BREAKING: Physicians in New York City are on strike for the first time in 33 years. 150 trainee doctors walked out on strike today at Elmhurst Hospital in Queens. They're pushing back against the low pay residents get for extremely long hours and grueling work.

Emergency medicine consults

How much do hospitals receive from the government to train residents? It depends. There are multiple funding streams and the formulae are complicated. But here, a consulting firm did the math... …and estimated that, in 2019, the average Medicare subsidy was $145,435/resident.

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Earlier this month an Illinois physician learned her ER as getting a new boss. He called himself "Doctor George." And he was *deeply* unhappy with her failure to do Medicare fraud. A thread on the chaotic collapse of a(nother) private equity ER operator prospect.org/health/2023-07…

🚨PRIOR AUTHORIZATION REFORM🚨

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Remember your ABCs Always Be Cyberbullying (insurance companies)

Anyone ? Any Doctors organisations? Anybody at all? Is this, like, normal now? #Gaza

Resident starting pay should be $100k/year

The magnitude of agony in this sentence should stop the world.

Hospitals owned by private equity firms riskier for patients, study says kktv.com/2023/12/27/hos…

One thing I’ve realized during residency training is that there seems to be essentially zero correlation to the “tier” of medical school somebody went to and their medical knowledge or quality of doctor they end up becoming.

Step 3 is $925. Uworld Step 3 Q bank: $575. This is outrageous.

These medical students have been doing the work of MDs with decades of war operating experience. It is shameful they are likely being tortured right now when they should be praised and celebrated for stepping up, unpaid, and doing life-saving work for half a year.

who made this lol