Professor Bai always nails it. Regulatory capture protects incumbents under the guise of patient protection, but it ultimately limits competition in the market, hurting patients and consumers.

Every branded Semaglutide and Tirzepatide pen should be Multi-use. These single-use pens are wasteful and an environmental hazard. Dr. Martha Gulati ♥️🫀❤️‍🩹🇨🇦 On The Pen Beverly G. Tchang, MD #ReleaseMultiusePens #GreenerHealthcare #StopMedicalWaste #ReuseYourPen #EcoFriendlyPharma

[Insurance]: We need you to include MI in the note to qualify the patient for Wegovy. [Me]: The CC is CAD. The primary diagnosis describes CAD s/p stent. Really? Are we doing this? Is this your idea of fun—making things difficult for everyone involved?

When even Stark (yes, the namesake) wants Stark law repealed. You can’t make this stuff up.

Insurance needs to cover it routinely. Follow the money. It’s also why SGLT2i uptake is so low despite a mountain of evidence.

‘By any means’ is a bold statement. I’d have gone with something more like ‘by any evidence-based means.’

Dr. Shun Kohsaka discussed the concept of LDL-years. It’s the ⭐️cumulative LDL exposure⭐️ that determines risk of plaque rupture. Above 5000 LDL-years, the risk of rupture rises exponentially! Gotta start early ⏰ #ESCCongress #ESCPrev European Society of Cardiology Christie Ballantyne

If you are in a rush to lose weight, you risk losing more than just pounds—patience and consistency are the keys to lasting change.

I prioritize outcome studies above all else. While we can speculate endlessly about mechanisms we may never fully understand, what ultimately matters is whether people live or die, or experience an MI or not. There is a certain clarity in this form of understanding.

Spencer was Sequence. It was successful because of him, IMO. That’s a major loss for them.

People provide care, and thus, the value of a service is ultimately dependent on people. We sometimes forget this in healthcare and invest heavily in tech and tools. It's like we believe that the basketballs used by NBA players are the real product, not the players.

1. On this Labor Day, a reminder that FTC has issued a rule banning noncompetes. Noncompetes trap millions of workers, blocking them from taking better jobs or starting their own business. Over 25,000 Americans commented on our proposal. Here are some of their stories:

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This is a TOTAL mess Physicians face an average of 57 unique quality measures across 8 value-based contracts Many, if not most of these measures are worthless Administrative waste Burnout inducers Costly Takes away from real quality improvement