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RAC Audits »

By Doctor Tom on Jan 13, 2012 in Current Affairs | View Comments

* Bumped Up * As you know, CMS (Medicare) governs the medical profession. Appointed and hired bureaucrats who have little or no experience in the health-care business interpret the rules and regulation without oversight.    Health care providers are now subject to audit of Medicare charges.  These “audits” are performed by private contractors who only [...]

Obama Health Care, etc. »

By Doctor Tom on Sep 10, 2009 in Current Affairs | View Comments

From a Cardiologist who practices in the midwest and, sadly, is Larry’s Brother-in-Law (sad for Tom because he has to put up with me, LJ): To me, the ‘big speech was just as scary as it has been these past weeks. Virtually all of the criticisms (from both sides of the aisle) continue to be [...]

Government Health Care »

By Doctor Tom on Jun 30, 2009 in Current Affairs, Health Care | View Comments

I am a physician. I am a full-time faculty member at a University hospital, but as an unpaid care-deliverer, I also frequently work in a the real government health care establishment, the VA Hospital, ….not the NIH where the docs can do anything they want. If we, in real life, would do some of the [...]

Influenza Pandemic … further thoughts: »

By Doctor Tom on Apr 30, 2009 in Current Affairs, Health Care, Influenza Pandemic | View Comments

(Bumped up from Wednesday morning.) Thanks to all who responded to my piece regarding the administration response to this pandemic of influenza. As I go through the news sources today, there really isn’t much exciting unless one examines the response of the locals. What I am seeing is an admirable effort to educate the public [...]