Dr. Mike King writes to PM News and wants to know if he can charge for the removal of the fixator from the deceased patient.
If this does not summarize his total lack of ethics, morals, empathy for patients, than nothing ever will.
This is the best one since a podiatrist wrote to PM News and stated his patient had a heart attack in the office prior to treatment.
And the podiatrist wanted to know if he could charge an office visit.
Question:
A 98 year old male took a shit on his foot while in my office. Can I charge a debridement code for cleaning off his foot ?
Answer:
It depends on the instrument used. Remember, to bill Medicare you must have personally removed the shit,
or directly supervised removal of the shit.
Please do not forget the appropriate left foot or right foot modifier.
Question:
Can I charge for the toilet paper my patient used ?
Answer:
Yes. All supplies may be charged to the patient’s insurance carrier.
Question:
Is there a global period for shit removal ?
Answer:
I could not find a global period for shit removal.
Question:
Can I charge for removal of foreign body ?
Answer:
Yes. Removal of foreign body, superficial.
Question:
My patient did not feel the shit on his foot. Is this an indication for neuropathy testing ?
Answer:
Yes. Epidermal nerve fiber density is indicated. Just ask any podiatry lab.
Question:
Are radiographs indicated ?
Answer:
This may have caused a fracture. Of course x-rays are indicated.
Also diagnostic ultrasound. Be sure to disinfect the transducer following examination.
Remember, shit appears as a hypoechoic mass.
Question:
Should I send a picture of this to PM News ?
Answer:
Sorry. That is “Outrageous Shoe of the Day” not “Outrageous Shit of the Day”.
Instead of SEMINARS podiatrists can have SEANCES to conjure the dead and get their consent to remove hardware! I’m sure Alan Sherman, another drop out podiatrist business man, is looking to get CME’S FOR SEANCES and, of course, he gets a “cut”.
I’m sure he didn’t do it on his own. Perhaps his rabbi told him. More likely his cultist friends told him to cool it a little. Barry Block must be in withdrawal without having a day with a picture of someone’s shoe. Podiatry can breathe a little easier today. Feel a little more medical today. Feel a little more professional today. Well, there is, though, an article about high heels being ILLEGAL IN CARMEL CALIFORNIA. That thought may get a few lifers off and give them “relief”. There’s a mixture of truth with fantasy in PM today. The fantasy includes… Read more »
Podiatrists were the gong show. They clowns, walking jokes dressed up as humans.
So the podiatrist turned lawyer Herbert says Nurse practitioners aren’t trained to the same depth as podiatrists therefore podiatry should/can argue for a broader scope. Do you believe that? Nurses have been treating the entire spectrum of diseases forever and unlike podiatrists are recognized as competent to treat the entire body independently in all states. The Legislators do not believe the same about podiatrists and in NO STATES can they treat ANYTHING SYSTEMIC. So, once again we see podiatrists, even lawyer ones, DON’T HAVE A CLUE ABOUT THE REAL WORLD. The brainwashing goes deep and podiatrists refuse to believe they… Read more »
IF, and a (big IF), IF when Shylock ‘retires’-they’re will likely be another shyster to fill his outrageous shoes. They’re like cockroaches, if you see 1, there’s likely thousands more
Robert: when you asked the anything for a buck hustler to see a rabbi, what did it say? What was its response if any ? Do you think it has any remorse or regret being a propagandist? Or do you think it will go to its’ grave filled with lies it believed or pretended to believe to line its’ pockets? Thanks!
Just as Barry Block doesn’t respond here he didn’t respond to me either. He was taught (somewhere) to ignore others not within his sphere. This way he can live in a world constructed by his own mind. Of course his world and the real world are incongruent. See, it’s easier to live in a delusion than actually DO SOMETHING. It’s hard to deal with people that have a mental derangement. They just don’t follow the rules the rest of the world follows. Allowing mentally injured people to have control and power is VERY DANGEROUS. I believe if Block didn’t “facilitate”… Read more »
What a POS. NO self reflection nor introspection b/c that takes work and it’s hard. Something the Shyster doesn’t want to do. The best thing for those with an IQ >65 is unsubscribe and not participate. You” win” by not participating.
