Author Archives: Vernon Rowe
Facility Fee Transparency Law in Kansas
Patients are often unaware that they will be charged hospital “facility fees” until they get their bill after their visit to a doctors’ office or clinic that is owned by a hospital. That may be changing soon in Kansas, thanks
Medical Costs 20% Higher at Hospital Owned Groups–Hospital Testing and Hospital Facility Fees
By Elizabeth Rowe, Ph.D, M.B.A. A recent study in JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association) has addressed directly for the first time, the effects of hospital ownership of physicians’ groups, including hospital facility fees, compared to physician owned groups
Cooking and Diet in MS
Cooking and Diet in MS–Fight Aches and Pains with a Four Letter Word….FOOD! by Leigh Kreshel and Kelli Wong Effective management of a chronic disease, such as Multiple Sclerosis, can be difficult. The diet in MS is an important factor
How To Find A Really Good Doctor—A Critical Part of Your Healthcare
Many years ago a great teacher at Duke Medical School, Eugene Stead, told me “What every patient needs is a really good doctor.” That’s as true today as it ever was. Notice it’s not a really good MRI or other
This Is MS Awareness Month–MS Treatment
by Vernon Rowe, Doug Schell, and Aaron Seacat March is MS Awareness Month. This time of year we as a country focus on MS, a disease that affects more than 400,000 people in the US and is a major crippler
High Deductible Insurance 101—Warning! This could save you thousands!
By Vernon Rowe, Aaron Seacat, Rose Eilts, and Amber Smith With the changes in health insurance these days, Obamacare causing high deductible insurance for employer based health plans, and the increasing responsibility for patient payments caused by these changes, the
More Than An Open Low Cost MRI–A Neurologist Who Can Read It and Treat You
We believe an MRI, just like an EMG, a Sleep Study, an EEG, and nearly every other test we use, is merely an extension of the neurological history and examination. So you need an Open Low Cost MRI that is
Lemtrada – A New Multiple Sclerosis Treatment
Lemtrada-A New Multiple Sclerosis Treatment By Leigh Kreshel and Doug Schell A brand new Multiple Sclerosis Treatment is now available. The FDA just approved Lemtrada on November 14th as a multiple sclerosis treatment. Rowe Neurology Institute and some of our
Why I Love Clinical Neurology
By Vernon Rowe Someone asked me the other day why I love Clinical Neurology. The short answer is it gives me immense enjoyment at all levels. The long answer involves the concept of “flow.” Here’s how: I enter a patient’s