Fat Chance On That One

Dr. Yoni Freedhoff, noted blogger and practitioner around obesity, weighs in on a question deserving of heavy consideration. Should MDs Me...

Drug Policy = Whack-A-Mole

Haven't made much time for the blog of late because of family germs. Couldn't resist this news story, though. Pharmacists join fig...

The Crisis Masters of Health and Death

There are three visions of peace in the seemingly never ending, but really rather brief, Israeli-Palestinian perpetual crisis. One peace f...

How to Use CPT 99490 for Healing the Sick

The Medscape Physician Compensation Report puts primary care physicians at the bottom of the heap, with a median earning of less than $200,...

Telemedicine – The Greatest Innovation since Sliced Bread

Did you know that you are a “telemedicine provider”? No? I can’t blame you for not knowing, but you are, and always have been. Well, maybe n...

In Memoriam FFS

On April 16, 2015, President Obama signed into law H.R. 2, the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA), effectively se...

Value-based Interoperability: Less is more

Interoperability in health care is all the rage now. After publishing a ten year interoperability plan , which according to the Federal Trad...