tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post3123409492634152351..comments2023-08-21T02:57:37.362-05:00Comments on Dr. Wes: TremorsDrWeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17438019699222125477noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-5502978295761513242012-02-14T12:46:34.086-06:002012-02-14T12:46:34.086-06:00KP is a workable model of what a non fee for servi...KP is a workable model of what a non fee for service health care organization looks like. It is a threat to all those who have obtained sub specialty training in the predominantly procedure oriented fields, who see possible limitations on the use of their skills, and quite possibly threats to their income. It is understandable to see individuals lashing out at this threat. What we need to be Keithnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-62760657690617105822012-02-13T23:06:57.840-06:002012-02-13T23:06:57.840-06:00I'm sorry to hear ignorant comments like that ...I'm sorry to hear ignorant comments like that about KP. <br /><br />Actually, the interesting thing about KP is that at KP i can't turn away ANY patients. In private practice I probably turned away 1% for a variety of reasons, but KP patients have "pre-paid" so we have to treat and find solutions to even the most difficult patients.<br /><br />I'm not saying every patient (Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-69217457016383596792012-02-13T06:36:45.560-06:002012-02-13T06:36:45.560-06:00Someone rename Kaiser the Borg. "Resistance ...Someone rename Kaiser the Borg. "Resistance is futile. You will be assimilated." <br /><br />Has anyone ever noticed that there is no dissent at Kaiser? If you dissent, you are asked to leave. Kaiser attracts docs who are trained to say NO. <br /><br />Remember the GUSTO I trial where there was an absolute difference of 1% between streptokinase and a-tPA. Based on that 1% Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-24911646034534999972012-02-12T22:05:27.412-06:002012-02-12T22:05:27.412-06:00I'm glad someone brought Kaiser into this. We...I'm glad someone brought Kaiser into this. We are the only PHYSICIANS trying to provide high quality care AND control costs. <br /><br />Sure, I deny them their every 6 month stress test... don't believe every rant you read on the web.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-10456922966902792222012-02-12T16:28:02.060-06:002012-02-12T16:28:02.060-06:00"Does anyone truly believe that our system do..."Does anyone truly believe that our system does not incentivse the use of expensive and profitable tecnology and that there are innumerable examples of how physicians and our health care system has promulgated this overuse of resources?"<br /><br />An avarice filled cardiologist is reimbursed an excessive $200 for a LHC. This perverse incentive has 'promulgated overuse of resourcesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-55681650294511252922012-02-12T10:14:11.974-06:002012-02-12T10:14:11.974-06:00Health care cannot continue the status quo. To do...Health care cannot continue the status quo. To do so will bankrupt our country and strangle our competitiveness as a nation.<br /><br />Our helath care system has been built on the wrong incentives. Instead of dealing with the underlying causes of hypertension, diabetes, elevated cholesterol, etc. etc., we have become a reactive system that treats the end result of these conditions at ennormousKeithnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-17061803799329140952012-02-12T10:00:15.947-06:002012-02-12T10:00:15.947-06:00Ride on Bro-
It is time for a "Physician- Sp...Ride on Bro-<br /><br />It is time for a "Physician- Spring". <br /><br />With social media a powerful statement could be made, but before it happens we should decide on what we want and how to proceed!<br /><br />Cheers <br /><br />WinkMooreFish?https://www.blogger.com/profile/07698211662835761079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-48811720234733460852012-02-11T21:43:01.263-06:002012-02-11T21:43:01.263-06:00Go Wes!
I am surprised that you still have time t...Go Wes!<br /><br />I am surprised that you still have time to blog. Isn't the DOJ waiting for your deposition on that ICD in the patient who had the troponin bump after being shocked 10 times?<br /><br />The apparatchiks are getting rich, though. Check out the $20B printed for the CMS center for 'government innovation'. Oxymoron? <br /><br />Is anyone else insulted by the verbiageAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com