How to Save Your Business 50% on Health Care Expenses
Are you a decision maker at your business? If you’re a CEO, CFO, the head of HR, or perhaps the owner of a small, medium or large business then you …
The Real History of Modern Medicine with Dr. Christy Chapin
History is a funny thing. Often, we think we know what happened either as we experience it personally or have trusted sources that give us an account. However, it depends …
Roe v. Wade Goes Down. What’s Next? with Elizabeth Nolan Brown
In 1973, the US Supreme Court ruled on the Roe v. Wade case and concluded that Americans have a constitutional right to an abortion up to viability of the fetus. …
Surgeon Fired Over His Opinions – Mines Bitcoin Instead with Dr. Buck Parker
What would you do if you were fired by your employer over something you had said on social media? Would you be able to survive or would you have to …
Expanding Choice for Physician Board Certification (NBPAS) with Dr. Paul Mathew
Expanding Choice for Physician Board Certification (NBPAS) with Dr. Paul Mathew A rite of passage for doctors is completing a residency in a specialty. Sometimes, they complete multiple specialty trainings …
Retiring in the Midst of a Pandemic with Dr. David Graham
Retiring in the Midst of a Pandemic with Dr. David Graham Dr. Graham is the most frequent guest on the Paradocs Podcast and has appeared 5 previous times to discuss …
Crowd Health is Go Fund Me for Health Care on Nitro with CEO Andy Schoonover
Crowd Health is Go Fund Me for Health Care on Nitro with CEO Andy Schoonover What happens when you take Go Fund Me and put it into an ecosystem of …
Is Asymptomatic Spread of SARS-CoV-2 a Thing? with Daniel Halperin, PhD
Is Asymptomatic Spread of SARS-CoV-2 a Thing? with Daniel Halperin, PhD Not only has the COVID pandemic politicized our country – it has led to a lot of misinformation and …
Surgery without Insurance with Dr. Keith Smith
Surgery without Insurance with Dr. Keith Smith A lot has happened since we last met with Dr. Keith Smith from the Surgery Center of Oklahoma back in 2018. Back then, …
We Were So, So, So, So Right about COVID
We Were So, So, So, So Right about COVID In April, 2020, serendipitously, my high school classmate reached out to me after one of my podcast episodes where I was …
How Decentralized Finance in Cryptocurrency Can Help Your Medical Practice with John Bush
How Decentralized Finance in Cryptocurrency Can Help Your Medical Practice with John Bush Bitcoin was invented in 2008 by a pseudonymous programmer (or group of programmers) called Satoshi Nakamoto. It …
Science is Broken, It’s Time We Fix It with Dr. Jay Bhattacharya
Science is Broken, It’s Time We Fix It with Dr. Jay Bhattacharya There has been no shortage of casualties in the last year and half with the COVID pandemic. Schools …
Don’t Sweat the COVID Variants with Dr. Monica Gandhi
Don’t Sweat the COVID Variants with Dr. Monica Gandhi “Beware the variants!” scream the headlines all over the news. Now that the vaccine is available for SARS-CoV-2, we are pounded …
Colorado Threatens to Take Away Your License if You Don’t Play Ball
Colorado Threatens to Take Away Your License if You Don’t Play Ball with Dr. Belen Amat This year, the Colorado legislature introduced a bill to radically change the way health …
If You’ve Had COVID, Don’t Get Vaccinated with Dr. Hooman Noorchashm
If You’ve Had COVID, Don’t Get Vaccinated with Dr. Hooman Noorchashm Now that we are entering the last transition phase of COVID-19 in the United States where we are moving …
Value Based Care Provides Neither Value Nor Care with Dr. Eric Bricker
Value Based Care Provides Neither Value Nor Care with Dr. Eric Bricker Health care, according to today’s guest Dr. Eric Bricker, is filled with euphemisms. One you hear a lot …
Mistrust in Medicine Due to Colonialism in Central Africa with Dr. Sara Lowes
Mistrust in Medicine Due to Colonialism in Central Africa with Dr. Sara Lowes Trust is essential in medicine. Not only between a doctor and patient but between a community and …
Birthing a Business with Hysterectomies with Dr. Richard Rosenfield
Birthing a Business with Hysterectomies with Dr. Richard Rosenfield Entrepreneurs are funny creatures. Some seem to be born to innovate and create businesses. Others, like today’s guest, create new businesses …
How to Treat Chronic Pain with Melissa Cady, DO
How to Treat Chronic Pain with Melissa Cady, DO Pain. We all experience it. It is as much a part of life as breathing itself. But what is pain? Is …
Episode 110: Birthing Babies and Direct Primary Care with Dr. Nick Tomsen
Episode 110: Birthing Babies and Direct Primary Care with Dr. Nick Tomsen Direct primary care (DPC) is a style of practicing medicine we have discussed many times on the show. …
Episode 105: What is the One Question You Wish You Knew Before Starting a DPC Practice?
