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Stop Compensating with Random Initials

I look for your title then stop. NP. RN. PA. MD. DO. This use to be a uniquely embarressing characteristic...

To all my derma friends, Im sorry.

Im a primary care physician. Im telling you guys outright I cant diagnose shit when it comes to skin disorders. Okay acne, shingles, seborrheic dermatitis,...

Downcoding is becoming a crisis

It's been posted a few times, but BCBS IL, TX, New Mexico, Montana and Oklahoma (all HCSC companies) have instituted an automatic downcoding policy whereby...

"Are you recording me?" (Weirdest family interaction. Am I in an alternate universe?)

Real interaction with a family recently. I was in the room with the patient and the patient's brother. Bro: Can you tell us what's going...