Medicare Advantage plans… 1. Ad 0$ copays, draw in pts 2. Deny auths, refuse payments 3. Bill Medicare for more than was done 4. Profit, profit, profit -Medicare Ad United currently the worst for me. Any others? Michael Cumming ᗰIGᑌEᒪ ᗰOᑎTEᖇO-ᗷᗩKEᖇ Mike Watts beckerspayer.com/payer/insurers…

To bring you up to speed today #MedTwitter, hospitals and ASCs get a 3% raise, we get a 3% cut and @uhc committed 8.7B dollars worth of Medicare fraud in 2021 alone. But yes tell us how it’s all the doctors fault. #notaprovider Criminal Division Dana Corriel, MD PPP - Putting Patients First

Today on BackTable: Venkatesh (Kavi) Krishnasamy discusses techniques for challenging lung biopsies, the importance of multidisciplinary tumor boards, and the evolution of lung biopsy best practices #VI464 UAB IR AJ Gunn Theresa M. Caridi MD, FSIR Merit Medical SIO open.spotify.com/episode/6JnkAN…

ICYMI- check out Stone Retrieval & Other Advanced Biliary Interventions w/ Dr. Alexander Vezeridis on YouTube (click subscribe!) #VI463 #backtableclips SIR RFS IR Juniors youtu.be/FquoECvX1WI

Physician-Owned Hospitals: The Horror! In a move that sent shockwaves through the healthcare industry, Congress bravely stopped the scourge of physician-owned hospitals. These dastardly doctors dared to invest in their facilities, providing high-quality care and better

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bac… BackTable Vascular and Interventional Society of Interventional Radiology Kudos to these folks for building an independent practice that works!

Dr. Marta Lobato explores advanced endovascular techniques in below the knee (BTK) and below the ankle (BTA) interventions for critical limb ischemia (CLI). Listen here: ow.ly/AbYn50SwlKK #VascularSurgery #CLI

Treatment of plantar fasciitis with embolisation, using temporary embolic agent. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Today on BackTable: Dr Keith Smith joins Aparna Baheti, MD to explain how transparent, affordable pricing is possible and can go a long way in protecting patients’ health #VI469 OEIS Society Bret Wiechmann Surgery Center of OK ReflowMedical Douglas Beall Jim Melton open.spotify.com/episode/2lAw1R…

Consolidation has not provided the improvements in care or cost for the American healthcare system. The only question is when will Congress decide to do something. Pull back policies that have encouraged consolidation. 340B. Site neutral. Physician owned hospitals. MEI.

US Healthcare. Hospitals get $10 for service A. 50 private practices receive $1 for the same service. Hospital uses the $9 arbitrage to buy 40 of the 50 private practices. This is consolidation. Dear America: Hospitals use the overpayments from your Medicare funded

Today on BackTable: Vascular Surgeon Adam Tanious joins Aaron Fritts to explore strategies for navigating physician-industry relationships #VI474 Srini Tummala MD FSIR FSVM MUSC Vascular Surgery frank arko OEIS Society Bret Wiechmann Preston George Smith Roger Tomihama, M.D. Aparna Baheti, MD youtu.be/Vsq4CUyD9vg?si…

1 vision 👁️ 7 years 🗓️ 102 visiting teams ✈️ That’s what it took to graduate our 4th class of IR trainees in Tanzania 🎓 Bringing the total to 16: 12 Tanzanians 🇹🇿 3 Nigerians 🇳🇬 1 Rwandan 🇷🇼 #SameCareEverywhere RSNA Doximity Society of Interventional Radiology SPIR BackTable Vascular and Interventional

The current state of health care is at a dangerous precipice. Given the amount of consolidation, regulatory capture, and grift in the system with unnecessary middle men, the healthcare system has become bloated and inefficient. It has grown increasingly fragile and prone to

Dr. Peter Bream provides tips and insights on placing NG tubes, explaining the challenges of using weighted tubes with wires while suggesting alternative catheter techniques. Check out the full episode: ow.ly/oA7L50T3sO5 #VIR471 #ir #catheter #gastrictube #gastrichealth

Today on BackTable: What factors are needed to build a successful lymphangiography practice? Bill Majdalany joins us to answer this question and discuss recent advancements in lymphangiography #VI477 Jeffrey F. B. Chick, MD, MPH Sid Padia Mina S. Makary, MD Guerbet Group open.spotify.com/episode/294nZ4…

Today on BackTable: Jason Greis and Krishna Mannava discuss how to convert an OBL to an ASC and pitfalls to avoid from a legal perspective #medEd #VI478 drcostantino Bret Wiechmann OEIS Society SIR ECS beneschlaw Aparna Baheti, MD open.spotify.com/episode/5XH0mY…

Physician pay over last 4 years: -7.76% Yet physicians (as small businesses) have helped carry the economy through every downturn, generate new jobs, and pay taxes to their local economy. Let’s fix this problem. Physicians are critical to local and national economies and

➡️ MGMA is pleased to join over 120 organizations urging Congress to fix the flawed Medicare physician payment system and avert the proposed 2.8% cut to the 2025 Medicare conversion factor ✉️: mgma.com/advocacy-lette…

It is truly unbelievable that our patients have been left in the dark about their healthcare finances. Only 8.3 cents of each dollar spent on healthcare in the US goes to physicians. Let that sink in. Lowest in the industrialized world.