• United Health will PROFIT about $22.3 billion this year. • 50% of hospitals will lose money this year. • 47% of US healthcare workers plan to leave within the next 3 years. That is the current state of US healthcare, and it should terrify everyone.

Don’t do it. Don't lower your standards because of other’s behavior. Some days you may not live up to your own standards. That's okay. Forgive yourself and do better tomorrow. But a career in medicine can be brutal, and one brutal truth is this:

Grateful for the opportunity to meet one of the best #MedTwitter educators Janet Pope #FSR2023

Dr. Seo sells the benefits of pizza consumption in RA at #ACR23 YiR. This Italian study followed adult RA pts who ate half a pizza (Italian sized!) > 1 x/week self reported improvement in their disease! Personally, I can assure that mozzarella and olive oil significantly improve

Super excited to have matched into rheumatology fellowship at USF Tampa! Will be having shawarma for breakfast, lunch and dinner! #MedTwitter

🆕 Approach to Myositis (Inflammatory Myopathies) 🪄 💪🏽 Proximal Muscle Weakness 🖐️ Cutaneous (Gottron’s), Raynaud’s 🫁 Interstitial Lung Disease #RheumTwitter #MedTwitter #Myositis

AMA-IMG Section voting ends tomorrow! If you are an AMA member and an IMG, remember to submit your ballot! We can make change happen! Let’s strengthen our IMG community.

Let physicians own hospitals. Put ownership of healthcare back in the hands of people actually doing health care.

Think of the risk that every physician and healthcare worker took during Covid. It is one thing to work outside; we were inside with the sickest people in the US under our care. Our reward is a Medicare Fee Schedule cut!!! The Middlemen are making a fortune. • Caremark

Board Certified Internist! #ABIM #MedTwitter

Even worse, physician authority is steadily being eroded by the growth of the administrative state in healthcare and destruction of hierarchies which placed physicians at the top of healthcare decisions. Physicians say they need better working conditions, less time on EHR,

Plantar fasciitis is a common cause of heel pain among adults. This JAMA Patient Page describes the condition of plantar fasciitis and its diagnosis and treatment. ja.ma/3TUJxPg

Ticagrelor for MRSA! Wow Antibacterial Activity of Ticagrelor in Conventional Antiplatelet Dosages Against Antibiotic-Resistant Gram-Positive Bacteria | Cardiology | JAMA Cardiology | JAMA Network jamanetwork.com/journals/jamac…

1/10 A 76 y/o man presents with swallowing difficulty. So why are we looking at his hands?

Day in the life of a Rheum fellow: AM Clinic - Sjogrens LIP-ILD, Dermatomyositis,Still’s Disease PM Consults - Subacute bacterial Endocarditis mimicking vasculitis, Ocular Sarcoidosis, Scleroderma associated pericardial disease Cognitive satisfaction level 💯🤩 #MedTwitter

Congratulations, Advent Health Orlando for winning our Doctor's Dilemma State Finals! Best of luck in New Orleans! You make us proud! 🙌🙌🙌

Physicians belong in politics Physicians belong in policy Physicians belong in tech Physicians belong in pharma Physicians belong in finance Physicians belong in the C-suite Physicians belong at every table where decisions about human health are made.

Thank you for asking this important question. CPT code 99213 has a time component of 20-29 minutes for an existing patient. Florida Medicaid would pay $32.56 for this visit. This amount needs to cover the following: • Office rent or mortgage • Staff salaries • Computer