Episode 105: What is the One Question You Wish You Knew Before Starting a DPC Practice? Direct primary care (DPC) is a movement that is growing quickly in the United …
Episode 104: I’m a Doctor and Spent a Year Without Health Insurance
Episode 104: I’m a Doctor and Spent a Year Without Health Insurance The Story In late Summer of 2019 my wife and I had to make a difficult choice – …
Episode 102: Losing Weight & Fixing Diabetes with Fasting with Dr. Jason Fung
Episode 102: Losing Weight & Fixing Diabetes with Fasting – Dr. Jason Fung The last few years have seen a resurgence in the use of fasting. Fasting is an ancient …
Episode 099: Myocarditis in Asymptomatic COVID-19 Isn’t Real with Dr. Rohin Francis
Episode 099: Myocarditis in Asymptomatic COVID-19 Isn’t Real with Dr. Rohin Francis Okay, so today’s title to the show is a little provocative. But it’s meant to convey the most …
Episode 098: How the 340B Drug Program to Help the Poor Get Medicine Doesn’t Work
Episode 098: How the 340B Drug Program to Help the Poor Get Medicine Doesn’t Work Today’s discussion begins way back in the early 1990s when Congress was trying to figure …
Episode 094: The End of Safe Harbor for PBMs?
Episode 094: The End of Safe Harbor for PBMs? Pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) are one of the ‘middle men’ in health care that have recently come under fire for the …
Episode 090: The History Behind Hydroxychloroquine with Dr. Adam Rodman
Episode 090: The History Behind Hydroxychloroquine with Dr. Adam Rodman Hydroxychloroquine is an old medicine and treatment for conditions causing cyclical fevers like malaria. But hydroxychloroquine has been used in …
Episode 086: How the Coronavirus Pandemic Ends with Dr. David Graham
Episode 086: How the Coronavirus Pandemic Ends with Dr. David Graham Now that we are over a month into the variable stay at home orders in the United States for …
Episode 085: The Nonsensical Response to the Coronavirus Outbreak
Episode 085: The Nonsensical Response to the CoronaVirus Outbreak The response from state governments in the United States have varied in how they are responding to the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19). …
Episode 082: Coronavirus and How We’re Handling It
Episode 082: Coronavirus and How We’re Handling It Dominating the news today is the pandemic coronavirus or COVID 19. The viral infection that was believed to start in Wuhan, China …
Episode 080: Can You Make Vaccinations Mandatory? Appearance on Life, Liberty, & the Pursuit of Snarkiness
Episode 080: Can You Make Vaccinations Mandatory? Appearance on Life, Liberty, & the Pursuit of Snarkiness After successfully avoiding the topic of vaccines which I don’t find particularly interesting I …
Episode 077: Amash Files – Who Is Justin Amash and Can He Win the Presidency? (A Special Patreon Content Release)
Episode 077: Amash Files – Who is Justin Amash and Can He Win the Presidency? (A Special Patreon Content Release) Today’s episode is a special release from my Patreon only …
Episode 076: A PBM Not Looking to Rip You Off with Vinay Patel, PharmD
Episode 076: A PBM Not Looking to Rip You Off with Vinay Patel, PharmD Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) have been the villains in a number of earlier episodes of the …
Episode 075: How Hospitals Work with David Leonard, JD
Episode 075: How Hospitals Work with David Leonard, JD It isn’t often that people walk into hospitals and ask themselves how does this thing work? In fact, the same can …
Episode 073: Is Physician Assisted Suicide Good Policy? A discussion with Dr. Aaron Kheriaty
Episode 073: Is Physician Assisted Suicide Good Policy? A discussion with Dr. Aaron Kheriaty As sure as life exists, death will follow. As such, people will continue to try to …
Episode 072: Will Hospital Pricing Transparency Rules Help? A Discussion with Dr. Philip Eskew of DPCFrontier.com
