Kirk A. Reynolds, MD, FAAOS

Fellowship trained Sports Medicine Surgeon specializing in shoulder and knee surgery. Fellowship training @CUsportsmed

[Kirk A. Reynolds, MD, FAAOS @ARKneeShoulder]

@JacksonCollier Miss Sir Loins Inn the most. 2nd would be The Italian Couple when it was on 12th Street. The Pi Squared in Hillcrest… the precursor to Damgoode.

[Kirk A. Reynolds, MD, FAAOS @ARKneeShoulder]

@FixnBones Congrats Dan! Enjoy every moment of your next chapter!
#respect
#jealous
#orthotwitter

[Kirk A. Reynolds, MD, FAAOS @ARKneeShoulder]

@BarrettSallee Arkansas

[Kirk A. Reynolds, MD, FAAOS @ARKneeShoulder]

@FixnBones @ChipRoutt @ortho_ut Congrats!!! As I start night 1 of 4 in a row, I am more jealous of you than you realize

[Kirk A. Reynolds, MD, FAAOS @ARKneeShoulder]

@altonbrown Your go-to favorite dish for a weeknight

[Dr. Glaucomflecken @DGlaucomflecken]

I’m hearing so many people cite conflict of interest as the reason physicians shouldn’t own hospitals. This also happens to be the main strategy the American Hospital Association used to lobby Congress to ban POHs in the Affordable Care Act, paving the way for the consolidated corporate nightmare we enjoy today.

The conflict of interest argument is absurd in a for profit healthcare system. Hospitals force their employed physicians to refer to other specialists within their own hospital system. Physicians recommend surgery then do the surgery themselves collecting both a clinic fee and a surgery fee. Optum forces patients to see their doctors, use their pharmacies, and be admitted to their own hospitals. If there is profit to be made in patient care, there will be a conflict of interest among the entities/people collecting that profit. The closest thing to a conflict of interest free system is one that is devoid of profit. Call me cynical, but that will not happen in the US.

So we can wring our hands about the potential corruption and malfeasance evil greedy doctors will inflict upon our great country if physicians owned hospitals, while ignoring the actual corruption and malfeasance already displayed by hospital corporations.

We can ignore data that shows POHs as a whole (~250 in the US, holdovers from pre-ACA times) have better outcomes at lower costs.

Or we can introduce some actual competition in the healthcare marketplace to give patients a chance for better care from people who actually got into this business to treat patients, care that is not dictated by a private equity company or insurance company.

Just give physicians a chance to show that we can do a better job. That’s all we’re asking. If we suck at it, we won’t get very far, right? Isn’t that what the free market is for?

Repeal the ban on physician owned hospital.

[Kirk A. Reynolds, MD, FAAOS @ARKneeShoulder]

@markpeldridge @DevonESawa So glad this animal is off the streets!

[Kirk A. Reynolds, MD, FAAOS @ARKneeShoulder]

@_NancyMD Hysterectomy

[Kirk A. Reynolds, MD, FAAOS @ARKneeShoulder]

@jointdocShields 24/24… jeez I’m old!

[Kirk A. Reynolds, MD, FAAOS @ARKneeShoulder]

@jointdocShields Tired after a day playing in the snow.

[Kirk A. Reynolds, MD, FAAOS @ARKneeShoulder]

@Dr_RyanRose @generalorthomd @shouldergeek @kevinfarmermd @VaniSabesanMD @NuelleSportsMD @ShoulderMama @BoneDoc95 @andy_shoulder @SSittonMD @tbclay @H2O_SportsMD Like @Dr_RyanRose I get a CT for PSI planning. Allows better glenoid evaluation in my opinion. Do not routinely MR primary OA patients unless I’m worried about cuff. Will discuss rTSA vs aTSA for weak pt and make decision intraop.

[Kirk A. Reynolds, MD, FAAOS @ARKneeShoulder]

@cbfowler @KirkHerbstreit Get the call right. This ref is a joke. #noskininthegame #letthekidsplay

[Kirk A. Reynolds, MD, FAAOS @ARKneeShoulder]

@jointdocShields Saw one of these as a resident. Surgery done in UK late 1990s. Patient was miserable.

[Kirk A. Reynolds, MD, FAAOS @ARKneeShoulder]

This one hits hard

[Kirk A. Reynolds, MD, FAAOS @ARKneeShoulder]

@kneedoclond @ChrisTuckerMD @MDMillerMDUVA @AANAORG @AOSSM_SportsMed @NuelleSportsMD @MichaelAlaiaMD @H2O_SportsMD @harrisslone agree with @kneedoclond , such a game changer for medial root repairs.

[Kirk A. Reynolds, MD, FAAOS @ARKneeShoulder]

This!!

[David Bumpass @DBBSpine]

On the very rare occasion I am the only one in my house, I thoroughly enjoy playing all the speakers as loud as the human ear can tolerate, including the outside ones. I am sure the neighbors are happy too. On all other days "dad music" gets voted down in favor of T-Swift.

[Kirk A. Reynolds, MD, FAAOS @ARKneeShoulder]

@RugbyMD #ThisIsOurLane

[orthogal MD, FAAOS 🦴🔨 @orthogal21]

Why are we praising police response instead of denouncing gun crime? Of course this wasn’t an active shooter situation. A man targeted a doc and murdered him. Let’s move past thought, prayers and faith and do something that will actually effect change.

[Shannon Watts @shannonrwatts]

Dr. Benjamin Mauck, a Tennessee surgeon, was shot to death in an exam room by a patient who laid in wait at the clinic for “several hours” before carrying out the targeted attack.

Permitless carry went into effect in Tennessee in 2021. https://t.co/U6BqzNn9HG