Sometimes I forget how long I have been doing this blog. I realized that I have been through a few generation of doctors since the King of Medicine nickname began. Some people who see it now think it is pompous or egotistical. I find that funny since it started around the year 2000 as a…
Remember how scared you were when you heard about HIPAA? Remember how you were going to get sued, fined or lose your license because you may mention a patient by name or talk to them in the supermarket with the possibility of someone listening? Well, in another example of double standards: Alexa can now transfer…
Anyone with half a brain knows very well that sodas contain a lot of sugar. And consuming a lot of sugar can cause all sorts of tooth rot and will make you fat, the latter leading to bad joints, diabetes, heart disease, and only a very tiny, miniscule shot as ending up in the latest…
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission is exploring options for moving further away from fee-for-service reimbursement that include allowing beneficiaries unrestricted choice of health care providers while incorporating bundled and site-neutral payments as well as new quality incentives. Here are the models: Scenario 1: Traditional FFS continues and incorporates reforms such as bundled payments, site-neutral payments and…
Doctors have to get CME each year to keep their state licenses up to date. Unless you have been under a rock, you know that the ABFM has been controlling the board certification process forever. They also invented the MOC (maintenance of certification) in order to capture all that CME money. Wes Fisher MD has…
This comic strip is great. Bizarro.com Tweet
“If my life is just about winning championships—if it’s just about being the best—then I’m running the wrong race,” he said. “That’s empty. But if it’s about trying to be excellent and do things the right way, to honor the university that’s hired you, the athletic director you work for and the young men you’re…
Did you ever see those ads or commercials asking if you had Medicare and that you can get any back brace for free? I had always thought it was a scam. Well, I was right. I am not sure if they were the same people arrested but I hope so. Medicare scam that peddled unneeded…
In a shocking study (to no one), “kids with cold symptoms seen via telemedicine visits were far more likely to be prescribed antibiotics than those who went to a doctor’s office or clinic”. Crazy, right? You would think that a doctor with NO relationship to the patient would REALLY hold their ground against an angry…
Okay, this one is going to be delicate. Physicians are on both sides of the political aisle. I rarely venture into the political world here because it is so divisive. I will talk about it when it concerns our healthcare system, which remains broken for many reasons. If don’t know my thoughts on how to…