Podiatry was to medicine, as a jalopy was to a luxury car.
Coming soon ABPHRDP -American board podiatry hardware removal dead patients!
D-FART, Diplomat, Foot Ankle Response Team.
Shlock puts in yet ANOTHER pod convicted of a transgression, yet left out his mug shot buddy buddy from lack a wanna–who the f would live in lack a wanna….it even sound fkd up….The shrimp (“editor”) sure loves censoring, massaging his curated “news” to fit a narrative (wallet enhancement).
That’s funny, but not really funny. Barry Bloch is in this business for “WALLET ENHANCEMENT”.
How TRUE ! !
Who lives in Lackawanna. A TERRORIST group was arrested there if that helps.
LOL. And a vaccine thief works around there
Ya know. I see it’s hopless. Podiatrists really are too stupid to get it. I tried to read the debate re full licensure for non doctor podiatrists and as you can imagine the rhetoric and words flew. What if Who wants it, Will we get paid. We’re just as good. Keep the dpm . F the dpm blah blah blas. EITHER THESE PEOPLE ARE TOO STUPID or too afraid nothing will be done. Levy out there talking about I DID THIS. I WAS THAT. Trepal doesn’t want a change. Add a few courses. don’t add courses. Enough for me. SAt… Read more »
Podiatry was the walking dead
James Christina the executive director of the apma has a squeaky clean ass hole.
It gets cleaned by Barry Bloch.
Hermine Bloch married an ass kisser. And a nerd with thick rimmed black eyeglass frames and one freakin red tie.
They won’t come out and admit it. Barry Block won’t let the facts speak, yet Lifers like Elliot Udell and Moglia tangentially admit their foot dr. license is near useless. Both won’t admit it but both are trying to expand scope without expanding license. Why doesn’t Block just let us come out and say that, as is, podiatry is a minimally doctoral certificate so limited that podiatrists are trying to sneak under the tent with certificates from other field . Moglia asks Block if he can increase his scope by getting an ACUPUNCTURE CERTIFICATE which would LET HIM GO ABOVE… Read more »
And this moron Michael King is the Medical Director of Upperline Health. You gotta be kidding me ………………………. And Jeffrey DeSantis and Patrick (puncha-in-the-face) DeHeer joined Upperline Health. I wonder if Ortho 1 joined Upperline Health. Did he Patrick ………….. you foot tech……….. ? All fucking idiots sleeping in the same bed. I wonder if Jeffrey Lehrman knows the correct CPT code to bill for removing a frame from a dead body ? NOPE ! Lehrman never in his life applied a frame to a patient and the same goes for King. I am ashamed of this profession. But not… Read more »
Barry is an UNETHICAL person. I believe that. Many years ago I suggested he consult his rabbi for direction for the sake of his soul. He either received bad advice or didn’t take the good advice. Barry thinks money is the measure of a good man.
He definitely needs to see a Rabbi for morals and ethics counseling.
Podiatry was a mental disorder- Dr. Mike Savage, DP wtf
was?
From a dp wtf: re; accupuncturists, “It seems odd that a non-MD can treat such a wide variety of medical problems without supervision or a medical exam.”
Yes, it’s VERY odd. Spending 11 years in school/training, $300,000+ tuitions, loss of income, to be a foot dentist/ancillary technician helper with 26cm of manufactured “problems” /minor shit to sell agita to neurotic Anglo cat ladies, lower middle class, and the poor is VERY VERY odd. Mirror, mirror Johnny.
The cognitive dissonance with these outrageous pod dipshits is eye watering.
