Volume 78, no. 1 January 2022 It is clear that America is more divided than even before the War Between the States. The Union and the Confederacy had a common language, common fundamental principles, and […]
Update 4/6/2022: CMS has issued a new FAQ with minor clarifications about the rules: https://www.cms.gov/CCIIO/Resources/Regulations-and-Guidance/Downloads/Guidance-Good-Faith-Estimates-FAQ-Part-2.pdf For example, FAQ includes discussion about situations where diagnosis codes are not required to be included with an estimate: “[I]n […]
On Dec 27, 2021, AAPS, along with Jeffrey Singer, M.D., filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court, asking the court to reverse the unjust conviction of Dr. Xiulu Ruan. “The question presented, on […]
By Jane M. Orient, M.D. Science has undergone a radical metamorphosis. People with M.D. or Ph.D. degrees, who have published hundreds of papers in the scientific literature, have suddenly become “anti-science”—as judged by media personalities, […]
Now that Omicron has appeared on the scene, and mask mandates are being reinstituted, are you bringing back your old masks? Some places are now requiring N95 masks, which are claimed to remove 95% of […]
By Jane M. Orient, M.D. In addition to being subjected to various forms of censorship, for the first time in living memory American doctors are getting threat letters from licensure boards warning them against distributing […]
Dear AAPS Members and Friends, Late last month the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 550, the “Immunization Infrastructure Modernization Act of 2021.” Proponents in Congress criticized for voting for the bill, spin their action with slippery statements like […]
Many physicians sense that something is just not right about what is happening in medicine, states Jenny Powell, M.D., who became president of the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) in October. “Now many […]
The early 1990s movement called “evidence-based medicine” or EBM, full of the noble intention of incorporating high quality research into clinical practice, has displaced the doctor-patient unit as the ultimate decision-making authority and encourages totalitarian […]
There is an adage that says many cases are won or lost in the process of voir dire or jury selection. Lawrence Huntoon, M.D., Ph.D., who has been an expert witness in many trials concerning […]
