Dr. Rosen:       The first year of the new health care reform has been concluded. Has it affected any of our practices? Dr. Edwards:  It has affected my practice in surprising ways. Not only with the Medicaid patients who have been incorporated into our HMOs, but also our Medicare patients who have experience untold denials of […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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. […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]