This is going to happen a lot now. This women had a 40 year old Podiatry practice, could not get a PPP loan, and was forced to lay off her entire staff.
Here is a tweet talking about a Podiatrist being furloughed.
Podiatrist are getting ravaged by the COVID 19 Pandemic. It is fair to question whether they will recover.
Amber waters? Come on. Another douchebagette
With or without a virus problem, Podiatry is on the way out. The CPT abuse has caught up with them. The lack of a full license has caught up with them. the fragmented profession that it is has caught up with them. The flooding of the market with PAs and NPs has caught up with them. The lack of applicants to Podiatry School has caught up with them. Podiatry will not be missed because it really wasnt a part of the medical community and many other professions can do Podiatry, you dont need a Podiatry degree to take care of… Read more »
Great summary alan of state of (or lack of) Podiatry!
Succinct, to the point, and TRUE.
PS: I like the line: “He has been SENT HOME, FORCED TO TAKE A VACATION”! A euphemistic way of saying, The NON MD was “laid off”! If you’re an actual LICENSED MD I’m sure there’s a job for you somewhere in the hospital. Not so with the NON MD’s. Thanks APMA. Guess your shoe pictures don’t help our image either, Barry Block. See a DOCTOR please.
How to interpret the tweet. My husband is a loser. He probably flunked his sx boards and can’t do anything but scrape skin, off load, and trim diabetic toenails. He IS AN EMPLOYEE of a HOSPITAL’S CLINIC, like nurses and other ALLIED HEALTH employees. I didn’t know podiatrists weren’t actually DOCTORS. I thought I was getting a good deal. I got conned too. I’m starting a home business making buttons saying: “I got conned too”! I have OVER 12,000 orders pending. Copyright, Patent Pending.