Episode 091: COVID, Immunity, and Back to School
Episode 091: COVID, Immunity, and Back to School Now that we’re approaching the half way point of summer it’s time to start thinking about what we’re going to do with …
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 088: Hand Surgery without Anesthesia with Dr. Randy Lovell
Episode 088: Hand Surgery without Anesthesia with Dr. Randy Lovell Finally an episode without discussing COVID-19 (well a tiny bit maybe). Today I’m joined by my friend and colleague Dr. …
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 083: Making it Through Coronavirus without Health Insurance
Episode 083: Surviving Coronavirus Without Health Insurance Once again, the coronavirus outbreak is dominating the news. Government officials at the federal, state, and local levels have closed down most businesses …
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 081: A Curious Child Abuse Case with Dr. Niran Al-Agba
Episode 081: A Curious Child Abuse Case with Dr. Niran Al-Agba Virtually everyone agrees that children are at risk in society and need extra vigilance. Whether this is done by …
Episode 079: Health Care Price Transparency without an Executive Order with Dr. Bill Hennessey of Pratter
Episode 079: Health Care Price Transparency without an Executive Order with Dr. Bill Hennessey of Pratter Real health care price transparency is a an elusive goal for many in the …
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 074: The Ups & Downs in Medical Trends for 2020
Episode 074: The Ups & Downs in Medical Trends for 2020 The beginning of a new year is always a good time to reflect on the medical trends on where …
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 068: An Ophthalmologist Sees the Light. A Discussion with Dr. Rudrani Banik
Episode 068: An Ophthalmologist Sees the Light. A Discussion with Dr. Rudrani Banik Moving from academic medicine to private practice is a scary thing to do for any doctor. But …
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 067: What’s the Over/Umbehr on Direct Primary Care Becoming the Dominant Force in Primary Care. A Discussion with Dr. Josh Umbehr of Atlas MD
Episode 067: What’s the Over/Umbehr on Direct Primary Care Becoming the Dominant Force in Primary Care. A Discussion with Dr. Josh Umbehr of Atlas MD As direct primary care practices …
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 065: Communist China & Its Crackdown on Hong Kong & Minorities with Jennifer Zeng
Episode 065: Communist China & Its Crackdown on Hong Kong & Minorities with Jennifer Zeng The Chinese government and its communist roots are appearing in the US news a lot …
Episode 064: Solo Nurse Practitioners – What’s the Controversy?
Episode 064: Solo Nurse Practitioners – What’s the Controversy? What’s the deal with nurse practitioners (NPs)? Why is there so much anger from physicians and NPs when it comes to …
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 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 …
Episode 052: Bringing Joy to Medicine with Dr. Amaryllis Sanchez Wohlever
Episode 052: Bringing Joy to Medicine with Dr. Amaryllis Sanchez Wohlever Physician wellness has come to the forefront today as health systems deal with ever increasing numbers of physicians dealing …
Episode 051: Managing Your Finances as a Student with the Physician Philosopher
Episode 051: Managing Your Finances as a Student with the Physician Philosopher One of the most important things a young student can do to help their future is to pay …
Episode 050: Psychiatric Hope for Docs: A Discussion with Dr. Marnie McGrath
Episode 050: Psychiatric Hope for Docs: A Discussion with Dr. Marnie McGrath Physician burnout and mental health problems have been well documented as has the physician suicide epidemic. Health systems …
Episode 049: The Template for a Better Health Care System
Episode 049: The Template for a Better Health Care System There has been no shortage of ink spilled arguing how we fix our broken US health care system so today …
Episode 047: Making Direct Care Work as a Gynecologist with Dr. Deborah Herchelroath
Episode 047: Making Direct Care Work as a Gynecologist with Dr. Deborah Herchelroath Today, we continue our journey discussing physicians who are using direct patient care through a membership model …
Episode 046: Using Midwives to Lower the C/Section Rate with Dr. John LaGrand
Episode 046: Using Midwives to Lower the C/Section Rate with Dr. John LaGrand For women, a very scary and anxious time of their life is pregnancy. With it comes excitement, …
Episode 044: Physicians as Leaders with Dr. Jack Cochran
Episode 044: Physicians as Leaders with Dr. Jack Cochran Physicians today need to be more than healers – they need to be physician leaders. They need to also be leaders …
Episode 043: How PBMs Jack Up Drug Prices with Dr. Madelaine Feldman
Episode 043: How PBMs Jack Up Drug Prices with Dr. Madelaine Feldman How do PBMs (pharmacy benefit managers) pass on savings to themselves and leave patients and insurance companies holding …
Episode 040: How Prior Authorization Delays Care and Frustrates both Patients and Physicians with Dr. Mark Lopatin
Episode 040: How Prior Authorization Delays Care and Frustrates both Patients and Physicians with Dr. Mark Lopatin How would you feel if someone who didn’t know, was unfamiliar with your …
Episode 039: Is Mental Health Broken? A Discussion with Counselor Michael DeVine
Episode 039: Is Mental Health Treatment Broken? A Discussion with Counselor Michael DeVine If there were a conventional treatment for a disease in a traditional medical practice that worked only …
Episode 037: A Rheumatologist Says No to the Joint Commission. Leaving the Third Party Pay System with Dr. Ellen McKnight.
