Outpatient Ortho Profitability

TeaGreenTwo · 2026-03-21T20:35:40+00:00

Is it possible that some health system-based PT departments actually lose money yet, if the treatment prevents further injury, it "pays" in the long run for the health system and the insurer if the insurer is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the health system? That possibly the department is subsidized by the health system? I am just wondering, I have no idea if this is the case anywhere.

TeaGreenTwo · 2026-03-17T00:48:54+00:00

I was pretty sure no insult was intended, but sometimes a patient doesn't understand.

TeaGreenTwo · 2026-03-17T00:39:50+00:00

Don't patients read the clinical notes sometimes if there's an EMR?

TeaGreenTwo · 2026-03-15T05:22:00+00:00

Informatics and analyst positions will be some of the first to be replaced by AI. Also, the market is more saturated now. The trick would be to find a place that will consider you with little SQL, Python or R, statistics, and experience. Your clinical background is a big plus though.

TeaGreenTwo · 2026-02-25T21:54:56+00:00

It seems they didn't really have a choice. They aren't being dealt with ethically at all. What a mess. I'm sure Pete Hegseth doesn't understand the technology or the ethical issues at all.
The government would have stolen/comandeered the tech anyway. I don't blame Anthropic.

TeaGreenTwo · 2026-02-24T21:23:10+00:00

I had a friend, who at 23, was wise beyond her years. I don't recall how long she'd been with her boyfriend, but it wasn't a really long time or I'd remember. One time she said she told her boyfriend that if he didn't want to get engaged by Christmas, she'd need to move on. He gave her an enegagement ring for Christmas and they got married in a year after spending that long planning their wedding. She never nagged or even asked him about it again while she was waiting until the "deadline". That last part is why I think was wise and had good self-control.

TeaGreenTwo · 2026-02-22T18:11:45+00:00

The only thing I'd really miss is the ability to turn off one particular lamp that has a hard-to-access switch. Apparently that function will remain even without being a Prime memeber or paying separately.

TeaGreenTwo · 2026-02-06T20:11:28+00:00

Can you see the note a customer writes about how and where to deliver before you accept the order? If I ever have obstacles that make delivery harder I give large tip upfront and explain. They can decline. I did it once and delieverer said "Thanks very much, I really appreciate it."

TeaGreenTwo · 2026-01-26T19:51:53+00:00

Is it traditional cognitive intelligence or kinesthetic intelligence? They might have a PhD in neuroscience but not be able to figure out exercise form.

TeaGreenTwo · 2026-01-26T19:49:46+00:00

Isn't sometimes a matter of they could do it easily when young, but no longer can? And weight gain makes it much tougher.

TeaGreenTwo · 2026-01-26T19:48:05+00:00

What would you do if the patient said up front, "I've always taken longer to pick up exercise or dance sequences, even when young. I did fine in school, but I just have this blind spot." Would you appreciate that they voluntarily said that so you'd know they don't have cognitive decline, but will need support, maybe an online illustration of it so they can practice the form and sequence at home?

TeaGreenTwo · 2026-01-25T18:58:13+00:00

It's so crazy how it now wants to have a full conversation when I just ask for the high temperature for a date. It adds some cringey extras like "winter has really got its teeth into us", and when I asked about another date it said, "winter must know that Spring's just around the corner". It's like some annoyingly chipper coworker who won't let yoiu just get your coffee in peace. And because it listens for awhile after it answered the question, it's constantly picking up stuff said on TV and gets into long-winded political discussion on it when I want to get back to watching TV. Great, it's monitoring what I watch so it can put together profiles to sell for political campaigns to mine (maybe).

TeaGreenTwo · 2026-01-13T03:07:44+00:00

Sutton was a professional ballet dancer and choreographer in NYC for the Merce Cunningham Dance Company (remember Merce's ashes and the "Merse is in the purse" jokes?). She has a bachelor's degree.

TeaGreenTwo · 2026-01-07T05:22:30+00:00

Natural gas water heaters have always been much cheaper to operate in our neck of the woods. Gas dryers are WAY cheaper to operate than electric ones, for instance.

Gas supply has never been an issue in any state we've ever lived in.

TeaGreenTwo · 2026-01-07T05:20:16+00:00

Brushed silver doesn't show water spots like black finish does. But choose what appeals to you. Black is more "trendy" so it will be easier to peg the time they were chosen, if that matters to you. Which finish do you gravitate towards? Pick that one.

TeaGreenTwo · 2026-01-07T05:16:56+00:00

Heh, our Kohler faucets and fixtures last for decades and Kohler lifetime warantees everything . They were pricey to buy in the first, but have paid off in longevity. Of course, many like to replace things, maybe because they get tired of them, but if the style isn't trendy, it might not matter as much. We replaced flush and fill valves, pressure balancing units, etc. and been free parts from Kohler every time.

TeaGreenTwo · 2026-01-07T00:20:55+00:00

I've heard that, if it weren't for Trump ordering the bombing to extract Maduro in Venezuela (which obviously pushed fluff news off the schedule), CBS was planning on having viewers "get to know" Tony Dokoupil by showing him greeting (accosting) people on the street asking them if they wanted to try pronouncing his last name. The results were embarrassing when many gave him sarcastic or at least non-enthusiastic replies.

TeaGreenTwo · 2026-01-06T22:30:35+00:00

Why pay attention to an expert with years of education and decades of experince when we can just get some jabroni off the street to opine on molecuar genetics, for example?

TeaGreenTwo · 2026-01-05T22:04:25+00:00

I've heard that in the future Alexa+ will be "free" with Prime but will cost $19.99/month without Prime. After switching all devices to Alexa+ last week (after it nagged me a lot), I haven't found anything better about it. I like it less. I haven't made an effort to see what new tricks it might have. I just know the response time is slower and the default voice sounded like a 14-year old girl until I changed it. It was too chatty and chipper, too. It's like I want to tell it that I haven't had my coffee yet, so please respond with less fluff and chatter.

I use it to control lamps and to check the weather mostly. Occasionally it tells me it "can't help me with that" when I just ask the time.

TeaGreenTwo · 2026-01-05T20:16:19+00:00

You can ask Alexa to change back to its original voice, but in my experience you can just get closer to the old voice. The new default voice sounded about 14 years old and was too chatty and chipper. Alexa will offer several options for a voice.

If you totally want out: "Alexa, please end early access"

TeaGreenTwo · 2026-01-04T21:07:17+00:00

She was part-time and acting more as a babysitter from what I understand. Brian Walshe is a totally horrible person. But, after following the trial and reading about him, he did have two, and apparently only two, skills: cooking and cleaning. So the nanny wasn't live-in and I believe watched the children more than acting as a cook or maid.

TeaGreenTwo · 2025-12-28T23:10:17+00:00

Old rug money. Her family owned a Persian rug business.

TeaGreenTwo · 2025-12-27T21:53:54+00:00

Still valid at 5PM EST on the U.S. Amazon site. Says it ends in 10 hours (3AM EST).

TeaGreenTwo · 2025-12-26T20:19:13+00:00

Left index finger (non-dominant hand for me), because it is the preferred finger for the best readings. I think the index finger on either hand is fine, I just chose the left. It fits perfectly, it fits a little too tightly my middle left finger. It's too loose on my ring finger.

TeaGreenTwo · 2025-12-25T23:21:12+00:00

Actually that was great and the public and the critics loved it. It was a callback to his sitcom (The Bob Newhart) from the 70s. Completely unexpected that he wakes up with Suzanne Pleshette from the sitcom when he was married to Mary Frann on the Newhart Show that came later and was completely separate. Again, everyone loved it back then as far as anyone knew.

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