Archives By Month: May 2017

Should Nancy Pelosi Be Prosecuted For Malfeasance?

Posted on May 22, 2017 5:01 am By Del Meyer in Overheard in the Medical Staff Lounge

Dr Rosen: Is Obama Care in full swing now? Dr. Milton: What is most amazing to me is how it even got to here. Didn’t Congress do due diligence on it? Dr. Yancy: They haven’t even found one congressman or senator that’s admitted to having read the entire 2000 pages before voting. Dr. Dave: Congress […]

Read More

Benghazi

Posted on May 22, 2017 5:01 am By Del Meyer in Overheard in the Medical Staff Lounge

Dr. Rosen: A Retired Air Force Col told me in my private office the real story of Benghazi. Dr. Edwards: The Benghazi story has really been hitting the news recently. Dr. Milton: I wonder why this sudden interest is surfacing again. Read more . . . Dr. Ruth: Aren’t they going after our Secretary of […]

Read More

Patients Are The Big Losers In Obamacare

Posted on May 22, 2017 5:00 am By Del Meyer in Overheard in the Medical Staff Lounge

Dr. Edwards:  Anybody feel sorry for our patients in Obamacare? Dr. Dave:        They voted for it. Why should we feel sorry? Dr. Edwards:  But they didn’t know what they were voting for. Dr. Dave:        But they should have known. It was the same garbage that the Tax, Spend, and Regulate (TSR) party has been spewing […]

Read More

What Is The Status Of Our Medical Coding Situation?

Posted on May 22, 2017 4:59 am By Del Meyer in Overheard in the Medical Staff Lounge

Dr. Rosen:      What is the status of our coding situation? Dr. Edwards:  The ICD 9 is now computer derived for diagnosis. If one’s diagnosis is accurate, the ICD 9–code should also be accurate. The highest risk now is the CPT codes – current procedure terminology. Dr. Rosen:      The CPT code now is the libel factor. […]

Read More

What Is A Doctors Biggest Challenge? Obstacle?

Posted on May 22, 2017 4:58 am By Del Meyer in Overheard in the Medical Staff Lounge

Dr. Rosen:      What are the biggest challenges we face? Dr. Edwards:  Drowning in the minutiae of life. The things we have to do that don’t help us, our patients, society, or the cost of healthcare. Dr. Ruth:        That’s an interesting way to put it. I think of all the ways insurance companies prevent patients getting […]

Read More

Insurance Companies Practicing Medicine

Posted on May 22, 2017 4:57 am By Del Meyer in Overheard in the Medical Staff Lounge

Dr. Rosen:      The other day my doctor asked me what I did with all the information I received from our patient’s insurance carrier telling us how to care for our patients. How do most of you handle that scenario? Dr. Edwards:  I frequently scan the letter if I have an extra 30 seconds and then […]

Read More

How To Survive Obamacare

Posted on May 22, 2017 4:57 am By Del Meyer in Overheard in the Medical Staff Lounge

Dr. Rosen:      The elections are upon us and we have doctors running for office. Dr. Dave:        But they are all running in the wrong political party. Dr. Yancy:      It’s hard to understand why former colleagues in this room are now running on the Tax & Spend & Regulate party? We have traditionally been in the […]

Read More

Repeal & Replaced Are Two Dangerous Words

Posted on May 22, 2017 4:56 am By Del Meyer in Overheard in the Medical Staff Lounge

Dr. Rosen:  The T-S-R folks are searching for new items to levy taxes on. Obama care has latched on to medical equipment as a new revenue source. Dr. Edwards:  That should be one of the first items that the new congress repeals. That’s an unnecessary cost for health care which in turn is used for […]

Read More

How Can We Control Health Care Costs?

Posted on May 22, 2017 4:55 am By Del Meyer in Overheard in the Medical Staff Lounge

Dr. Rosen:      Last week we discussed how dangerous “Repeal and Replace” would be. No one has really outlined a simple replacement for the thousands of pages of Obamacare. What changes would you make? Dr. Sam:         I think our system was actually rather good. We had Medicare for the seniors over 65 and those that […]

Read More

How Can We Reduce Reversed Race Riots?

Posted on May 22, 2017 4:54 am By Del Meyer in Overheard in the Medical Staff Lounge

Dr. Rosen:      The events of Ferguson, riots, continue to have huge medical implications. Dr. Sam:         But the riots didn’t start until Jesse Jackson arrived and stirred up his base. Dr. Dave:        Without Jesse Jackson, there probably would not have been any riots. Dr. Edwards:  That’s probably correct. Racial prejudice today is primarily from the black […]

Read More