“Dip” You hit every base and every one was solid. Barry Block would ban and censor you in an instant
Dear Dr. Barry Block :
I noticed that you NEVER posted any follow-up comments in reference to Dr. King’s question.
Of course there were many negative comments submitted to you which criticized, the lunacy of Mike King and Paul Kesselman.
As usual, you protected your beloved APMA loyalists.
I want you to know that I was not born yesterday and I truly believe you to be a piece of shit phony.
I absolutely COULD NOT BELIEVE that Dr. Kesselman would even suggest two different CPT codes for an autopsy as a slight suggestion. Dr. Kesselman should be ashamed of himself to suggest autopsy codes for removal of the Ex-Fix. However, Dr. Kesselman then stated that the most appropriate thing for the surgeon to do was remove the Ex-Fix at no charge.
Bottom line is this. A stupid question, a foolish suggestion in the answer, and a dumb as hell DPM, Juris Doctor that posted the question and answer.
THREE STUPID PEOPLE WERE INVOLVED ! ! !
Exactly NJ Foot tech!!–either there were ZERO follow ups on how to bill a dead patient/customer (highly unlikely), OR very likely, there WERE follow ups and shrimp propagandist censored them bc they did not fit the false podiatrick narrative.
SEE THE TYPE THAT KEEPS PODIATRY DOWN? And podiatrists pay dues and give Barry Block their e mail so he can get rich censoring the truth. Cancel your subscription to PM News if you want the TRUTH TO COME OUT NOT A WHITE WASHED LIE.
Barry Block is one of the premier BAD MEN IN PODIATRY. He has KEPT PODIATRY DOWN FOR DECADES by banning and censoring for his own selfish financial gain. Barry Block represents the psyche of the NEW YORK CITY SCHOOL FRANCHISE.
Student Delusional Site “I’m extremely angry right now. I just had a DO student at the school where I’m at right now (I’m a Masters biomechanics student) tell me that he would go to an orthopedic surgeon WAAAY before he would go to a podiatrist if he needed foot or ankle work done because they’re obviously more qualified. My friends and I (they’re DO students and good friends of mine at the school) were out eating sushi and I seriously about jumped across the table and decked this guy. Please tell me this is a very rare instance of a… Read more »
SIR, you HAVE been told the TRUTH by the D.O. students! But, it seems like you don’t want to believe them. You really can’t learn about podiatry by shadowing or listening to a few “lifers”. I’ve been in podiatry> 40 years and can tell you that MOST PODIATRISTS ARE NOT TRAINED OR LICENSED FOR ANY REAL DEGREE OF COMPLEXITY. Forget the STORIES about ankle trauma, amputations, limb salvage, sports medicine etc.. Most states will jail you for practicing medicine without a license. If you want to sell orthotics and shoes and if you’re into BIOMECHQUACTICS (that’s biomechanics of arch supports… Read more »
Robert et al are people, MEN of integrity. “I have nothing to gain by misleading you. I have no skin in the game. I’m telling you that, you’ll have to either LIVE A LIE, or at best, accept that your a fancy P.A. for feet. (Robert B.).” Totally, absolutely 100% correct. What incentive does R or ANYONE else have here to steer you astray? We have ZERO skin in the game. We have every intention to tell the truth, our experiences-indirect, and direct, regarding the realities of the poorfession. Think twice, thrice, AND NEVER, EVER do podiatry. It’s a scam.… Read more »
The truth about the truth ,”Legit”.
The podiatrist at the table with some osteopathic students became flustered when one of the DO scholars said that he’d go to an orthopedic surgeon before a podiatrist. He tried to compose himself, throttling back a half dozen California rolls he belched and said: “You don’t know how well we’re trained, do you?” He stared at the DO student who had a mirthless grin, shaking his head, raised his eyebrows, and said: “You couldn’t even cut it in MD or DO school, so cool it.”¶The pod defender’s heart raced, and his face flushed. “You don’t know shit, and grabbed his… Read more »
Part of King’s reason for asking that dumb question, was to let his fellow ‘lifers’ know that he actually put the device on a living person ( hopefully at that time). With all due respect, he probably had done a complicated podiatric rearfoot surgery, possibly a resection of a Haglunds deformity. What was the name of the orthopod who was the surgeon of record. Was it King’s H&P that got the poor guy admitted before he died.
