Dr. G Opines
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Healthcare Policy
WHAT ARE RVU’S AND DRG’S? PART II, DRG’S, HOW HOSPITALS ARE PAID
Now that we’ve discussed the method Medicare uses to pay physicians, it’s time to learn about how Medicare pays hospitals!…
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Physician Office Issues
WHAT ARE RVU’S AND DRG’S? How do doctors get paid? Part 1: RVU’S
So you think Medicare pays hospitals and doctors those big fees they charge? Really? If you do, you haven’t been…
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Neurology
OCULAR MIGRAINE, OPTIC MIGRAINE, RETINAL MIGRAINE, VISUAL MIGRAINE, SCINTILATING SCOTOMA
The terms in the title of this blog are all used to describe the same phenomenon. As if medical terminology…
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Human Interest
GETTING A DOG FOR THE FAMILY!
“By 2018, almost 61% of U.S. households owned pets, with dogs and cats topping the popularity list.” I don’t know…
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Human Interest
ZOOM CALLS ARE AWESOME!
You’ve probably never heard of Eric S. Yuan. I hadn’t until I got the urge to write a blog about…
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Human Interest
THE FOURTH “A” IS FOR ARROGANCE
THE FOURTH “A” IS FOR ARROGANCE John Ehrlichman is the face of arrogance. In the dictionary, next to the definition…
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Aging
WHAT ARE MEMORY DRUGS AND DO THEY WORK?
Surely, sometime recently you’ve seen one of the many testimonials on TV for drugs to improve memory. First we see…
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COVID-19
NATURAL IMMUNITY TO COVID-19: IS IT A REALITY?
Why can’t today’s viruses play fair? Why can’t viruses like SARS-CoV-2 behave like the viruses of old—the varicella-zoster virus or…
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Physician Office Issues
GOOD DOCTORS GET A’S
PHYSICIANS STRIVE TO GET “A’s” Even though many educational institutions have abandoned letter grades and adopted a “pass-fail” grading system,…
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Human Interest
JOURNALISM HAS CHANGED
Who, What, When, Where, Why, and How. In high school journalism class, that was all we learned. The teacher made…
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