Fall Allergy Relief: How Provider Practices Can Lead the Way

As summer starts to give way to fall, and the first cool front arrives, many patients brace for seasonal allergies. While ragweed often steals the spotlight, fall allergy sufferers face a broader spectrum of triggers—from varied pollen sources to mold and dust mites. For many providers, this season…

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Fall Allergy Relief: How Provider Practices Can Lead the Way

Allergy Services for Primary Care Physicians: Expanding Access to Long-Term Allergy Relief

Allergies affect more than 100 million people each year. Yet despite their widespread impact, allergies often go untreated due to the scarcity of specialist care. That’s why United Allergy Services is focused on introducing allergy treatment and immunotherapy to primary care practices—the first and…

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Allergy Services for Primary Care Physicians: Expanding Access to Long-Term Allergy Relief

Allergy Testing Kits & Immunotherapy from UAS: A Flexible Solution

Adding allergy care allows healthcare providers to address a common patient need and create a new income stream within the existing framework of their practice. However, we know that every medical practice has different requirements. For practitioners looking to integrate allergy testing and…

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Allergy testing kits

Pediatrics: How Early Allergy Testing & Treatment Can Benefit Young Patients

Allergies are a common yet often overlooked concern in pediatric care, affecting millions of children across the U.S. While allergy symptoms like sneezing, itchy eyes, and congestion may seem minor, untreated allergies can lead to more serious conditions, including asthma, chronic sinus infections,…

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Pediatrics: How Early Allergy Testing & Treatment Can Benefit Young Patients

The Primary Care Practice Crisis: It’s Time to Play Offense

In an article published in Medical Economics, Brad J. Scoggins, FO, DAAP contends that it’s not enough for medical practices to counter adverse market forces by cutting costs and streamlining operations. He argues that practices must take steps to generate more revenue—specifically by offering…

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The Primary Care Practice Crisis: It’s Time to Play Offense

Case Study: Adding Allergy Testing and Immunotherapy to Patient Care

A thriving practice delivering comprehensive patient services in-house, including family care, pediatrics, internal medicine, rheumatology, gynecology, and dietitian services, wanted to expand its offerings with on-site allergy testing and immunotherapy. The practice’s physician team strived to…

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Adding Allergy Testing and Immunotherapy to Patient Care

Maximizing Your Practice by Minimizing the Leakage

Does your medical practice have leaks? Is your growth hindered by “lost business” that negates the full impact of new patient growth? One of my favorite business expressions is from Roger Enrico, the former CEO of PepsiCo, who would say: “Growth is what matters.” It was one of the cornerstones that…

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Maximizing Your Practice by Minimizing the Leakage

Why Offer Allergy Treatment for Children?

For providers passionate about providing care to the pediatric population, integrating fundamental allergy care into their practice can bring about significant benefits. Allergy screening, testing, and treatment fosters healthier lives and also enhances the overall quality of care that can be…

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Pediatricians: Why Offer Allergy Treatment for Children?

How Does UAS Partner with Providers?

How can healthcare providers balance the demands for more patient quality time and the financial requirements for a sustainable practice? Although it may seem counterintuitive to offer an additional service line, doing so can deliver higher revenue, additional clinical support, and meet rising…

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How Does UAS Partner with Providers?

Why Offer Allergy Care Services in Your Medical Practice?

More than 100 million Americans suffer from environmental, seasonal and perennial allergies, including ragweed, pollen, dust mites and animal dander. In addition, roughly 11% of adults and 7½% of children have a food allergy. Unfortunately, only a fraction seek treatment from a specialist,…

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Why Offer Allergy Care Services in Your Medical Practice?

Ancillary Medical Services

In today’s world of declining insurance reimbursements and a multitude of competing options for patients to access care, vibrant, healthy practices are constantly seeking opportunities to grow. Growth can come from expanding your patient base as well as expanding your offerings by offering…

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Ancillary medical services

FSA/HSA Plans for Allergy Services

Environmental allergies are a common ailment that affects approximately 50 million Americans every year. Whether you suffer from year round or just seasonal allergies, you may be able to use your tax-free FSA/HSA funds to help you save money on education, allergy testing, and treatments. If you…

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FSA/HSA Plans for Allergy Services

Something To Sneeze At: National Survey Reveals That Majority Of Seasonal/Perennial Allergy Sufferers Want To Be Treated By A Primary Care Physician–Not An Allergist

SAN ANTONIO, Jan. 14, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- According to the results of a recent United Allergy Services survey, two-thirds (68 percent) of U.S. seasonal/perennial allergy sufferers would rather seek treatment for their allergy symptoms from a primary care physician (PCP) than an allergist.…

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Allergy Testing and Treatment in Your Medical Practice

In this week's installment of revenue sources for your medical practice, I want to introduce to you different ways of thinking about testing and treating your patients for their seasonal allergies. The results for your patients and bottom line are nothing to sneeze at.

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Caring for Chronic Conditions in Primary Care

With the Patient Protec­tion and Affordable Care Act now underway, more attention is being focused on patient-centered and coordinated care. As a result, primary care physicians (PCPs) are seeking new ways to organize care around patients. This includes providing in-office services that meet all of…

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NPs offer a bright spot as primary care practices combat rising costs

According to a recent MGMA-ACMPE study (reported in the journal AAFP) over the last 11 years, the cost of running a medical practice in the United States has increased twice as quickly as the consumer price index. This surprising and dramatic gap underscores the significant financial challenges…

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Reduced Physician Compensation and Other Trends in Primary Care

Primary care forms the backbone of the nation’s healthcare system, providing patients with information about preventive and self-care strategies and ideally coordinating care with specialists and other providers. Yet as 32 million more Americans prepare to join the ranks of the insured, the country…

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The opportunity for in-office allergy testing and treatment

In an age when many physician practices face tightening business margins, some are exploring new services they may be able to offer patients. One such area is the in-office treatment of patients who suffer from allergic rhinitis.

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United Allergy Services Teams Up with the Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative As an Executive Committee Member

San Antonio, Texas — October 3, 2012 — United Allergy Services (UAS)™, the leading healthcare services company empowering physicians and health systems to deliver safe and effective allergy testing and customized immunotherapy services, today announced it has joined the Patient-Centered Primary…

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Allergy Treatment Nothing to Sneeze at

Allergies afflict more than 50 million Americans, according to the American College of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology (ACAAI). The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that patients seeking relief from the condition's trademark congestion, coughing, and itchy eyes account for more…

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