Musings of a Distractible Mind
Thoughts of an odd, but not harmful primary care physician.
I wrote a post today that was published by the Health Care Blog. Head on over there to check it out. John Irvine, one of the publishers of THCB asked if I would mind if they re-published some of my posts, and so has done so. He initially put a pic of John Smoltz (from [...]
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This material, written by me, is free to re-post and share under the Creative Commons agreement. In other words, use it all you want; just give me credit.Chaos theory – Noun - The branch of mathematics that deals with complex systems whose behavior is highly sensitive to slight changes in conditions, so that small alterations can give rise to strikingly great consequences. Alternative definition: Chaos theory – Noun – The branch of healthcare that deals with making the payment system increasingly complex and ever changing. This complexity and confusion [...]
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This material, written by me, is free to re-post and share under the Creative Commons agreement. In other words, use it all you want; just give me credit.People are asking for more physical exam posts. People asked for more Millli Vanilli too. People aren’t always smart. But you ask, I give. I am just that kind of guy. It’s been a long time (since October) since I have done a post on this subject. So for all of you “newbies” out there [...]
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This material, written by me, is free to re-post and share under the Creative Commons agreement. In other words, use it all you want; just give me credit.“He gave me the look,” the patient said to my nurse as he walked out of the exam room. My nurse laughed and said, “I had a feeling you’d get it today.” What were they talking about? ”What look? I didn’t know I had a look!” I asked my nurse. The patient tipped his chin [...]
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This material, written by me, is free to re-post and share under the Creative Commons agreement. In other words, use it all you want; just give me credit.It snowed here for the first time in 8 years. Being an upstate New York boy, I had mixed emotions: I was thrilled to see it. I always loved snow as a kid and was glad to see my own kids enjoying it. My “snow snob” side snickered at the southerners stocking up on bread [...]
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This material, written by me, is free to re-post and share under the Creative Commons agreement. In other words, use it all you want; just give me credit.I am going to state something that is completely obvious to most primary care physicians: I do not accept Medicare and Medicaid patients because it is good business, I accept them despite the fact that it is bad business. In truth, I could make that statement about insurance as a whole; my life would be [...]
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This material, written by me, is free to re-post and share under the Creative Commons agreement. In other words, use it all you want; just give me credit.I am mad at congress. I don’t care if they are Democrats or Republicans, I am sick of healthcare being treated as a political football. How much more of a crisis do we need before we actually start working on a solution? Why does each party have to sit on its side of the aisle [...]
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This material, written by me, is free to re-post and share under the Creative Commons agreement. In other words, use it all you want; just give me credit.It happens every year. I try to get a little shut-eye, but then these guys in hats come around and yank me out of bed. They proceed to parade me around a huge throng of people (most of whom are not wearing hats), obsessing about the presence or absence of stratus clouds. What a strange [...]
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