The only real qsn is what would Schoffenhause do?
He’d measure him biomechquactically
CPT coding is dying and with it Podiatry…everyone knows that Podiatry only survived this long with multiple coding of CPT for patients treatment. Why are all former APMA presidents now involved in some financial gain company?
Former and future presidents for “some financial gain”!
Michael King is a past APMA president. How many past APMA presidents have ever applied a frame ?
My guess is ZERO. Maybe Patrick DeHeer or Jeffrey DeSantis can or will confirm what I said.
I doubt it very much……………… DeHeer and DeSantis love podiatry.
DeHeer and DeSantis do not REALIZE they are SECOND RATE after a real ORTHO doctor.
They are both blind. And naive.
maybe puncha da face if you diss the job he loves and worships
THE POINT IS WELL TAKEN. Podiatry is NOT (that’s NOT) the L.E. specialty of the leg or the foot because its true, most podiatrist never put on a frame and many states wouldn’t let them. How can you claim a specialty is a specialty when it does so much less than the MD specialties? Podiatry is a lie. Its mostly minor procedures even after 100 years of lies, PPACS, and Shoes of the day. YOU JUST CAN’T REPLACE EDUCATION AT A REAL MEDICAL SCHOOL AND A REAL ACGME RESIDENCY. There are a minimum of 12,000 pods living a lie every… Read more »
Ask Danny Boy and Co–they pay their abusers and have podiatrick stockholm syndrome
Narcissistic ego trumps common sense and reality. They live in a delusion. This is true.
The stupidity in podiatry is becoming more monumental everyday. I know that podiatrists don’t have the brains of MD’s but what Barry Block is saying and printing is at a new level of moronity. How many times does it take, and how stupid are podiatrists, that they don’t get the LUCY CHARLEY BROWN kick the foot ball con? All the talk and hope about USMLE’S ends up with Block saying IT’S A SLOW PAINSTACKING PROCESS. Oh yeah, Block WHY??!!! WHY IS IT SLOW? WHY? Translated: Podiatry is NOT CHANGING ANYTIME SOON. BLOCK even says a DEGREE CHANGE IS UNLIKELY. Are… Read more »
They make money off of someday honey yammer to keep hope alive (and their wallets fat). It’s a psy ops tactic and the idiots fall for it.
Anyone who heeds that shyster’s bm propaganda seriously needs a psych appt stat. His “job” was to sell hope to dopes. That ‘s it. Keep the monies rolling in, more meetings, gavel clanks, newletter promoting happy talk, diversity (non white, non male) pictures, meeting minutes approving minutes, etc.etc..NOTHING getting really done except selling podiatry via a false narrative–he’s MSM. Colorful pictures of sheep, “unprecedented” times talk about the plandemic, “cross roads”–he says all the “right” things–meaning revenue enhancement for himself and his cronies. He’s been bullshitting this nonsense for over 25years and it’s superb to generate the next round of… Read more »
That pos uses Your email to beef up his blog and sell advertisement space for endless spin, framing, propaganda.
He’s a scum bag, a low life. Typical
You mean BARRY BLOCK AND PM NEWS don’t you?
Yup. Scum bag.
Absolutely ……. hilarious Seth. I could not believe Michael King wrote into PM asking this question. How stupid !!
And Barry the foolish editor posted the question. Dr. King was foolish and Dr. Block was/is even more foolish for posting the question. The ladder is a given.
refers to himself as a “physician” and “medical director”–talk about delusions of grandeur. Another asshat hustler.