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title: Podiatry Blog | Bill Metaxas (6)
description: Get the latest foot and ankle care updates from San Francisco's top podiatry practice, San Mateo Podiatry Group. (6)
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## [Functional and MRI Outcomes After Arthroscopic Microfracture for Treatment of Osteochondral Lesions of the Distal Tibial Plafond](https://blog.sanmateopodiatrygroup.com/functional-and-mri-outcomes-after-arthroscopic-microfracture-for-treatment-of-osteochondral-lesions-of-the-distal-tibial-plafond)
*on* October 29, 2014
A recent study examined the functional and magnetic resonance imaging MRI outcomes in patients who underwent arthroscopic microfracture to treat osteochondral lesions of the distal tibial plafond, which are not as common as talar lesions. The procedure was performed on 31 ankles. After following up...
## [Is the Affordable Care Act Working? – NYTimes.com](https://blog.sanmateopodiatrygroup.com/is-the-affordable-care-act-working-nytimes-com)
*on* October 26, 2014
Is the Affordable Care Act Working?
## [As Insurers Try to Limit Costs, Patient Share of Medical Costs Increases](https://blog.sanmateopodiatrygroup.com/as-insurers-try-to-limit-costs-providers-hit-patients-with-more-separate-fees-nytimes-com)
*on* October 26, 2014
When Juliana Kessler, 15, broke an arm, a clinic required her mother, Laura Gottsman, to agree to pay for a sling if her insurer refused. Credit Peter DaSilva for The New York Times
## [3D-Printed Heel Bone Saves Cancer Patient’s Leg From Amputation in Pioneering Procedure](https://blog.sanmateopodiatrygroup.com/3d-printed-heel-bone-saves-cancer-patients-leg-amputation-pioneering-procedure)
*on* October 24, 2014
3D-Printed Heel Bone Saves Cancer Patient’s Leg From Amputation in Pioneering Procedure
## [Unable to Meet the Deductible or the Doctor – NYTimes.com](https://blog.sanmateopodiatrygroup.com/unable-to-meet-the-deductible-or-the-doctor-nytimes-com)
*on* October 20, 2014
Unable to Meet the Deductible or the Doctor
## [The doctor will see you now — through Google | VentureBeat | Health | by Jordan Novet](https://blog.sanmateopodiatrygroup.com/the-doctor-will-see-you-now-through-google-venturebeat-health-by-jordan-novet)
*on* October 14, 2014
The doctor will see you now — through Google
## [Dr. Gabriela Yurkanin – Temple Charcot Center](https://blog.sanmateopodiatrygroup.com/dr-gabriela-yurkanin-temple-charcot-center)
*on* October 14, 2014
Temple Podiatrist Gabriela M. Yurkanin, has collaborated with Vascular Surgeon, Dr. Eric T. Choi, Director of Limb Salvage at Temple Hospital, Dr. Peter Axelrod, Infectious Disease, Dr. Elias S. Siraj, Endocrinology, and Dr. Roy Steinhouse, Psychiatry. Studies support that a multidisciplinary...
## [Hospitals ask patients to pay upfront – Sep. 29, 2014](https://blog.sanmateopodiatrygroup.com/hospitals-ask-patients-to-pay-upfront-sep-29-2014)
*on* October 01, 2014
Hospitals ask patients to pay upfront NEW YORK (CNNMoney)
## [Open Payments Website Launches](https://blog.sanmateopodiatrygroup.com/open-payments-website-launches)
*on* October 01, 2014
The federal government today launched a highly anticipated website detailing at least $3.5 billion in financial ties in a five-month period between medical device and drug companies and physicians and teaching hospitals. The Open Payments websiteis the first public repository of national data...
## [SF Chronicle opposes Prop. 46 as “flawed,” “misdirected” and “decidedly cynical”](https://blog.sanmateopodiatrygroup.com/sf-chronicle-opposes-prop-46-as-flawed-misdirected-and-decidedly-cynical)
*on* September 22, 2014
SF Chronicle opposes Prop. 46 as “flawed,” “misdirected” and “decidedly cynical”
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