by Eric Ulchakere | May 20, 2020 | Health, Telemedicine
I wanted to let you know we have been notified this week that House Bill (HB 546) has been introduced to the House to discuss and approve Telemedicine services in the State of Ohio.
The Bill has been introduced by Representative Patton with Cosponsors: Representatives Gavarone, Smith, K. The Bill is to enact section 3902.30 of the Revised Code to prohibit health benefit plans from treating telemedicine services differently from in-person health care services solely because they are provided as telemedicine services.
We will be following the development and keep you informed of any changes.
by Eric Ulchakere | May 20, 2020 | Health, Telemedicine
As we all know, locally and nationally, the opioid epidemic rages on. The opioids infiltrate every facet of our lives from honest-medicine application to the non-medicinal application that tears families and individuals apart.
I attended a parent education seminar in 2017 on ‘what is out there’ including, but not limited to, the paraphernalia used. It is absolutely shocking what is out there, and the coaxing and peddling of those items are what have caused this epidemic. A whole generation is being lost to addictions.
There is a feeling of desperation now and hindsight is always 20/20. Telemedicine is beginning (at last!) to get some notice as a potential treatment; anti-addiction process.
In an article by Eric Wicklund (Congress Turns to Telemedicine to Take On Substance Abuse Epidemic, mHealth Intelligence, March 7, 2018), the author cites two Bills going through Congress that allows certain addiction treatment centers and community mental health centers to register with the DEA (Drug Enforcement Agency) to enable them to prescribe controlled substances via telemedicine without a prior in-person examination.
Improving Access to Remote Behavioral Health Treatment Act of 2018
Special Registration for Telemedicine Clarification Act
Both Bills will go a long way to bridging the national shortfall of Psychiatrists, helping the number of citizens suffering from the opioid epidemic crisis, and being able to prescribe anti-addition medication without an in-person consult.
We will continue to follow the developments but in the meantime contact us so we can introduce you to our Telemedicine platform and how we are designed to change the lives of those locally and nationally.
#Apportis #drugsnomore #telemedicine
by Eric Ulchakere | May 20, 2020 | Uncategorized
Now that the weather is in the ranges of a balmy 50’F – 60’F this week, it is time to check our stores of allergy “repellents” and, yes, I write this in the same sentence, plan to get out and enjoy the outdoors.
As the flowers, grasses and trees all start their pollinating, the start of the Spring season is for many the ‘best season’. Of course, that is a matter of personal opinion, but there are few that can argue Spring is not a pretty season.
So, get out and enjoy the outdoors! Get the hiking boots on, running shoes, load up on sandwiches and water, sunscreen (important!), wear a hat, and the appropriate clothing…and get out there and embrace and experience what nature provides.
See you on the trail!
#apportis #healthandwellness
by Eric Ulchakere | May 20, 2020 | Health
I am a person with a lot of moles. Having grown up around the Equator during the 1970’s and 1980’s I have always been sun-conscious and certainly conscious about my skin. After my first wife – Mitsy – passed away in March 2015 from Melanoma Cancer, this indiscriminate disease continues to ravage the world.
With Mitsy giving birth to our two children I share the responsibility of raising them with my beautiful Fiancee, Gretchen, and the ‘possibility’ of one or both of them contracting Melanoma….or may be not, fills me with dread after my experience with Mitsy. I am not sure I want to do the DNA test and then I would “know” what the outcome will be.
I set up a non-profit to celebrate the legacy of my first wife and to grow awareness of Melanoma (Mitsy’s Wings) so the point of this post/blog is that you MUST have a regular skin check with a dermatologist. It is imperative. The health & wellness of your skin is just as important as the internal medicine checks you have too.
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