The Doctor Is In

It’s time for a change. A big change. The days–once energized by the excitement of a remarkable profession, the joy of independence and self-sufficiency, the satisfaction of skills finely executed and a business well-run–those days, those same days, are increasingly a grinding chore, a tedium too often, their life-joy ever sapped by the parasites which [...]

  We’ve all heard the refrain, a thousand times: “If [insert your most hated thing here], then the terrorists will have won!” For example, “If we restrict our civil liberties (read: “If BushHitler doesn’t stop checking the child porno sites I visit”), the terrorists will have won!” “If we don’t preserve freedom of the press [...]

  Things are a tad busy for the next few days, so it may be a bit before I can post anything in depth. In the meantime, you owe it to yourself to mosey over to One Cosmos, and read Gagdad Bob’s post on compassion entitled In the Name of Petey, the Merciful, the Compassionate! [...]

Part 5 of a series on medical coding and reimbursement, covering the staggering penalties of being out of federal compliance — and virtually everyone is.

  Yesterday was just one of those days. It started off with messages about screwed-up payroll deductions, hassles about 401(k) withholds, followed shortly thereafter by surgery delayed by another surgeon, messing up my schedule for most of the morning. In the office, the new scanner didn’t work, the EMR still has bugs that I can’t [...]

  What brilliant darkness now descends To slay the weight which life doth rob To bear the anguish undeserved On frigid stone no glorious end. The blazing lanterns light the night As noble leaders drain the cup To toast the end of ghost not known And praise the triumph of blind sight. What brilliant darkness [...]

Three men on a Friday, condemned to die. Ensnared by Roman justice, convicted, and sentenced to a lingering death of profound cruelty and excruciating agony. The Romans knew how to do it right: execution designed to utterly humiliate its victims, and maximize their suffering–a public spectacle and object lesson to others about the foolishness of [...]

The Maze series has been pretty heavy-duty, and there’s more to come (sorry to say)–but I thought we all needed a break, to ponder things more graceful and elegant. So put your pencils and pads in your desk, and let’s go for a little boat ride. Never let it be said that I rush into [...]