Dr Daniel Morris

08/23/2025

Times have changed. With artificial generative intelligence already replacing many jobs, I hope our school systems facilitate more trade school education curriculum beginning as early as junior high. There is already big demand for many skill sets like HVAC, plumbing, electrical etc.. What say you? …..

11/16/2023

Yep. Will denial go around on this one like it still does on ni****ne products?

Research Highlights: As more people across the U.S. use ma*****na for medical and recreational reasons, two new studies suggest its regular intake may damage heart and brain health. In one study, daily use of ma*****na raised the risk of developing ...

11/16/2023

The life expectancy gap between women and men in the U.S. widened again in 2021, men currently die nearly six years before women, according to research published in JAMA on Monday.

The life expectancy gap between women and men has widened over the past decade.

10/20/2023

Shikata Ga Nai as the Japanese say.........."There is no way"

10/12/2023

Awesome talent from sleepy Decatur Texas. He was selected as an All Star this year as a rookie. Incredible young man and family. He gets the start for game 3 tonight.

On the mound for Game 3:

10/04/2023

Change is coming to Wise County.

Medical City Healthcare, a subsidiary of HCA Healthcare, is close to taking over Wise Health System in Decatur, Texas. The transaction is expected to close in Q4

09/28/2023

This was bound to happen. The Medicare re-enrollment period is about to begin. Seniors need to get out of the (dis)Advantage plans while there is time. A few highlights:

-Medicare Advantage provides health coverage to more than half of the nation's seniors, but a growing number of hospitals and health systems nationwide are pushing back and dropping the private plans altogether.
-Among the most commonly cited reasons are excessive prior authorization denial rates and slow payments from insurers. Some systems have noted that most MA carriers have faced allegations of billing fraud from the federal government and are being probed by lawmakers over their high denial rates.
-"It's become a game of delay, deny and not pay,''

Hospitals nationwide are dropping Medicare Advantage plans due to excessive prior authorization denial rates and slow payments from insurers. Scripps and St. Ch

09/15/2022

Many of the problems existing in varying organizations today come from p**s poor leadership and management. While great leaders encourage their employees to reach their full potential and help their organizations surpass their goals, weak managers push their employees away to the point where many jump ship.

According to Greg Savage, mostly, people don’t change jobs solely for money. They rarely resign on a whim or in a fit of anger. They joined the company because they believed it was right for them and wanted it to be right. Something, at some point, made it wrong. And if you really take the time to dig into their real reasons for leaving — and you should — you will find that it’s not “the company” they blame. It’s not the location, or the team, or the database or the air-conditioning. It’s the leadership!

So, next time you get a resignation, resist the temptation to laugh it off as “another dumbo whodoesn’t get us.” It’s not the departing employee who doesn’t “get it.” It’s not the company they are leaving; it’s the leadership.

Check out more here: https://lnkd.in/ewvwKhu

09/15/2022

I have seen more than my share of this at hospitals. Toxic cultures lead to toxic conditions which leads to tragic "brain drain". Healthcare systems then spend more money to replace invaluable talent that walked away. Meanwhile many witnesses left behind just "quietly quit" while in their jobs since their suggestions are consistently ignored.

Many of the problems existing in varying organizations today come from p**s poor leadership and management. While great leaders encourage their employees to reach their full potential and help their organizations surpass their goals, weak managers push their employees away to the point where many jump ship.

According to Greg Savage, mostly, people don’t change jobs solely for money. They rarely resign on a whim or in a fit of anger. They joined the company because they believed it was right for them and wanted it to be right. Something, at some point, made it wrong. And if you really take the time to dig into their real reasons for leaving — and you should — you will find that it’s not “the company” they blame. It’s not the location, or the team, or the database or the air-conditioning. It’s the leadership!

So, next time you get a resignation, resist the temptation to laugh it off as “another dumbo whodoesn’t get us.” It’s not the departing employee who doesn’t “get it.” It’s not the company they are leaving; it’s the leadership.

Check out more here: https://lnkd.in/ewvwKhu

08/23/2022

A must read for all Medicare patients and their families.

Congress must pass a law to stop the deceptive advertising of Medicare Advantage plans. Only Medicare should be able to call itself Medicare.Unless you’ve been out of the country for the past few years, you’ve seen the ads on TV featuring Joe Namath, Jimmy Walker, or William Shatner hawking so-c...

07/15/2022

The SVS Urges Congress to address systemic challenges to stop the annual reductions that harm patient care. WASHINGTON, July 8, 2022 – The proposed Medicare Physician Fee Schedule for calendar year 2023 (CY2023) released today by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) once again jeopar...

07/14/2022

Highlight: "Ninety-three percent of physicians report that prior authorizations delay access to necessary care, according to a 2021 survey by the American Medical Association (AMA). Of the physicians surveyed, 82% said that problems related to prior authorization result in patients abandoning treatment, and more than a third of doctors reported that the process had led to a severe adverse event." It gets even worse with the extra rules/red tape in Medicare Advantage plans.

A suit claims a prolonged preauthorization led to a patient's amputations. Did the insurer commit medical malpractice?