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The title of Bloomberg Businessweek’s article was A Hospital CEO Promises More Pricing Transparency – and Makes Rivals Squirm and it just may be true. Steven Sonenreich, chief executive of Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami Beach states that his hospital will start publishing what it charges insurers for procedures. Yes! Knowing what the insurance companies...
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A new report from the CDC states that 1 out of every 5 children have a mental disorder. Who else wants to call bullshit on that? Talk about over diagnosing! The report goes on to give its top five: ADHD: 6.8 percent, or 1 in 14 Behavioral or conduct problem: 3.5 percent, or 1...
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It turns out that teen bullies are more likely to become criminals as adults than non-bullies. Wow. How’s that for a stretch in logic! In a recent issue of the Journal of Youth and Adolescence, researchers analyzed several decades of data collected from more than 400 men in Britain. They were followed until they were in...
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I turns out that I am NOT the only one complaining about the role of NPs. Just to reiterate, I do believe there is a collaborative role for them just NOT a competitive one. They are less educated and less trained (LELT) and they cannot replace doctors. In the May 16 issue of the New...
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Why do hospitals buy up primary care offices? I have shown before that one reason is to apply an extra “facility fee” to patients’ bills. Another reason is that primary care docs generate a ton of money for the hospital. A new survey was sent to hospital chief financial officers across the nation and...
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Do you think you are burning out? Take the official test. I created it and it is clinically proven….well,...
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