The Bright Side of Medicare Telemarketing Calls
Telemarketing calls used to be annoying, but fun. Caller ID tipped you off as to what was coming and the
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Telemarketing calls used to be annoying, but fun. Caller ID tipped you off as to what was coming and the
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Continue readingI woke up this past week to a delightful email: Dear Dr.:ABIM was deeply disappointed to learn that we are
Continue readingYears ago, Tuberculous was a terrible killer before antibiotics. During this dark time a treatment called Plombage (collapse therapy) emerged.
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Continue readingListen up, you youngsters!!! When I graduated from Medical School many decades ago, things were different. After residency, I ended
Continue readingIn the old days, when your phone system failed, you called the repair line, usually from a different phone, and
Continue readingAs I write this, I am spending the week in London for fun. One of the interesting things I’ve discovered
Continue readingAlthough the brain stops growing in size by early adolescence, the teen years are all about fine-tuning how the brain
Continue readingA reputable doctor in our region recently spent some uncomfortable time with the State Board, answering a family’s complaint that
Continue readingElectronic Medical Records (EMR) could have been implemented correctly. Instead, thanks to the skill of lobbyists, snake oil salespeople and
Continue readingI’ve posted this video before, but it needs repeating. Today, our doctor spent an hour trying to get a CT
Continue readingThe drug is called Mounjaro and it is currently only approved for diabetes. The real news is that the drug
Continue readingThe company is called StimWave. It claimed to have an innovative product for pain management. In 2014, it proclaimed its advantages:
Continue readingEvery doctor in Primary Care knows this game. Here is one example: Albuterol inhalers: Your patient is having an asthma
Continue readingLast week, we started getting the same notification for a lot of our patients: “Levothyroxine is not on your patient’s
Continue readingTrauma Center Activation Fees, also called Trauma Alert Fees, are often exorbitant fees charged to Emergency Room patients with traumatic
Continue readingI received another notice from a patient’s Pharmacy Benefits Plan, notifying me of the person not taking their medicine as
Continue readingFinally, the mainstream media (CNN) is starting to notice and publicly acknowledge the obvious elephant in the room: When you
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