Episode 037: A Rheumatologist Says No to the Joint Commission. Leaving the Third Party Pay System with Dr. Ellen McKnight. I have spent a lot of time discussing innovative ways …
Episode 036: Markets and Med Students with Dr. Beth Haynes
Episode 036: Markets and Med Students with Dr. Beth Haynes What is the difference between a first year medical student and a senior in college? A lot of debt and …
Episode 035: Changing the Emergency Room with Real Price Transparency. A Discussion with Dr. Christion Rice
Episode 035: Changing the Emergency Room with Real Price Transparency. A Discussion with Dr. Christion Rice For those who have encountered the health care system – the emergency room is …
Episode 034: Is Direct Primary Care the Future of Medicine? A Discussion with Dr. Lee Gross of Docs 4 Patient Care
Episode 034: Is Direct Primary Care the Future of Medicine? A Discussion with Dr. Lee Gross of Docs 4 Patient Care If there is one thing patients and doctors agree …
Episode 033: Walking Away From It All. The FIRE Movement with Dr. Leif Dahleen
Episode 033: Walking Away From It All. The FIRE Movement with Dr. Leif Dahleen When it comes to working, we all have different goals on what to accomplish during our …
Episode 032: Is Dead, Dead? Is Brain Death, Death? A Discussion With Dr. Alan Shewmon
Episode 032: Is Dead, Dead? Is Brain Death, Death? A Discussion With Dr. Alan Shewmon One of the tasks assigned to physicians, and certainly not a task one thinks of …
Episode 031: Direct Primary Care for Pediatrics with Dr. Nitin Gupta
Episode 031: Direct Primary Care for Pediatrics with Dr. Nitin Gupta Direct Primary Care (DPC) is starting to gain some steam and popularity with established physicians, residents, and medical students. …
Episode 030: The Epidemic of Physician Suicide with Dr. Pam Wible
Episode 030: the Epidemic of Physician Suicide with Dr. Pam Wible Physician suicide is an epidemic. How else do you describe 400 physicians per year ending their own lives which …
Episode 029: Overcharged – Why American Health Care is So Expensive with Prof. David Hyman
Episode 029: Overcharged – Why American Health Care is So Expensive with Prof. David Hyman We can all agree – outside of a few overpaid pharma CEOs – that the …
Episode 028: A Deep Dive Into Who Today’s Doctors Are
Episode 028: A Deep Dive Into Who Today’s Doctors Are Who is that man or woman in the white coat? What is he/she thinking as you are being examined or …
Episode 027: The Opioid Crisis and Who’s to Blame with Dr. Howard Grattan
Episode 027: The Opioid Crisis and Who’s to Blame with Dr. Howard Grattan The opioid crisis has been in the news for a few years now and those to blame …
Episode 026: Making Social Media Work for Docs with Dr. Corriel
Episode 026: Making Social Media Work for Docs with Dr. Corriel Social media is ubiquitous in our lives and doctors have a less than average presence within that sphere. The …