This is really happening, of course. acep.org/globalassets/n…

Excellent article. Forcing homeless people into the ER won’t help them & may break overstressed emergency rooms: sfchronicle.com/opinion/openfo…

new banksy - needs no words

My prayers are with Damar Hamlin. As an arrhythmia specialist, I believe the blow to his chest during a certain period in the cardiac cycle triggered ventricular fibrillation, a condition called Commotio Cordis. It is not associated with pre-existing heart damage or COVID 💉

The beginning of the end…not when doctors stopped working for themselves, not when they started working as employees of hospitals, but when we become pawns of insurance companies…

These boxes are not moving. A mind-bending optical illusion by じゃがりきん.

Our take on the No Surprises Act and emergency care medpagetoday.com/opinion/second… published in MedPage Today @ACEPNow Seth Trueger Esther Choo, MD MPH Ali S. Raja, MD Jeremy Faust MD MS (ER physician) L. Anthony Cirillo,MD,FACEP USACS

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When it’s your turn for a medical emergency do you want a highly trained physician treating you? This must serve as a wake up call for a profession and a nation… washingtonpost.com/health/2023/03…

Giving arbitration decisions precedence would set a fair market rate & reduce future arbitration. Issue solved.

Loren Adler Zach Jones MD Brian Gantwerker, MD, FAANS, FACS 🟧🇮🇱 Alex Kacik I really wouldn’t bother defending Cooper. He served insurers and “nonprofits” like NIHCM that funded him, provided him with curated data in return for him getting NEJM studies places and servicing as an unregistered lobbyist in Congress. theintercept.com/2021/08/10/uni…

Loren Adler Zach Jones MD Brian Gantwerker, MD, FAANS, FACS 🟧🇮🇱 Alex Kacik “[I]f the paper did not suit the United executives’ liking, they could oppose its publication. United also had the ability to edit and suggest changes to the paper’s drafts, and executives were kept up to date on the researchers’ goals and progress, the emails show.“

So sad and shameful that when I read there was another school shooting my first thought was relief "only" three children (and three adults) were murdered. What has happened to me, to us, to our country?

What does an AR-15 do to the body of a 6 y.o. child, or a 15 y.o.? Scroll through and see. Why is this weapon easier to obtain than decongestant medicine? washingtonpost.com/nation/interac…

"In fact, the growth and power of private payers like UnitedHealthcare, Cigna, and Aetna is unchecked by new government regulations, we could see a slew of care providers go bankrupt in the coming months." Adam Brown, MD MBA medpagetoday.com/opinion/prescr… MedPage Today #MedTwitter

Why is dentistry not held to the same scientific standards as medicine? Lack of research and poor evidence has led to overtreatment, unnecessary procedures, and huge financial costs to patients. theatlantic.com/magazine/archi…

Embarrassing in 2023 we have archaic transfer system that relies on faxes. Emergency care safety net is underfunded, MediCal rates are a joke, Private insurance fights every payment request, Kaiser carves itself out of process and state lets them. And patients suffer. Shameful.

My son fell off play structure at school and we followed doctor’s recommendations for urgent elbow surgery. Our health insurance is refusing to pay and denying claim saying doctor was wrong. Unethical insurance behavior happening every day in this country. @cadmhc @westernhealth

Lack of on-call specialists, nursing shortages, and an archaic transfer system relying on fax machines means sick patients get stuck in ER for days. Our story here…omny.fm/shows/kqed-seg…

It is not just in my community (link below). It is a nationwide problem. Will there be a nurse or physician there when you need it? Patients Are Waiting Days for Care in Some California ERs kqed.org/science/198305…