Tag Archives: Healthcare Costs

Coding Mastodons

Posted on January 28, 2025 by ddxdx

Coding Mastodons Sid and his partners sat around the conference table upstairs from the clinic. They met monthly at 6:30 AM so they could dispense with the clinic business and go off to hospital rounds and then get back to … Continue reading →

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Now What?

Posted on January 23, 2025 by ddxdx

What Next? So, the talk is that the Republicans want to get rid of Medicaid. OK, but what next? There would be lots of ways to walk this program back. Let me remind you, nobody likes it. Doctors hate it … Continue reading →

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Faith or Dynamite

Posted on January 6, 2025 by ddxdx

Faith or Dynamite If Trumps nominees, Kennedy for Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Dr. Oz to direct Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) are able to get confirmed by the Republican Senate, which I think they will, … Continue reading →

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Solutions

Posted on September 20, 2023 by ddxdx

I have watched the Idaho Freedom Foundation and their mouthpieces rant against Medicaid for years now. Rants can be fun, but honestly, there’s hard work to do. I invite your shoulder to our shared grindstone. I believe managing health care … Continue reading →

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Piecemeal

Posted on July 31, 2023 by ddxdx

We took a family vacation up toward the Cabinet Mountains in western Montana. This meant we got to go through the beautiful town of Libby on the Kootenai River. Libby is famous for asbestos. And asbestos gives you more than … Continue reading →

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Health Care Payments

Posted on November 8, 2020 by ddxdx

I’m writing this Sunday night (November 1st) and you won’t read this until Thursday, so let’s skip talking about the election results. But I would like to examine a recent statement by our President. He is our President and will … Continue reading →

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Critical Access

Posted on June 30, 2019 by ddxdx

Back before we got into a stalemate when talking about healthcare costs, long ago when I had good knees and my hair wasn’t grey, funding for small town hospitals was recognized as a problem. After Montana demonstrated they could support … Continue reading →

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