Fadi Bejjani

LATEST ARTICLES ( 78 )

• DeMOCKERY is Not What the Greeks Intended It to Be

  Around 550 BC, the citizens of Athens and surrounding Attica invented the first DEMOCRACY, meaning "Power" (kratos) of the "People" (demos) in Greek. Read more

  Posted on 09 January 2013 HEALTH, MEDICINE, SCIENCE

• Disability is in the Eye of the Beholder

  

  Circa 1991, I had the biggest inspirations about this topic. One was simple and very fortuitous. It happened when I was a visiting professor in Beijing and I ha... Read more

  Posted on 08 January 2013 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, MEDICINE, SCIENCE

• Whose Child is This?

  TRUE STORY (New Year 2013): Two ladies from the Sunflower State decided to have a baby so they called upon a male friend to donate some sperm and got a... Read more

  Posted on 08 January 2013 HEALTH, MEDICINE, SCIENCE

• Flying the Friendly Skies to Your Doctor's Visit

  

  Medical Tourism has gained a lot of momentum in the last decade: It started by polish, lituanian or other immigrants returning to their mother land for dental... Read more

  Posted on 13 December 2012 HEALTH, MEDICINE, SCIENCE

• Best When Served Fresh, Cool and Au Jus

  

  This is not a gastronomical or culinary post I assure you. I am not a good cook by a long shot. This is about stem cells believe it or not. Those cells are know... Read more

  Posted on 12 December 2012 HEALTH, MEDICINE, SCIENCE

• Heal Thyself and Your Years Be Golden

  

  The human body is actually quite equipped to do just that. there is tremendous redundancy in tissues (skin, vessels), muscles (424) and organs (2 kidneys, lungs... Read more

  Posted on 12 December 2012 HEALTH, MEDICINE, SCIENCE

• Pay the Patient Says the Carrier, He is the Customer NOT the Doctor

  Insurance Carriers give countless daily hassles to physicians in private practice regarding payment of their services. Of course there is the habitual... Read more

  Posted on 28 November 2012 HEALTH, MEDICINE, SCIENCE

• If NOT Evidence-Based NOT Medically Necessary

  I cannot tell you the times I had to deal with verdicts like "experimental" or "not medically necessary" from the carriers, especially when contemplating... Read more

  Posted on 26 November 2012 HEALTH, MEDICINE, SCIENCE

• Ménage à Quatre: Doctor-Carrier-Lawyer-Patient

  In this chapter, the 1969 Peter Mazursky movie Bob Carole Ted Alice is vivid in my mind. As Dr. Bob tries to develop a "professional" relationship with... Read more

  Posted on 26 November 2012 HEALTH, MEDICINE, SCIENCE

• Making a Buck by Passing the Buck

  Referral is another name for this game. A doctor is never penalized or charged for over-referring. Not only it is considered good practice but also good cover... Read more

  Posted on 25 November 2012 HEALTH, MEDICINE, SCIENCE

• Shrek-like Stuffing of Mr Healthcare Turkey

  Imagine if Prevention catches on in America how many people will be out of business. The healthcare juggernaut will crumble. A number of job categories will hav... Read more

  Posted on 23 November 2012 HEALTH, MEDICINE, SCIENCE

• PharmaEconomics: Are We Duped Or Accomplices?

  Most americans probably own some big Pharma stock in their portfolio and/or retirement account. If sales increase, the stock value increases and the investors d... Read more

  Posted on 17 November 2012 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS, HEALTH, MEDICINE, SCIENCE

• No Pain No Gain$$

  The “No Pain No Gain” adage is commonly used by coaches and teachers in sports and in arts. It implies a certain amount of physical suffering and perseverance,... Read more

  Posted on 15 November 2012 HEALTH

• Mr. & Mrs. Pillpopper, the all-(too)American Family

  

  Coming from Europe, America is the country of FAST everything: fast food, fast fix, fast buck (casinos, Wall Street), fast cars, fast communications (cell phone... Read more

  Posted on 14 November 2012 HEALTH

• No Wonder the Brits Call Them "Solicitors"

  

  NO SOLICTING ALLOWED is a sign you often see at the door of establishments and other places. Doctors surely are not allowed to solicit so aren't salesmen,... Read more

  Posted on 13 November 2012 HEALTH

• Working the (PI) Case:

  

  If you ever have a car hit you WHO YOU GONNA CALL? No... Not Ghosbusters! but your friendly neighborhood law buster who just got a nice little settlement for... Read more

  Posted on 13 November 2012 HEALTH

• Get Medical Care and Hit the Jackpot ... The American Way

  

  The savvy american patient has many ways to cash in on his medical care. We discussed the "build-my-case" approach in the personal injury domain (auto accidents... Read more

  Posted on 11 November 2012 HEALTH

• Obamacare and Personal Injury

  

  How is Obamacare, which is now inevitable, going to affect the No Fault insurance coverage, as in motor vehicle or workers' compensation accidents, or even... Read more

  Posted on 10 November 2012 HEALTH