Recent content by SSdoc33

I actually usually play a paladin. Part doctor, part fighter, but not really that good at either. Art imitates life….

i will bring my crystal meth. its the only way id be able to tolerate a campaign with you bozos

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interesting to see the effect. it is difficult to imagine a practice without prior auths at this point. it would be wonderful, but the biggest issue we have is with federal medicare -- and facet interventions specifically. i dont see that changing, unfortunately

my LCD requires 2 new MBBs.

juice is still not worth the squeeze. id much rather go straight to RF. i find it hard to get them thorugh the algorithma a second time. theoretically, that is 6-8 injections in 2 years. not to mention all the follow ups. when i get a call from a patient who had an RF 2-3 years ago and...

im gonna use this pic as much as possible. its perfect for whenever doctodd starts trolling

i also wouldnt touch this.

a great way to never get an RFs is to let the NPs see the MBB f/u. these are easy 99213/4 and you can steer them better to RF. extenders are for the patients you dont really want to see, interpreter patients, patients you havent seen in a while but still want a shot and need to be evaluated...

it means what you think it means

why not the impar as well as sacrococcygeal joint? just push a bit farther and get both? also, i have never seen anyone improve with the "internal techniques" unless there is concomitant pelvic floor tension myalgia. that seems to be a better diagnsosis. but pure coccydynia? not really

thats is what they said at IPSIS a couple years ago. but i still bill 64520

thats Fletch

true. but that is a one-and done. you RF the 65 year old, and then you have 15 more RFs coming up. same with stenosis