. Notwithstanding this obligation, what happens when the contract supplier determines that (i) it wishes to terminate ("get out of") the CB contract or (ii) desires to refuse to

The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) today issued a new global guideline on screening for cervical cancer, one of the leading causes of cancer related death among women worldwide. The guideline provides evidence-based recommendations for screening, follow-up of positive screening results, and treatment of women with cervical pre-cancers in countries worldwide. ASCO's guideline recommends that all women in appropriate age groups - in low-resource, middle-resource, and high-resource

Waterloo, Iowa – October 12, 2016 - Essentially Women hosted its annual members-only education conference September 25-26 in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Nearly 250 members, vendor partner representatives, speakers and consultants were in attendance.        During the two-day conference, attendees earned CEUs and maintained requirements at 19 education sessions during the two-day conference. Topics covered ranged from billing and reimbursement to succession

Written by Jill Stein Researchers are reporting clinical activity with the investigational oral compound tucatinib, used as part of combination therapy in patients with advanced breast cancer and skin metastases. Researchers found the drug tucatinib led to a reduction in skin lesions for patients with advanced breast cancer.   The findings, from a small group of patients enrolled in a Phase Ib study, were presented at the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) 2016

Tubular carcinoma of the breast is a subtype of invasive ductal carcinoma (cancer that begins inside the breast's milk duct and spreads beyond it into healthy tissue). Tubular carcinomas are usually small (about 1 cm or less) and made up of tube-shaped structures called "tubules." These tumors tend to be low-grade, meaning that their cells look somewhat similar to normal, healthy cells and tend to grow slowly. At one time, tubular carcinomas accounted for about 1-4% of all breast cancers.

By: Lalaina Rabary, VGM Marketing Principled leaders can do many things – build trust, strengthen relationships, overcome conflict – but does ethical leadership also yield higher profits? Yes, more than five times greater revenue than companies led by leaders with low character ratings, according to a study by KRW International, a Minnesota-based consulting firm. The findings were surprising to KRW International co-founder Fred Kiel, Ph.D. He has spent 40 years advising executive

THERAFIRM Fitter’s Course coming to New York Earn 6 BOC Credits or 6.25 ABC Credits THERAFIRM’s certified fitter training course is designed to provide the fitter of medical compression stockings with the needed medical knowledge to safely measure, fit and select the appropriate product for patients with venous insufficiency. The seminar covers the following topics: Circulatory anatomy and physiology Venous disorders THERAFIRM product overview Measuring and fitting Growing