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Hardy a week goes by that I don’t read an announcement in the Roanoke Times about a new “hospitalist” hired by Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital. Do you know what a hospitalist is? Most people do not! The old system was easy to understand. Hospitals granted privileges to physicians to admit and treat their patients, and…

Under Virginia law, you can revoke an arbitration agreement signed with a medical provider, while receiving care, up until, 60 days after care ended. Specifically this applies to nursing homes – so as a matter of course, when leaving a nursing home, we would recommend you send a letter to the Administrator of the Nursing…

Today’s Wall Street Journal featured an article on the “home health” care industry. Without regulation, families have sadly learned the hard way, how difficult it is to find quality, and qualified help. Criminal records, physical abuse, financial fraud – the unimaginable has occurred to our nation’s seniors. While we support the idea of care at…

A local physician told me in a deposition once, that he hates having to prescribe coumadin. When I asked why, he explained it was such a difficult drug to manage and required so much attention. Well, I know what he means. Coumadin, a blood thinner, is generally given post op to prevent blood clots –…

I am on malaria pills for a trip I took recently. What if I get sick and need an antibiotic, do the two meds mix? What about those elderly adults on 7 or more meds. My Mom has MS and cancer – she is on 6 mds, and 8 vitamins at any given time. Which…

Do you remember reading about the gastroenterologist in Las Vegas, Dr. Dipak Desai and his Shadow Lane Clinic? You know… the doctor whose patients (numbering in the thousands) were advised by health authorities to undergo testing for hepatitis and HIV. Authorities investigating a cluster of hepatitis C cases observed clinic nurses reusing syringes in a…

If you were any where near a newspaper today, I am confident you read an article about Medicare fraud. This time, dead doctors were paid for services and supplies. Yes, you read that right. How does this happen? When you and I go to the Doctor, services are rendered, co-pay is collected, and the rest…

I just finished reading a thought provoking article in the New York Times entitled, “What I Wished I’d Done Differently.” The article is a personal account of the mistakes made by its author, Jane Gross, in caring for her aged mother. The article deals with the problems of nursing home and assisted living care. Ms.…