This Week in Admin, Part II

In other news, I have an ongoing wager with the Director of the Cardiovascular Services line regarding CMS (Center for Medicare/Medicaid Services) regulations for Stroke designation. We're trying to designate St. Fozzie's as a Stroke Center. There's one person (between both campuses) who has the needed information and she's only on campus once every blue moon. It's really a game of luck in spotting her. So I have a Butterfinger bar on the line here…if the DCS gets the regulations first, then I owe her. If I get them first, she owes me a Snickers. The CEO caught wind of this and playfully chastised us for betting and wagering in a Catholic hospital. The attorney told me I should up the ante and get some Whoppers while I’m at it!

I think I mentioned before that I joined a gym. It's by my house and it's 24/7, so I really have no excuses as to why I cannot workout. So I went on Thursday night and while I was plodding away on the elliptical, miles to nowhere, I watched an episode of Lou Dobbs on CNN. I actually like Lou; he's independent and therefore, egalitarian. He hosted a heated debate on whether medical malpractice is ruining the healthcare system. The arguments ranged from "if doctors didn't practice defensive medicine, then it would free up all that money for universal healthcare" to "hold the doctors accountable and give CT scans to people until they glow in the dark!" They concluded with the argument that medical malpractice is a significant obstacle to universal healthcare. You bet'cha. Damn straight! Um, YEAH, medmal reform is needed before ANY sort of universal healthcare will flourish! It was then that I realized I was talking back, out loud, to the little tv on my eliptical machine! People were getting afraid. Very afraid.

I have a Muppet tour coming up over the next three weeks. Next week, I'm at St. Rowlf's for a practice administrators' meeting and St. Beaker's for a Value Analysis meeting. The following week, I'm at St. Gonzo's for an Ethics conference and then back at Muppet Corporate office. The week after that, I was invited to a meeting at St. Kermit's. I'm still debating on that one. While Jim Hensen offered me this residency, I'm careful as to how thinly I stretch myself in the Muppet System. Why do I feel like watching Fraggle Rock all of the sudden?!

UPDATED: I fixed the three grammatical mistakes I found in this post. Gasp!