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Management Options for Knee Osteoarthritis

May 25, 2023 · 2:22 AM

Dr. Howard J. Luks is an orthopedist who published a reasonable and fairly comprehensive article on knee osteoarthritis management. Thankfully, knee replacement surgery is the last resort for this surgeon. He discusses exercise, tai chi, diet, yoga, knee injections, NSAIDs, ice, heat, etc.

Osteoarthritis of the knee is a prevalent health issue. Despite a diagnosis of arthritis of the knee, the majority of you can live an active, happy life. But you’ve heard awful phrases used to describe your Xrays– phrases like Bone on Bone, bone spurs, degeneration, wearing away, etc. Those phrases scare you. I got that!

Life does not stop after a diagnosis of arthritis. Exercise is perhaps the best medicine for your arthritis. Exercising a joint that you’ve been told is wearing out may seem counterintuitive. Exercise is essential if your goal is to avoid surgery for as long as possible. Being active will not cause your arthritis to worsen. Not all pain implies harm

Click for dr. Luks’ exercise recommendations for stronger legs.

Steve Parker, M.D

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What Does the End of the Public Health Emergency Mean?

The national Public Health Emergency (PHE) for COVID-19 ends on May 11, 2023.

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The end of the public health emergency brings a variety of changes to the healthcare system.

Most of the remaining federal COVID-19 vaccine requirements will end for federal workers, contractors and foreign air travelers.

The government is also lifting requirements for Head Start educators and healthcare workers.

Free COVID-19 vaccines and tests will no longer be provided and will now be covered under traditional health insurance.

The end of the PHE also means that many of the waivers who were in place will no longer exist. The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) waived many requirements during the pandemic to allow for flexibility, including Stark Law waivers, 1135 waivers, and telehealth coverage changes.

However, HHS announced that many of the telehealth flexibilities will remain in place for some time.

It is essential for you to make sure that your healthcare practice is compliant with all regulations, especially those who were waived during the PHE.

It is likely that they will face increased scrutiny in future government audits.

We recommend that you review your compliance plan and make sure it is up to date. Now is also a good time to perform an audit with your healthcare attorney.

If you need help with your compliance plan or audit, we can help. Contact Rickard & Associates today.

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Coca-Cola entering the fresh fruit category?

REEDLEY, CALIF. — The Coca-Cola Co. has entered into a licensing agreement with Frutura, a supplier of fresh produce, to put two of its brands on fresh citrus. The agreement involves Coca-Cola’s Simply and Minute Maid brands.

The Minute Maid brand will appear on fresh grapes in the United States and fresh citrus and grapes in Japan. The Simply brand, under Simply Select, will appear on fresh citrus in the United States. The products will be distributed by Dayka & Hackett, a subsidiary of Frutura.

“Our company is committed to serving the consumer with superior products at every part of their day,” said Kayla Carlucci, associate licensing manager with The Coca-Cola Co., Atlanta. “When we consider licensing one of our brands, the quality of the product that will bear our name is paramount as is the quality control the licensee exercises at every step along the supply chain. We’re delighted to be in business with Frutura and consider this to be the start of a great relationship.”

Products featuring the Minute Maid and Simply Select branding will begin reaching retailers during the second quarter of the year, according to Frutura.

“Partnering with the iconic Coca-Cola Co., and their globally recognized and respected brands, is a transformative moment for our company and for Frutura,” said Tim Dayka, chief executive officer of Dayka & Hackett. “This will allow us to increase our market penetration in a meaningful way, as these brands resonate so strongly with the discriminating consumer.”

Signature Bank’s Collapse Fueled by Crypto Bets and Run on Deposits

Signature Bank, a New York bank with a big real estate lending business that had recently made a play to win cryptocurrency deposits, closed its doors abruptly on Sunday, after regulators said that keeping the bank open could threaten the stability of the entire financial system .

To some extent, Signature is a victim of the panic around Silicon Valley Bank, which regulators seized on Friday. Its closing underscores the challenges that face small and midsize banks, which often focus on niche lines of business and have a narrower base of customers than Goliaths like JPMorgan Chase or Bank of America. That leaves them especially vulnerable to old-fashioned bank runs.

