The Search For Google (Mt. Rushmore Road Show) Ever notice how pervasive the internet is in our daily lives? And how one can lose track of time for hours with a single web search? A recent example: Halloween Trick or Treating. An age old American childhood tradition. It started out innocently enough. I simply asked [...]
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Feeling Patriotic (and Groovy)
Posted in Uncategorized, What's Up, Doc? on May 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
American Flag of the United States of America (USA Flag) Originally uploaded by jcolman May Day is always special to me because it is the day I became a United States citizen (Star Spangled Banner music quietly playing in the background as you read this post). Photograph Courtesy of Jonathan Colman Last updated May 2, [...]
No PayDay Loan Needed!
Posted in Health Care Policy, What's Up, Doc?, tagged family practitioner, internist, life of primary care doctor, payday loan, pediatrician, primary care doctor, Renee Rendler-Kaplan on May 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Photographs Courtesy of Renee Rendler-Kaplan I love American ingenuity. There is always somebody ready to capitalize on somebody else’s misery. First, thanks for the many kind words from people who had no idea about the “hamster on a wheel” life of a primary care doctor. I discussed how difficult primary care doctors (internists, pediatricians, family [...]
Uh Uh Tomorrow is Payday
Posted in Health Care Policy, What's Up, Doc?, tagged doctors, hospital, payday, primary care, primary care office, salary doctor, salary increase, salary waitress, student loans, treadmill, waiting an hour for the doctor, waiting room on April 21, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Photograph Courtesy of Bob Cuthill Tomorrow is payday and that is difficult in the life of a primary care physician (I’m not trying to get you to feel sorry for me, just trying to explain the realities of being a primary care doctor in 2010). Can’t make payroll tomorrow. This has become a frequent occurrence over [...]
A Foreign Language: The Medical Billing System
Posted in Health Care Policy, What's Up, Doc?, tagged clean claim, CPT, diagnosis codes, health care billing, Health Care Policy, health care reform, HIPPA, ICD, medical billing, medical coding, medical decision making, medical fraud and abuse, outcomes, overhead, patient non-compliance, pay for performance, primary care, rejected claim on March 22, 2010 | 1 Comment »
I can sum up the biggest problem with the health care system in one word: bureaucracy. The regulations that doctors have to memorize, in addition to plain old medicine (which in my experience is complex enough!) looks like the indecipherable ingredients on the back of a processed food bag: CPT/ICD codes, HIPPA compliance, Red [...]
Dr. Vee
Posted in Uncategorized, What's Up, Doc? on April 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Dr. Vee

