This image, scraped off the web, is actually current. It’s a paper bill with all sorts of codes to make money. The doc who put this out there complained about the system and I just chuckled. This was the same paper bill on which I used to put my codes when I started 30 years ago. I know EHRs have the same gobbledygook embedded in the system but it is ALL NONSENSE. If you are in The Matrix then you think this crap is real. It is not. You may think you need to have the right justification for ordering an MRI or CT scan. That is not real either. All this is made up by insurers so that they can make more money. CPTs? Fake. ICDs? Fake. Quality metrics? Fake. ROS? Fake.
The only way to realize this is to leave the system. Leave The Matrix. And then you will realize that it was all a bad dream.
Dr. Farrago is a retired family physician based in Forest, Virginia. Since 2021, he has run DPCnews.com, a leading resource for the Direct Primary Care (DPC) movement.
He is the author of three best-selling books on Direct Primary Care:
The Official Guide to Starting Your Own Direct Primary Care Practice
The Direct Primary Care Doctor’s Daily Motivational Journal
Slowing the Churn in Direct Primary Care (While Also Keeping Your Sanity)
In 2016, Dr. Farrago conceived the idea for the Direct Primary Care Alliance and co-founded the organization alongside other pioneering DPC physicians. He is widely recognized as a leading expert in the DPC model and frequently lectures to medical students, residents, and practicing physicians on how to successfully start and run their own DPC practices.Dr. Farrago sold his Direct Primary Care practice in October 2020 but continues to receive care there as a patient.