Silicon Valley Bank, a lender to start-ups, imploded on Friday after some ill-timed financial decisions left it struggling to meet customer withdrawal requests — and just as slowing venture capital funding prompted fledging companies to tap their accounts more. Similarly, Signature became one of the few banks to welcome cryptocurrency deposits, just before the overheated industry blew up last year.

As word about Silicon Valley Bank’s troubles began to spread last week, business customers of Signature began calling the bank, asking if their deposits were safe. Many were worried that their deposits could be at risk because, like business customers of Silicon Valley, most had more than $250,000 in their accounts. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the entity that seized Silicon Valley, insures deposits only up to $250,000.

In announcing the closure of Signature on Sunday, regulators said that customers of both banks would be made whole regardless of how much they held in their accounts.

“Many depositors at these banks are small businesses, including those driving the innovation economy, and their success is key to New York’s robust economy,” Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York said in a statement.

But on Friday, with customers panicking about their money, Signature saw a torrent of deposits leaving its coffers, according to a person with knowledge of the matter. Its stock, along with the stocks of some of its peers, also continues to tank.

Still, the bank’s leaders expected to be able to weather the storm because the outflows had slowed by Sunday morning, the person said. When regulators told bank executives that they were effectively seizing the bank, which had 40 branches across the country, some of them were shocked. In shuttering the bank, New York bank regulators, acting in concert with the FDIC, also removed its executive team.

The demise of Signature, with assets of under $100 billion, is a blow to many of the professional services firms that have come to rely on it. The bank long specialized in providing banking services to law firms, providing escrow accounts for holding client money and other services.

Scott Shay, Joseph DePaolo and John Tamberlane founded Signature in 1999 with backing from Israel’s biggest lender, Bank Hapoalim. On a personal bio page, Mr. Shay described himself as a “thought leader, and author of several widely read books on profound issues facing the Jewish community.” The bank went public in 2004.

One of Signature’s specialties was financing the purchase of taxi medallions, which authorized holders to operate cabs. It was known in New York for providing banking services to law firms and real estate companies, and for catering to wealthy families in the area.

Its clients had included some individuals associated with the Trump Organization, former President Donald J. Trump’s company. The bank lent money to Jared Kushner, Mr. Trump’s son-in-law, and to Mr. Kushner’s father, Charles. It also helped finance Mr. Trump’s Florida golf course.

Over the past decade, Signature had begun to expand its business nationally, and to the West Coast in particular.

But Signature ran afoul of some of the same issues that led to the demise of Silicon Valley Bank, in that most of its customers had holdings above $250,000.

Regulatory filings show that more than $79 billion, or close to nine-tenths, of Signature Bank’s roughly $88 billion in deposits were uninsured at the end of last year. As of last week, Signature said more than 80 percent of its deposits were from law firms, accounting firms, health care companies, manufacturers and real estate management companies.

The bank also said its digital asset-related client deposits stood at $16.52 billion. Signature was one of the few financial institutions that had opened its doors to take deposits of crypto assets, a business it entered into in 2018.

That ended up being a fateful decision because the bottom fell out of crypto assets after the collapse of FTX and an ensuing criminal investigation. Another cryptocurrency-focused bank, Silvergate Bank, was forced to voluntarily close last week.

“This story has more to do with crypto, huge error in judgment by veteran bankers,” said Christopher Whalen of Whalen Global Advisors, who specializes in analyzing and consulting on financial institutions. “Result was the same in a deposit run.”

Christine Zhang contributed reporting.

Carnivore for Weight Loss – Maria Mind Body Health

My Carnivore for Weight Loss book is FINALLY here!

The past 3 years I’ve been working on my latest book Carnivore for Weight Loss. I believe it’s the best book I’ve written so far!

Craig and I worked late into the night to get this out before we left for my Keto/Carnivore Retreat! And it is amazing! It is truly the easiest and best weight loss and healing book we have ever created.

If you like me and prefer to have a printed book, feel free to download this Carnivore ebook and print it so you can have it in your kitchen (it’s a printable PDF)! Click HERE to get your copy where you can get it printed at PrintMe1.com! They even make color books!

