Jarrod Shapiro, DPM, FACFAS, FACPM
Taking care of patients with lower extremity complaints is quite challenging and already very complex. We need to have a thorough knowledge of many medical, scientific, and psychological topics. Podiatrists additionally perform many different types of technical procedures. All of this is done on our very complicated patients with their myriad issues … However, the one issue that makes the practice of podiatry even more complex is managed care. For some in the United States, the challenges of managed patient insurance might not be too prominent, but in my neck of the medical woods in California, managed care is a major component of private practice … read more