This article (1) is not about short doctors under 5’10”, it’s about a shortage of primary care physicians (PCP). Sources indicate: “The United States will see a shortage of up to nearly 122,000 physicians by 2032 as demand for physicians continues to grow faster than supply, according to new data published today by the AAMC…
A lot of insurance companies now have physicians on their payroll. Their job is to review charts and then call their peers in clinical practice to tell them what treatments cannot be covered and what alternatives are available to them. This is for the sole purpose of denying coverage for certain medications and procedures. Last…
The bottom line up front (BLUF): “Following the passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), much of the national discussion was focused on expansion of coverage and value in health care, but new concerns about rationing of care are emerging.” And who do you think this is going to affect? That’s right, the have not’s. In a recent…
I will admit that I have spent the last three years rather displaced from current events, especially in regard to politics, as I have let medicine consume my life. However, when politicians begin broadcasting televised statements that have the potential to harm the patients I feel for most deeply, I have to pull my head…
It is always nice to be able to count on something in this crazy healthcare system of ours. And that something is this: Average total cash compensation for health system executives rose 6.5% from 2018 to 2019, extending a consistent rise in executive pay that governance experts do not expect to slow. Annual and long-term…
The Physician Philospher blog has a good article on why physicians seem to be targets for unscrupulous financial products-from brokers, insurance agents, and more https://thephysicianphilosopher.com/2018/08/15/financial-target/ The author points out five reasons why physicians seem to be easily bilked: They make high incomes They don’t know much about business and investing They are too busy to research…
You would think that since DPC doctors do not send ONE bill to the insurance companies that Anthem, UnitedHealthcare, etc. would want all their patients to go to DPC doctors, right? They would also need less staff who spend time processing, and rejecting, bills from primary care doctors. It doesn’t make sense…..or does it? Could…
This is NOT politically correct. It was from the Placebo Journal, which didn’t care. As the Mad Magazine (RIP) of medicine, the Placebo Journal (2001 – 2011) took on all issues and made fun of it. Sorry, if advance, if this offends you. Tweet
Many years ago, and old timey surgeon told me a hilarious story. After his intern year, he did a tour in the Navy, where the duty was often easy and the docs could do practically anything they wanted. So lounging around the clinic one day, he go an interesting request: a strapping, tall 19 year old marine decided…
“Two things people throughout history have had in common are hatred and humour. I am proud that I have been able to use humour to lessen people’s hatred.” Richard Pryor Tweet