Vitamin D Studies of Interest from Vitamin Council
From: The Vitamin D Newsletter Dated September 5, 2009Vitamin D Studies of Interest This is extracted from a periodic newsletter from the Vitamin D Council, a non-profit trying to end the epidemic of vitamin D deficiency. If you are not subscribed, you can do so on the Vitamin D Council’s website. Vitamin D and H1N1 Swine Flu So far, Swine flu, H1N1, has killed thirty-six children in U.S. and analysis of CDC data indicates Vitamin D deficient children at higher risk of death. I’m not sure I...Vitamin D Testing: What the Government Giveth, It Taketh Away
New Study to Research if Supplements of Vitamin D, Fish Oil Reduce Health Risks With the volume of Vitamin D testing skyrocketing in clinical laboratories across the nation, leave it to government bureaucrats to work at counter purposes to each other. With one hand, the federal Medicare program is proposing to restrict coverage guidelines and reimbursement for Vitamin D testing to Medicare patients. With another hand, the federally-funded National Institutes of Health (NIH) is funding a large,...Quest Diagnostic’s Problem with Inaccurate Vitamin D Results was First Reported by THE DARK REPORT
PRESS RELEASE 21806 Briarcliff Dr. Spicewood, Texas 78669 512-264-7103 o 512-264-0969 f FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Ron Martin rbmartin@darkreport.com AUSTIN, Texas (January 12, 2009) — Last week, it was national news when Quest Diagnostics Incorporated acknowledged it had reported inaccurate Vitamin D tests on tens of thousands of patients during 2007-2008 and was conducting a patient recall/retest program. This story was first uncovered and reported by the lab industry’s reliable...Medicare Considers Denying Payment for Routine Vitamin D Testing
One Medicare contractor is proposing a new policy that would effectively end payment to labs and physicians for routine testing for Vitamin D deficiency. In its proposed local coverage determination (LCD), the Medicare carrier indicates that it would cover Vitamin D testing only for patients with chronic kidney disease, osteomalacia, hypercalcemia, and rickets. The LCD states that other testing for Vitamin D would be denied. The draft (or proposed) LCD is dated February 6 and was posted on the...