Nitrate: Healthy heart or cancer risk? Meet nutrition’s Jekyll and Hyde
Despite our understanding of nutrition expanding remarkably in recent times, few aspects of our diet continue to confuse and divide the experts like nitrate. For a long time nitrate has been viewed warily, with previous research showing it could potentially be linked to causing cancer. However, subsequent research has revealed dietary nitrate also has various […]
Even Doctors Have a Financial ‘Circle of Competence’
We all have “circles of competence.” Each circle of competence corresponds to different aspects of our lives. Some overlap and some don’t. But they play an important role in our successes…and failures. And even us doctors can have a financial circle of competence that we can use to our advantage as we pursue financial freedom. […]
Opinion | When Was the Last Time You Wore a White Coat?
When the COVID-19 pandemic began to dominate all aspects of healthcare, many of our colleagues opted to wear scrubs instead of their routine work attire and white coats. They cited concerns about personal infectious risk and not wanting to bring the virus home to their loved ones on their clothes. This reluctance aligned with research […]
New Surprise Billing Arbitration Guidance May Give Docs More Wiggle Room
Last week, CMS updated guidance on the heavily disputed aspects of an arbitration process for resolving payment disagreements between insurers and providers under the No Surprises Act. The updates to this guidance were made in response to a Texas ruling that compelled HHS to change how dispute resolution entities would approach the pricing benchmark known […]