Give the Poor Insurance Companies a Break
In another example of this administration doing whatever ever they want with the Affordable Care Act it was found recently
Continue readingEntertaining, Educating, and Criticizing Our Broken Healthcare System for 22 Years
In another example of this administration doing whatever ever they want with the Affordable Care Act it was found recently
Continue readingYes, it is that time of year again. The AAFP has a new incoming president and his name is John Meigs,
Continue readingHow did getting paid for a rendered service become: “It was about the Yin and Yang of payment reform and
Continue readingThe article in The Sun goes like this: But, there’s a new plastic surgery procedure that is on the rise
Continue readingThere is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all. Peter Drucker
Continue readingIf you ever want to lose weight via vomiting then I recommend you read this pitiful article in Medical Economics.
Continue readingThere is a Medicare proposal to have surgeons use new billing codes to track their work in 10-minute increments during
Continue readingI just hate it when companies try to exploit something that is trending. I hate it even more when it
Continue readingWe have a new Direct Primary Care critic. Edmond S. Weisbart, MD is a family physician in St. Louis, Mo. He is
Continue readingFrom the archives of the Placebo Journal (2001-2011)
Continue readingFor the timid, change is frightening; for the comfortable, change is threatening; but for the confident, change is opportunity. Nido
Continue readingBack in 1992 I was a first-year med student paddling to survive the white water of first semester, you know,
Continue readingThe dude makes his bones via parody songs but he needs more credit for bits like this. Brilliant.
Continue readingWhile waiting for Dr. “Mosty” Mostashari to reply to my heartfelt love note, I started reading the second part of
Continue readingHere is what the job of being a physician has come to: During office hours, physicians spent 27% of their time
Continue readingThe Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) just released its 2015 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report and it is
Continue readingDoctors are arrogant. Hospital administrators are even more arrogant. We compete in our arrogance. Yet, we are amateurs compared to
Continue readingA little dated now. Dark as well. Placebo Journal. RIP.
Continue readingThis just in from Britain’s National Health Service: Obese people will be routinely refused operations across the NHS, health service
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