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AAPS News January 2014 – Liar of the Year

Volume 70, no. 1 PolitiFact called the promise that “if you like your health plan, you can keep your health plan” the Lie of the Year. Is the Chief Executive the Liar in Chief—or should […]

AAPS News – Apr 2007

Volume 63, No. 4 April 2007 THE PINNACLE OF SOCIALIZED MEDICINE The flagship of American military hospitals, Walter Reed, has made national news and congressional hearings because of squalid conditions in housing for wounded soldiers. […]

Index to AAPS News, August,

Index to AAPS News, August, 1986-April, 2006 3M and medical procedure codes 3/01,2 AAFP 1/94,2; 4/94,2 AAFP 10/00,2 AAFP 2/01,3 AAFP 2/02,2 AAFP, stand on universal coverage 10/99,2 AAN on right to die 12/03,1 AAP […]

AAPS News – Dec 2005

Volume 61, No. 12 December 2005 PAYMENT FOR VALUE “Payment for Performance” or “P4P” has acquired the aura of like-it-or-not inevitability, like other central planning fiascos such as DRGs and the RBRVS that preceded it. […]

AAPS News August 2016 – MACRA: Pokemon Go for Doctors

The latest fad, a “free” smartphone app called Pokémon GO, has reportedly exceeded even Twitter and pornography in popularity. One hospital has banned it for employees because they were glued to their screens instead of interacting with patients.

AAPS News July 2016 – Discrimination

According to the dictionary or common usage, to discriminate means to make a distinction, say between right and wrong, or good quality and poor quality. Virtually every decision we make when faced with more than one option involves discrimination.

AAPS News April 2016 – Death Care

AAPS News April 2016 – Death Care Apr 9, 2016 Volume 72, no. 4 April 2016 In the post-Hippocratic, post-Christian, post-modern era, facilitating or even causing death is becoming a form of treatment, often called […]