Columbia Pain

Oregon's Original Regenexx Treatment Provider. Comprehensive and interventional pain management, back & neck pain, musculoskeletal rehabilitation, and physiatry

[Columbia Pain @ColumbiaPain]

Cellular Rehab https://t.co/gE7du8lJam

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I'm claiming my AI agent "jeromedesktophelper" on @moltbook 🦞

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[PHA @physicianhosp]

PHA is looking forward to an active 2026 when it comes to physician-led hospitals and Congress.

@DutchRojas @realdocspeaks @DrDiGiorgio @CharlesLutzMD

[Columbia Pain @ColumbiaPain]

@AlaskaAirNews Status?

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@EdGainesIII @CMSGov I doubt this was an “unintended consequence” or technical fluke. The real question is why this status quo prevails.

[Ed Gaines @EdGainesIII]

1/ 15.4% increase in physician practice expense since ‘23 but @CMSGov Medicare provides no CPI-U adjustment to the Medicare fee schedule. Docs are alone as participants in Medicare w/out any recognition in their fee schedule for inflation. Expenses per physician top $1.1M, up 15% in 2 years: 4 notes https://t.co/As3KmSZF6K

[Anthony DiGiorgio, DO, MHA @DrDiGiorgio]

The death of private practice doesn’t just hurt small clinics. It hurts all doctors.

Employed physicians lose leverage. The system tightens its grip. Burnout rises, autonomy vanishes.

We’re frogs boiling slowly.

Every doctor should fight to preserve independent, physician-led care before it’s gone for good.

[Robby Bowers DO, PhD @TheDrROBO]

Just published. Single CSI vs HA injection for knee OA.

“Corticosteroid injections were associated with higher OA progression than HA injections and controls, whereas HA was associated with decreased progression at MRI for up to 2 years after injection.”

https://t.co/1XkiBA5Or5

[Dutch Rojas @DutchRojas]

Final thought:

Medicaid doesn’t underpay.

It overpays the right people and crushes everyone else.

Same patient.
Same visit.
Same CPT code.

One doctor gets $42.
UCLA Health gets $700.

And no one asks why.

-Rojas out.

[Hayden Rooke-Ley @Hayrook]

Big deal if gov signs this.

Oregon would become the first state to address the key loophole that allows corporate outfits to own medical practices—despite state laws that expressly prohibit this.

https://t.co/erGMC6psRU

[Columbia Pain @ColumbiaPain]

Pain Medicine Physician https://t.co/uTQn2CRDXc

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@davidasinclair https://t.co/Ym8znv883z

[Bryan Carmody @jbcarmody]

This is big news.

The inability for physicians to be credentialed by payors unless they have ongoing ABMS board certification has been one of the key structural supports that made participation in MOC mandatory.

[Columbia Pain @ColumbiaPain]

@Hayrook @CAHPR_BrownSPH @Brown_SPH @Andy_Ryan_dydx @efusebrown @Jared_Perkins1 @aditipsen @JKBustertruster @econliberties Don’t forget to discuss the economic impact of independents consolidated into nominally non-profit health systems in terms of tax base erosion.

[Willamette Week @wweek]

Portland Public Schools released its latest student achievement numbers last week, and the results suggest a significant portion of the class of 2024 graduated without being prepared for college or the workforce. https://t.co/1Da9NKmkgJ

[Office-Based Facility Association @OBFAssn]

📣 Advocate for a physician fee schedule that prioritizes payment stability and predictability for office-based specialists 📧 Email your Representative now 💻 Visit https://t.co/VHZvDfqQ1Y to find out how.

[Columbia Pain @ColumbiaPain]

@jbcarmody @DrCasteelEM Does this mean that DO’s successfully match well in the specialties that they *intend* to match? Or, does the experience of being trained in an osteopathic medical school nudge students towards specific specialties.

[Columbia Pain @ColumbiaPain]

@jbcarmody It's almost like educational institutions are training two different kinds of doctors...

[Office-Based Facility Association @OBFAssn]

Independent physicians providing office-based interventional care are closing and consolidating across the country because the Medicare “Physician Fee” Schedule was built for reimbursing physicians for their work and not for the reimbursement of high-cost supplies and equipment.

[Office-Based Facility Association @OBFAssn]

The 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) Final Rule published on December 9, 2024, would impose yet another round of significant cuts to office-based specialists.

[Columbia Pain @ColumbiaPain]

@EdGainesIII @medicarepayment The fact is that MEI is *NOT* adjusted for inflation like other indices is not a fluke, nor an "unintended consequence," nor a technical oversight. It is the result of intentional policy actions and inactions compounded over decades. Let that sink in.