Archives By Month: January 1999
From California
Author D Silk, MD, the editor of the Bulletin of the Orange County Medical Society, suggests that we should stop crowing about the evolution of medicine from a cottage industry to big business as if that transition means progress. He says it doesn’t. Like your grandmother’s pies and hand-tailored suits, some services are better done […]
How Medicare Special Agents are Going After Doctors
Medicare has hired 400 ex-FBI agents. What could Medicare do with 400 ex-FBI agents, you’re probably wondering. Stage an agent Olympics? Make a James Bond epic? No–Have them chase after doctors! Medicare has placed these agents in all major cities in the United States, has given them $400 million dollars, badges and guns, and given […]
Calories Don’t Count
Sixty-nine-year-old-Ruby came in for her annual pulmonary evaluation. Among other complaints, she was putting on weight. Her exam confirmed a 20-pound weight gain since her last evaluation. Ruby stated that the extra pounds were NOT from the food she was eating. “In fact,” she said, “I have to eat 5 or 6 times a day […]