They’re multiplying!
ChaosCoati
joined 1 year ago
And you thought you were leaving
Great capture! It does look like the same bird, must have a nest nearby. Did it just stare at you or did you get scolded too?
Thanks! Glad it brought you some happiness
Not that I’ve seen
I also found out when looking for my confusing code example that different insurers sometimes want something coded differently based on their definition of what a procedure entails
Not that it makes it better, but she was sent the same $139,000 bill 4 times. While the hospital and her insurance were still working out the insurance’s portion because things weren’t coded properly.
In the end she didn’t owe any of it, but only because she pestered the hospital and finally had them send her the itemized bill because they still hadn’t sent it to her insurance. She then sent it along to insurance and it got cleared up. So frustrating.
My family had to deal with that recently. Something was coded incorrectly that made our bill $10,000+ more than it should be. And it’s on the patient to catch these things, even though they’ve made this ridiculously complicated coding system.
For example, for a tear of the meniscus in the knee there are 43 different codes, depending on: Which knee: left, right, unknown, and just “knee” Type of tear: 12 different types And that doesn’t include noting whether it’s the first visit for this injury or a follow-up.
Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition
I live in a colder climate (frost-free growing season is June 1 - September 1), so I use store bought and homemade small greenhouses on my outdoor gardens to extend my growing season. Here are my thoughts:
- Moisture: They are decent at keeping things more humid. However if the garden is outside and in direct sun then on warm days you’d need to open up the sides some to let heat out, which would also let the moisture out. Otherwise the plants get cooked as the greenhouses get very hot. I have a pitcher plant indoors that I keep in a tiny greenhouse to keep the humidity up and that works well but it’s not in direct sun
- Shade: I’ve seen commercial ginseng farms that use shade cloth over the plants because ginseng usually grows in the woods and so doesn’t like much direct sunlight. Shade cloth may be a better option for the sunrot. Or a shade cloth over a greenhouse - I haven’t tried that so I don’t know how much the shade cloth would change how hot the greenhouse gets
May you win that battle
My grandma always makes both kinds for family gatherings (the mayo kind and the vinegar kind, vinegar being what she calls German potato salad). The way she makes it, the “sauce” part that coats the potatoes is bacon fat, vinegar and a little sugar.