Category Archives: medicine

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 … Continue reading →

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 … Continue reading →

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 … Continue reading →