In this Carnivore for Weight Loss book there are 116 recipes including 30 Protein Sparing Modified Fasting recipes and a bonus chapter with sous vide recipes. Most ebooks give you 40-50 recipes. This book is basically 3 ebooks in 1!

Carnivore is a great option for anyone who has any chronic disease or issue like autoimmune, mood issues like bipolar, anxiety, depression, chronic pain, fibromyalgia, Lyme, or other chronic issues that have seen some relief with keto, but not total resolution or reduction in symptoms. Carnivore can be the next step to realizing full relief. That is why we outlined the carnivore autoimmune protocol (CAIP) in this book to give you the tools to fully heal and reverse your issues and find your threshold for what foods you can add back in and keep symptoms away.

WHAT IS IN THE CARNIVORE FOR WEIGHT LOSS BOOK

About the authors journey and healing with carnivore for Craig’s Lyme disease.
What are the issues with plants?
What is carnivore and why can it help?
What are the levels of carnivore?
What is the Carnivore Autoimmune protocol and how to do it.
How to do Protein Sparing Modified Fasts correctly.
Charts of the best cuts of meat for PSMF.
116 total recipes.
30 Protein Sparing Modified Fast (PSMF) recipes.

I love carnivore so it was sad to see people who think it is a limited diet. It can be if you are not inventive. So I jumped into the kitchen to create the most delicious carnivore recipes!

WHERE TO GET THE CARNIVORE FOR WEIGHT LOSS BOOK

If you would like to make a difference and support a small family rather than making a minuscule sale for a large company, I am happy to announce that you can now get my books as a high quality ebook that works on any platform (all done by my wonderful husband!).

This is an ebook format that works on any computer or mobile device. It is a beautiful pdf that has all the full color pages and layouts as the printed book with a click-able table of contents and searching capabilities. This is extremely useful when trying to find a recipe. These books are of much higher quality than the ebook platforms (kindle, apple). Plus, most of the profits don’t go to Amazon or apple!

Thank you for your support!

Recipe: Peggy’s Indian Cabbage | Diabetic Mediterranean Diet

May 20, 2023 · 8:10 AM

From Peggy at Buttoni’s Low-Carb Recipes:

If you think you don’t like cabbage (like my husband) you have GOT to try this recipe! You’ll swear you don’t eat cabbage!! No cabbage odor or strong taste whatsoever to this dish! It is a delightfully crunchy side dish with grilled Tandoori Chicken or pork chops! I order my nigella seeds (black onion seeds or how about seed) on-line, but you may be lucky to have a spice supplier where you live. I would not recommend omitting them, as you will miss out on a flavor layer that is quite nice. Once you taste this recipe (without alterations) you’ll wish you had found this simple recipe long ago! This dish is Atkins Induction, Primal and Paleo friendly.

I haven’t tried this yet but will someday. Filing it here so I don’t lose it. Click for details.

Steve Parker, M.D

PS: That photo above is probably by Peggy.

Whole-house Transform: The Place To Start

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Justin Sullivan, who can additionally be a contractor, says he’s seeing extra individuals use their home equity to fund these initiatives. Much like real estate brokers, reworking professionals are now adapting to a brand new world of social and professional distancing. One method to save cash on alternative home windows is by changing them all of sudden somewhat than individually every few years.

Johnathan C. Brewer II is a licensed common contractor specializing in kitchen, bath remodels, and common building with twenty years of professional experience. Most home improvements, like putting on a model new roof or performing routine upkeep, don’t qualify for any instant tax breaks. Think it’s impossible to enhance your home, reduce your carbon footprint and get a break on your taxes? Incentives in the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act and different laws can save the typical family tons of and even 1000’s of dollars a year. “The children will have spaces to verify they will work at home, and when it will get really hot within the summertime, they will have a spot where they’ll cool off.”

