Outpatient Vascular Care: Good, bad or ugly?

BY ANISH KOKA Filling in the holes of recent stories in the New York Times, and Propublica on the outpatient care of patients with peripheral arterial disease Most have gotten used to egregiously bad coverage of current events that fills the pages of today’s New York Times, but even by their now very low standards a recent telling of a story about peripheral artery disease was very bad. The scintillating allegation by Katie Thomas, Jessica Silver-Greenberg and Robert Gebeloff is that “medical device makers are bankrolling doctors to perform artery clearing procedures that can lead to amputations”. The reporters go on to tell a story about patient Kelly Hanna, who presented to a physician, Dr. Jihad Mustapha, in a private clinic with a festering wound. After being diagnosed with a poor flow to her leg that was likely contributing to the wound, Dr. Mustapha performed multiple procedures on her leg to improve blood flow in an attempt to ward off a future amputation. The procedures were unsuccessful, and Ms. Hanna ultimately did need an amputation. The Times also briefly touches on some other patients of Mustapha who had bad outcomes. The majority of these cases appear to be related to complications patients suffered during surgeries. Multiple surgeons reported having to have done multiple procedures on Mustapha’s patients who had had complications. In 2020, the state medical board investigated Dr. Mustapha and referred him to the Michigan ...
Source: The Health Care Blog - Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Tags: Medical Practice Anish Koka Medical Devices Outpatient vascular care Source Type: blogs