What’s In Your ACO? by Pat Conrad MD
How did getting paid for a rendered service become: “It was about the Yin and Yang of payment reform and
Continue readingEntertaining, Educating, and Criticizing Our Broken Healthcare System for 22 Years
How did getting paid for a rendered service become: “It was about the Yin and Yang of payment reform and
Continue readingIf you ever want to lose weight via vomiting then I recommend you read this pitiful article in Medical Economics.
Continue readingDear Dr. Mostashari, Prior to reading your interview in Medical Economics, I had only heard of your office, but didn’t
Continue readingSitting on the front porch the other night after supper, one of our guests started talking about how he liked
Continue readingHow do you want to die? Where? I know for damn sure that I don’t want to die in a
Continue readingA new study is claiming that worldwide obesity has hit 641 million, and that the two chubbiest offenders are the
Continue readingIn the little towns where I work, the kindly pharmacist will offer the occasional advice to little old ladies or
Continue readingI was reading at throwaway journal when I came across this gem called the Elephant in the room of dermatology. It
Continue readingIn 1628, the King of Sweden Gustavus Adolphus commissioned the construction of a massive warship, the Vasa, to contend for
Continue readingThis week we were treated to a new symptom of the brave new medical world, the occurrence of which will
Continue readingThe amount of dishonesty that has now become the foundation and coin in medicine is maddening, disheartening, and funny. Watching
Continue readingThe movie “Rocky IV” featured everyone’s plucky southpaw in an ideological proxy fight with evil communism, in the person of
Continue readingFreedom is obedience. Orwell, writing in a more heavy-handed time, wrote that freedom is slavery. Perhaps that was a time
Continue readingBeing a nurse is ridiculously hard. I have no idea why someone would even take that path in life anymore. I
Continue readingWe all should know by now that the health insurance companies are gouging us. The lack of competition is obvious
Continue readingIn anticipation of the Diane Sawyer, uh, sit down with former Olympian Bruce Jenner, the topic is sure to
Continue readingFor those that don’t know, many big hospital systems are getting into the insurance racket. Obviously, this is pissing off the big
Continue readingWant to see another example of how any data can be spun in any way you want? A Huffington Post
Continue readingA decade or more ago, I developed a visceral, negative reaction to the word “wellness”, cringing at the obvious emotional
Continue readingI have been saying for years that one of the biggest problems in healthcare system is administrators. They have been
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