This is how much you are worth as an Interventional cardiologist proctoring a TAVR case per hospital. $30. I wonder how they came up with that number. I better not spend that too fast. PS: I never asked for the money anyway.

Oh no!!! I just took my IC boards in 2021. I have been attending for 2 years and this… @AaronGoodman33

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Our new paper in NEJM examines the widespread acquisitions of medical practices by UnitedHealth, Humana, Cigna, and other insurers—what’s driving this trend and what are its implications for patients and clinicians? 1/x

Beta-Blocker Interruption or Continuation after Myocardial Infarction: NEJM 🥸Abyss trial is a very interesting name! 😱30 points summary! 👇👇👇

Physicians generate the money for health systems. The physicians are paid less. See Medicare fee schedule. Hospital association lobbies to have physicians paid less.

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Who uses Protamine post-PCI in the Cath Lab 🤷‍♂️? Currently using for all CTOs (after coronary gear removal) and all elective Impella high-risk PCI (after device removal). What do others do? 🔗 pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37172213/…

A physician I know performed a complex surgery at a hospital. Health System billed: $78,000 Health System Paid: $40,000 Physician Reimbursement: $1,100 Health Systems take the lion’s share. Physicians take the hit. No physician wants to be employed. #healthcare

2025 US guidelines for the management of ACS (STEMI and NSTE-ACS) just released. Insertion of a microaxial flow pump (Impella) to prevent death in in cardiogenic shock has received a class IIa LOE B-R recommendation. IABP and VA-ECMO are class III for rourine use.

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This is why private practices are shutting down and getting bought by UCLA and Cedars. Unfortunately, the game in America is to own a facility in healthcare. Facility fees. Not professional fees. Makes no sense. Doctors have lost their game. Sad reality.