Episode 072: Will Hospital Pricing Transparency Rules Help? A Discussion with Dr. Philip Eskew of DPCFrontier.com Many physicians and those supportive of free markets in medicine are making a big …
Episode 071: Why That Medical Bill is Crazy Expensive
Episode 071: Why That Medical Bill is Crazy Expensive One of the most common questions I get asked about the health care system is why are medical bills so enormous? …
Episode 070: How to Market Your Medical Practice: Dr. Nitin Gupta
Episode 070: How to Market Your Medical Practice: Dr. Nitin Gupta If you own your own business, which physicians who are independent or run concierge or DPC practices do – …
Episode 069: Designing a Better Pediatric Urgent Care Center. Dr. Corey Fish and Brave Care
Episode 069: Designing a Better Pediatric Urgent Care Center. Dr. Corey Fish and Brave Care One of the most expensive ways to receive care in the US health care system …
Emergency Episode: Michigan’s Surprise Billing Legislation Needs Fixing
Emergency Episode: Michigan’s Surprise Billing Legislation Needs Fixing Surprise billing is a nationwide problem and Michigan is not immune. Surprise billing refers to the instance where patients are expecting their …
Episode 066: The Fight to Dispense Medications in Doctor’s Offices. A Discussion with Dr. Kris Held.
Episode 066: The Fight to Dispense Medications in Doctor’s Offices. A Discussion with Dr. Kris Held. In most states, physicians are able to dispense medications in their offices to patients. …
Episode 063: Are Non-Profit Hospitals Making a Killing? A Discussion with Dr. Richard Menger
Episode 063: Are Non-profit Hospitals Making a Killing? A Discussion with Dr. Richard Menger Today’s discussion is about hospitals. Namely, what does it mean to be non-profit? Over half of …
Episode 062: How to Be Flexible Running A Different Kind of Physical Therapy Practice. A Discussion with Joe Kik.
Episode 062: How to Be Flexible Running A Different Kind of Physical Therapy Practice. A Discussion with Joe Kik. I haven’t spoken to a lot of ancillary medical professionals in …
Episode 061: Why Government Run Health Care Serves the Poor Poorly. A Discussion with Dr. Rebekah Bernard
Episode 061: Why Government Run Health Care Serves the Poor Poorly. A Discussion with Dr. Rebekah Bernard Serving the poor in health care is a mission that many enter medicine …
Episode 060: An Irish Doctor Compares the UK’s NHS to the US Medical System. A Discussion with Dr. Clodagh Ryan
Episode 060: An Irish Doctor Compares the UK’s NHS to the US Medical System. A Discussion with Dr. Clodagh Ryan Debate rages in the United States about whether we should …
Episode 059: Allergist Says Direct Care Is Nothing to Sneeze At. A Discussion with Dr. Nikhila Schroeder
Episode 059: Allergist Says Direct Care Is Nothing to Sneeze At. A Discussion with Dr. Nikhila Schroeder One of the most frequently asked questions I get from people when I …
Episode 057: Men Have Heart Disease More Than Women, Really They Do. A Conversation with Dr. Anish Koka
Episode 057: Men Have More Heart Disease Than Women, Really They Do. A Conversation with Dr. Anish Koka February marks the month designated by the American Heart Association as its …
Episode 056: Getting Ripped Off by Health Insurance
Episode 056: Getting Ripped Off By Health Insurance Problems with health insurance is certainly nothing new and my recent experience is not unique. Recently, I received a bill for a …
Episode 054: Abortion and Catholic Hospitals with Stephanie Slade
Episode 054: Abortion and Catholic Hospitals with Stephanie Slade The topic of abortion seems to have gained more momentum in the news cycle of late with states passing laws relaxing …
Episode 053: The UK’s NHS – Love It or Leave It? Dr. Philip Booth of IEA
Episode 053: The UK’s NHS – Love It or Leave It? Dr. Philip Booth of IEA National health care policy is always at the forefront of the political discussion in …