You are probably familiar with the CMS “never events” initiative. CMS has decided it will not reimburse hospitals for treatment related to complications that it says should never occur. Here is the current list. Foreign object...
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There is much hand-wringing about the shortage of primary care physicians. But primary care is not...
Read MoreNot long ago, I attended a retirement party for a former colleague. He had been a surgeon for 43 years at a hospital where I was once chairman of surgery. A number of old friends and colleagues whom I hadn’t seen for a long time...
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Here’s a little story from the early days of my first job as a chairman of surgery. Shortly after...
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A paper reporting the results of a survey of women surgeons on the topic of pregnancy appears in...
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