Hospital Administrators to Evaluate Surgeon’s Potential for Revenue Versus Headache Generation
NASHVILLE, TN - Noted researchers Dr. Harvey Stephens and Dr. Phil Burman offer a new matrix for evaluating surgeons for employment. The STAR (Surgeon Tolerability: ASS-Rapidity) Score considers the personality of the surgeon in...
ICD-10 Primer, Lesson 7: The Fortune Cookie “In Bed” Modifier
We all know that the ICD-10 committee has a sense of humor, because 68,000 codes?! HAHAHAHA!!!!! That’s HILARIOUS! Well, turns out they have another joke up their sleeve.
To spice things up, the ICD-10 committee...
ACGME Limits Resident Work Hours to 168 Per Week
CHICAGO, IL - In an effort to increase resident satisfaction and curb the current epidemic of burnout in health care professionals, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) has published new guidelines to...
ICD-10 Primer, Lesson 3: Star Wars Codes
Another wonderful strength of the new ICD-10 coding system is not only the increased number of codes dealing with the rare but possible real-life scenarios (V98.2XXA for accident to, on, or involving ice yacht,...
Breaking: ABIM Requires Daily Recertification
PHILADELPHIA, PA - In a move that will most certainly not be received well by the medical community, the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) will now require that physicians undergo daily recertification in...
Redacted Mueller H&P Omits All But Family History & Chloride Level
WASHINGTON, D.C. - A redacted version of Robert S. Mueller III's highly-anticipated history & physical examination (H&P) admission document was released earlier today. Unfortunately, all the juicy bits are blotted out, leaving only...
Medical Scribe to Subspecialize in Verbs
NORFOLK, VA - In her few years as a medical scribe, Kacey Agnarsson has observed how health care is getting more specialized with each passing minute. Inspired, Agnarsson has decided to leave her post...
EMR Developers Shocked to Learn How Their Software is Actually Used
Several developers of widely-used electronic medical record (EMR) software were invited out of their cubicles last week for a much-hyped tour of the real-world health care system.
A volunteer team of medical office managers showed...
Breaking: Patient is a Rich Historian, Perhaps the Best Historian Ever
PORTLAND, OR - In what is certainly a breath of fresh air, an ER physician was pleasantly surprised to discover that her patient wasn't a poor historian; in fact, she was a very rich...