Doctor Grumpy in the House

Previously I've featured such tasteful fundraisers as: The Alzheimer's Association "Night to Remember" ball and A Pa...

Mary: "Dr. Grumpy's office, this is Mary." Ms. Pisces: "Hi, I need to get in to see Dr. Grumpy right away!" Mary...

A few weeks ago I wrote about the recent disclosure of Medicare payment data to the public. I finally got around to running my own numbers...

From 2009: Today ended with me doing a telephone and internet conference with 15 other neurologists across the country to review data o...

No. I have no idea what #4 means.

Mr. Larsson is sitting in the lobby, reading old issues of People, during his wife's appointment. Suddenly he walks up to Mary's des...

I had a nice elderly couple in. She had mild-moderate dementia, and I was looking over her previous test results. Dr. Grumpy: "It lo...

For those of you who haven't seen it, this excellent piece was on KevinMD today. For those of you who don't believe this is what ...

This past Saturday morning I was dragged in kicking and screaming consulted at the hospital to see an elderly gentleman. He'd fainted w...

Mrs. Diopter: "My husband sees things now." Dr. Grumpy: "When did he start hallucinating?" Mrs. Diopter: "Oh, n...

Last week, for those of you who are keeping score, the government released its list of how much Medicare pays doctors. The total for 2012 wa...

Seen in an ER doc's note:

Mary: "Dr. Grumpy's office, this is Mary." Miss Poppy: "Hi, I need to make an appointment with Dr. Grumpy." Mary...

"It's been a busy year. I had to have all kind of treatments from the eye doctor. A few months ago I had this weird feeling in my e...