These are the men shot and killed in the line of duty this morning responding to a domestic violence call in Burnsville. Absolutely gut wrenching.

I worked in the ED in Burnsville for nearly 10 years. I am so heartbroken.

every dollar in revenue to health insurers is a cost to Americans either through businesses (premiums), patients (premiums, deductibles), or tax payers (MA, HMO medicaid). That’s $1T for a service that barely exists anywhere else in world & contributes nothing to health

The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (CMMI), created by the ACA to sAvE gOvErNmeNt mOnEy by creating pilot programs to provide & pay for healthcare, cost taxpayers $5.4B…you can’t make this up

So so proud of the teams and the tireless efforts of Demetris Yannopoulos and Dr. Bartos and the team! So thankful for the families and patients that get another chance. So happy we can be a part of this at the Southdale ED.

Thank you Helmsley Charitable Trust

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⁦👏 ⁦@lubitz_carrie⁩ saving more lives with her bravery and honesty 🙌 ⁦The Guardian⁩ ⁦Assoc4AcademicSurgery⁩ ⁦⁦⁦American College of Surgeons⁩ ⁦AMA⁩

Surgeons are killing themselves at an alarming rate. One decided to speak out theguardian.com/us-news/2023/s…

When you go to your local ED and have wait 6 hours to be seen, don’t ask why.

We know why.

When you get your bill and you find that the expensive insurance you have paid for with your cash and wages doesn’t actually pay anything, don’t ask why.

We know why.

The Annasthesiologist Ed Gaines it would be less in savings than gutting of PBMs, who make $250B a year

Hi, if every doc in the US took a 50% pay cut, it would save the healthcare system less than 5%. And I promise you that the insurance companies would not be cheerfully passing that savings on to patients.

More bullshit insurance industry propaganda.

#FMA Meeting..since 2001, cost of running a practice has increased by 47%, while reimbursement has decreased 26%.

#MedTwitter Florida Medical Association

Remarkably, physician payments ⬇️
Hospital prices ⬆️⬆️⬆️
Physicians = 7.3% of the healthcare 💵
Hospitals around 31%

About 7 years ago, after Zach Cooper’s “Surprise” Bill paper, media & Congress started reporting costs as %Medicare rate. Ever wonder why? 🤔 (thread) #MedTwitter

So sick of working harder, with higher risk due to staffing shortages, and getting yet another pay cut.

I don’t know a single emergency physician who isn’t thinking about their escape strategy.

I am worried about emergency care for myself and my family in the future.

Proud of my emergency department!

And so thankful to be able to provide care to patients when and where they need it.

#mentalhealth #empath

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1/ All in the EM community, EMTALA on call docs & folks who care about the Prudent Lay Person (PLP) doctrine, we now have a court precedent that is a sterling decision finding a “downcoding list” used by a Medicaid program to be invalid under PLP AND that CMS acted arbitrary….