Meanwhile, in Vermont and the District of Columbia, lower than 40% of survey respondents plan to reduce their spending. Several different less populated states also present up within the 10 states the place the fewest owners are lowering their spending. They embrace Delaware, South Dakota, and Wyoming–all of which also have populations less than one million individuals. Another 33% of house owners are impartial in relation to present economic realities, whereas lower than 17% report that the state of the financial system is having no influence on their home improvement spending.

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The Consumer Price Index is probably the most extensively used measure to trace inflation, broadly monitoring common costs paid by customers for items and companies.
“A fastened rate of interest and set repayment schedule makes budgeting for the mortgage easier,” adds Dennis.
Every home has a main water shut off valve, and each house owner ought to know where it’s, and the way to turn it off in case of a water emergency.
There are a number of tax deductible home enhancements you presumably can undertake.

The two rebate applications could help offset part or even the entire cost of those gadgets for a lot of consumers. Under the law, the HOMES rebate must be out there to whole-house, energy-saving retrofits that begin after the Inflation Reduction Act turned legislation on August sixteen, 2022 and completed earlier than September 30, 2031. However, as a result of the program is not up and running yet, particulars about how to declare the rebates retroactively aren’t yet identified. The slots are not tight sufficient to keep the instruments in place if the bag gets thrown around. A single battery charge can last as long as 18 months, plus you can swap out spare batteries from your other suitable with Black+Decker tools if wanted. Some of the instruments, like the circular saw, won’t get used as much as others.

As talked about earlier, the interest on your home fairness mortgage is tax deductible, offered that you just use the cash to “buy, construct or substantially improve your house,”according to the IRS. However, there are limits to how massive a mortgage you’ll find a way to take out to find a way to qualify. Marc is senior editor at CNET Money, overseeing such subjects House & Home Improvement News as banking and home fairness. He’s been a writer and editor in the financial field for greater than twenty years, including for such media organizations as The Kiplinger Washington Editors, U.S. News & World Report, Bankrate and Dow Jones. Before joining CNET Money, Wojno was Senior Editor of Finance for ZDNet, writing on blockchain, cryptocurrency, finserv, investing and taxes.

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How Do I Get Out of My Non-Compete?

In healthcare, there has been a large expansion in non-compete clauses. Many of our clients would like to find a way out of their non-compete clause when looking to leave their current employment.

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The first way to avoid breaching a non-compete clause is to have your attorney negotiate a contract without a non-compete clause before beginning your employment.

Sometimes, non-compete clauses are unavoidable. So what can you do in that situation?

Make sure you understand the language of your non-compete. Are there any exceptions? Were any hospitals carved out or possibly an exception was made for entering into private practice? If you are looking to waive a non-compete, first have a healthcare attorney carefully review the provision for possible exceptions. You can also attempt to provide services that are not included in the language of the non-compete.
Propose an amendment waiving the clause. We often work with clients who entered into non-compete agreements to help them see if they can enter into an amendment waiving their non-compete. Sometimes this is as simple as having a discussion with your employer and preparing a short amendment to your contract. However, sometimes complicated negotiations take place to come to an agreed compromise.
Litigate the clause. This would be an extreme course of action, however, we have litigated non-compete clauses for our clients. While we don’t typically recommend litigation, there are exceptions to every rule. Litigation is costly and there is no way to know if the non-compete clause will be deemed reasonable or not. If it is reasonable, you will have spent time and money on a court case and still have to abide by the non-compete clause. However, if your clause is truly unreasonable and prevents you from earning a livelihood, it is worth discussing litigation with your attorney. Sometimes you will be forced to litigate if your employer sues you for breaching the non-compete, if they believe you are in breach.
Work outside of the clause. While this may not be what you want to hear, sometimes it is essential to work outside the geographical limitations during the restricted time period. Once that time is up, you can start working in the area that was previously restricted.

Some of our clients ask us if they can simply risk it and ignore the non-compete provision. This is a very risky strategy, as the employer might sue them to breach and start a costly court battle. There might also be other clauses that this would trigger in the contract, such as indemnification.

Whatever the case, all non-competes are different and we always recommend meeting with an experienced attorney prior to agreeing to a non-compete or trying to work around a non-compete.

If you need help with your healthcare contract, we can help. Contact Rickard & Associates today.

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