Dr. Jorge Zamora-Quezada, a Texas rheumatologist, was sentenced earlier this year to ten years in federal prison for a healthcare fraud so brazen it left even seasoned prosecutors shaking their heads. Read the full DOJ press release.
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On Strike. Physician Unionization and the Further Commoditization of Medical Practice.
Over the past several weeks, I’ve seen multiple posts and comments on LinkedIn about the horrors of practicing as a cog in the wheel of Big Medicine, employment schemes facetiously referred to as “medical groups” by their health system or insurance company owners.
Who Really Needs Whom? Hospitals and Employed Physicians.
By the early years of the 20th Century, hospitals became large healthcare factories due to the size and expense of what was then cutting edge technology…
Leaving Big Medicine? Look Before You Leap.
Fueled by the failure of large medical groups, the disappointments of hospital employment, and the ratcheting down of care by private equity…
Compounding the Kickback Problem – Medical Group Minute
Compounding pharmaceuticals, specific drugs for specific patients, offers tremendous benefit. The problems arise when the benefit is for the prescribing physician.
Surprise Hospital Billing – Podcast
What’s a hospital surprise bill? Well, it’s something slightly different from the concept applied to physicians.
She Said, He Heard – A Lesson From Insider Trading to Prevent Your HIPAA Violation – Podcast
What policies does your group have? How are they enforced . . . or even, how can they be enforced?
Pharmacies Plan to Take Your Patients
Physicians, think that your competitor is Dr. Smith across the street or the hospital and its 185 captive docs? Think longer term.
She Said, He Heard – A Lesson From Insider Trading to Prevent Your HIPAA Violation – Medical Group Minute
What policies does your group have? How are they enforced . . . or even, how can they be enforced?
RFP for Physician Services: Really Foolish Proposition – Podcast
Hospitals that use RFPs and others fool’s tools in respect of physician relationships will surely suffer as fools in the end.