The California Supreme Court has just handed down a ruling. Discrimination is bad, I get it and it shouldn’t happen.
I’m not going to argue the merits of the case but I’m curious to know if anyone else thinks that this decision might be interpreted to mean that physicians no longer can say no to anyone […]
I’ve been getting to the point lately that the system needs to undergo some catastrophic collapse before it will get better.
As the Happy Hospitalist says:
Here’s my position. It’s time to let the cuts stand. Congress should not reverse the 10.6% cuts that began in July 1st 2008. And here’s […]
Boy I’d really like to try some of this QuickClot stuff in the OR. I think it would be great to use for a planned second look.
Yes Virginia, they really do exist.
So here’s the story. The family of a trauma victim, a motor vehicle collision, is met outside the ICU by a lawyer saying that the particular vehicle in which they were traveling has a defect and he and his firm would be happy to represent them. The family never contacted […]
In October, 2007 CMS (Medicare) proposed a list of eight preventable conditions that result in a prolongation and increase in cost of care to the hospitalized patient. These are what CMS terms **never events**. CMS is trying to couch this in terms of patient safety but if you look at the list, there are only […]
OK, first off this part of my practice is over and I’ve moved on. But let me relay a story of how CMS (that’s Medicare for the uninitiated) works.
I was asked by one of my local breast surgeons if I would see a patient for immediate breast reconstruction with implants. The patient was to undergo […]
An Ivory Tower is supposed to be the tertiary referral center where they know everything and can take care of all difficult patients. So why is it when I have a specific need for a higher level of care that one of my local Level 1 trauma centers, University of California, San Diego, balked.
I had […]