Picking the Next Locum Tenens Assignment
If I were picking the location of my next locum tenens job, I would look for fun city life including good food, a beach, nightlife, and maybe a cool music scene. However, those factors should not be your primary focus when deciding on a locum tenens opening. Though the beaches of Florida or Seattle’s Space Needle can be tempting, here are some important questions to ask when searching for a satisfying locum tenens assignment....
Cancer Cure? See the Future of Gene-Editing
What seems like a work of science fiction is now closer than ever to becoming a reality… Doctors at the University of Pennsylvania have proposed a study that will use a gene-editing technology known as clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats, or CRISPR, on living subjects in an attempt to cure cancer. After receiving the go-ahead from the Recombinant DNA Advisory Committee (RAC) at the U.S. National Institutes of...
Medicare Questions Physician’s Integrity
Medicare Questions Physician’s Integrity Cancer. Conspiracy. Those are two words that have been coupled together a lot in the recent years. Is it because of the disease being so widespread? The lack of a cure? Or the dollar signs in the di$ea$e that have people scrounging for answers? One of the conspiracies I have come across was: The government has a cure and is keeping it under wraps because they want to lower the...
Sweet Science: How Sugar is Killing the Energy Game
We’ve all been there, it’s about 3 o’ clock in the afternoon and the coffee buzz is rapidly fading. Exhaustion is baring its teeth and an afternoon nap sounds like an oasis. Most people in this situation will opt for an energy drink or power bar. However, studies are showing that these energy boosters are often just as unhealthy as candy or soda. Is Gatorade the new soda? Gatorade has always been THE sports drink for many. With...
Medicare Fraud: A Recurring Trend of Pay & Chase
The internet and news outlets have been abuzz for the last 24 hours discussing yet another record-breaking Medicare fraud takedown. Just yesterday over 300 people were arrested, including 61 licensed medical professionals, were charged with various health care fraud-related crimes. This is the largest Medicare takedown fraud in Medicare Strike Force history in terms of the number of defendants and the loss amount, which is $900...