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It is Deja Vu All Over Again

Please bring the violin out and carry some extra kleenex today. I was thinking of the title of this post-a Yogi-ism while reading this WSJ...

CMS seeking evidence review

Staying on the theme of guru’s, and equipment in their role as panacea’s for pain, we have a request by CMS seeking public comment on...

Gurus? What about equipment?

I have read with great interest the numerous comments in regards to the recognizing a Guru post.    however, we are forgetting about an equally...

Which camp are you in?

From WSJ, Grading Surgeons May Be Healthy Practice (available for non WSJ subscribers for 7 days) provides another article on report cards for physicians. Apparently,...

Medpac’s Report to Congress: Toward beter value in purchasing outpatient therapy services

Just when I was about to start my summer reading list, I was sent this: Download medpac_report_jun06_ch06.pdf.   Fresh and hot off the press is the...

Barbaro Physical Therapy Update

We had lots of comments to our post on the Orangutan regarding Barbaro.  News on his future looks very good at this point and I...

I hope they have good insurance

This story from ABC.  I hope the orangutan has good insurance. Larry

The Math

This post is in response to over 15 requests that were privately emailed to me regarding my reference to “the math” in my May 13...

Giving Price Information to Consumers can be confusing

A few days ago, USA Today ran a headline article “Shopping For Health Care Pricing Can Be Pretty Confusing”.  If you haven’t heard, a movement...

Healthcare report card

Interesting report card per Tom Peters.  Although EBP gets a “D” in his report card at least it is listed as #1! By the way,...