It's a disgrace how hospitals add billions in 'facility fees' to medical bills for routine care. We need to end price gouging and predatory billing in medicine.
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Some nonprofit hospitals spend less on charity care than they receive in tax breaks, new analysis shows statnews.com/2024/03/26/non… via STAT

New study: a bacteria that normally lives in the mouth was found in 50% of colon cancers. This is consistent with prior research on the interactions between the microbiome and colon cancer, which is rising among young people. nature.com/articles/s4158….

Great news. Non-compete clauses in doctors contracts should be obsolete. Lawyers do not have non-competes in their employment agreements because it's considered 'unethical' in the legal field. What about medicine?

Really enjoyed this fireside chat between Bari Weiss &Harvard’s Roland Fryer on academic peer-pressure to only publish research that supports establishment thinking. His story of staying scientifically objective (& suspension by Claudine Gay) is incredible youtu.be/IQ9tTottjB8?si…

Come see what everyone is talking about. 107 episodes of The Resident are on Netflix now . unilad.com/film-and-tv/ne…

After decades of insisting that every healthy adult >50 take a daily med (aspirin), new evidence suggests more harm than good. Another example of the bandwagon effect--a rec based on limited data that became dogma, now reversed. Great piece by John Mandrola, MD
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A Classic by Marshall Allen

One of many studies showing the strong link between chronic marijuana use and cardiovascular disease. Weed is not as safe as many people think.

Reporting incidental heart calcifications on CT scans that are not done to look at the heart is a great way to screen for atherosclerosis and even save lives. TY Pamela Johnson et al. for your work on this. I love common sense solutions in healthcare.

Exercise is the best medicine!

For all my students who have been asking, here's the info--One of my favorite books about how hospital billing works. It's empowered thousands of Americans. amazon.com/Never-Pay-Firs…

Sendak's op Ed in STAT: 'The proposal makes an unconvincing argument that federal investments in AI assurance laboratories at sites like Duke, Mayo Clinic, and Stanford advances health equity.” Senate Finance this morning on A.I. and healthcare. finance.senate.gov/hearings/artif…

I recently read The Price We Pay by Marty Makary MD, MPH & An American Sickness by Elisabeth Rosenthal. Both highlighted fundamental issues in our healthcare system.

One issue—price transparency—is the focus of our latest publication in @JPRAS

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Looking forward to reading more about this

Public health Is local discoursemagazine.com/p/all-public-h…

The head of the World Health Organization says we are doomed to rising rates of diabetes, but we're not, argues science journalist Gary Taubes in his major new book, 'Rethinking Diabetes.' We just have to radically rethink the role of diet in creating overweight, obesity, and…

Performance of over 2,200 hospitals based on the new The Leapfrog Group billing quality measures added to the annual survey. revcycleintelligence.com/news/medical-b…

#Texans QB CJ Stroud talks about:
- Players appreciating him giving glory to Jesus Christ
- Praised John Harbaugh for reading Scripture
- Said “There’s a lot of [players & coaches] out here that love the Lord”

Majority of debtors to US hospitals are now people WITH health insurance--these are self-inflicted wounds. It's our job as health professionals to not ignore this issue but instead ask our hospitals to be fair and compassionate. theguardian.com/us-news/2024/j…