AAPS News March 2016 – EMR: The Potemkin VIlliage of Medicine Mar 1, 2016 Volume 72, no. 3 March 2016 The deterioration of American medicine is visible to the naked eye. Anecdotes tell of soiled dressings in overflowing trash; long delays in giving pain medications to post-op patients; family members having to bring food; a […]
By Gerard J. Gianoli, M.D. – http://EarAndBalance.net Legend has it that in 1787 Grigory Potemkin erected a fake portable settlement along the banks of the Dnieper River in order to fool Empress Catherine II during her visit to the Crimea. At night it was then moved down river for their next stop the following morning. […]
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Attention CMS-3321-NC PO Box 8016 Baltimore, MD 21244 November 16, 2015 To whom it may concern, The undersigned physician organizations write to comment on the Request for Information regarding implementation of the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System, Promotion of Alternative Payment Models, and Incentive Payments for Participation in Eligible Alternative […]
Objections by AAPS to Proposed CPT codes 99497 and 99498 Re: CMS–1631–P The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS), a non-profit national organization of physicians founded in 1943, defends the patient-physician relationship and the practice of ethical medicine. Our motto is “omnia pro aegroto,” which means “all for the patient.” AAPS has commented on […]
Additional state legislatures will be considering the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact (ILMC) already passed by into law by eleven states. The ostensible purpose is to promote telemedicine and ease physician shortages. It will do neither, contends economist Michael L. Marlow, Ph.D., in the fall issue of the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons. Rather, it […]
Physicians are increasingly suffering symptoms similar to those of the battered spouse syndrome, writes Texas ophthalmologist Kristin Held, M.D., in the fall issue of the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons.
In celebrating the 50th anniversary of Medicare, its supporters are overlooking or denying the troublesome facts, writes cardiovascular surgeon Donald W. Miller, Jr., M.D., in the fall issue of the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons. Almost immediately after enactment of Medicare and Medicaid, spending on medical care began to escalate, from 5.2 percent of […]
by: Gerard Gianoli, M.D., F.A.C.S. – http://www.earandbalance.net “In 1814, we took a little trip, along with Colonel Jackson, down the mighty Mississip….” Like any good student growing up in New Orleans, I learned about the magnificent victory of the U.S. forces over the British in the Battle of New Orleans during the War of 1812. […]
A $5.7 million jury verdict for wrongdoing perpetrated on behalf of management at a Southern California hospital remains in effect, now that the California Supreme Court properly rejected an attempt to overturn it. The verdict resulted from a scheme to frame a physician with a bag of illegal drugs and a loaded gun planted in […]
By Richard Amerling, M.D. As I predicted back in March, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled for the administration in King v. Burwell. So I was not surprised by the decision, but that doesn’t mean I am not deeply disappointed. I am. Beyond the ramifications for the continuation of the abominable Obamacare, the obvious truth is […]