DavidFriedenson

Chief Medical Officer, Reventics
Past President Colorado ACEP
Past Chair ACEP Coding and Nomenclature Committee

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@RepVenkat @steelers @Patriots Arvind, your Steelers are ruining our season.

[Marilyn Heine @MarilynHeineMD]

@JeffreyLDavis44 Change in #Medicare spending per enrollee from 2010-2020:

•Spending ⬆️ for:
- Part B FFS excluding physicians 42.1%
- Part C, Medicare Advantage 29.4%
- Part D, the Medicare prescription drug benefit 20.1%
- Part A FFS 3.6%

But physician fee schedule spending ⬇️ at -1.0%.

[DavidFriedenson @DavidFriedenson]

@EdGainesIII Considering Hospitals & insurers got increases & insurers raising premiums despite physician cuts, Physicians asking to simply not be cut seems pretty reasonable.

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@EdGainesIII This would be fantastic for patient access if it passes.

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@Delta My daughters flight was cancelled and your agent on messaging told me they’d hold the connecting flight for 30 minutes as her new flight was going to be 21 minutes late. The flight just left 2 mins early w/o her instead of waiting as u said they would. Bad customer service

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@drmikesilverman Hope you had a good day with family (or work family)

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But I thought surprise medical billing was supposed to cut docs payments to save patients and employers money...not to give insurers a raise & higher profits & cut doc payments while raising premiums and patient payments. #insurancefail
@EmergencyDocs

[Paul Kivela @drkivela]

How many ⁦@EmergencyDocs⁩ got paycuts risking their lives while NFP HealthPlan ceos got 109% pay raises and not only hid but argued to cut and down code payments Check it out BCBS CEOs received bigger raises than execs at for-profit insurers https://t.co/McoVOYLatC

[Paul Kivela @drkivela]

How many ⁦@EmergencyDocs⁩ got paycuts risking their lives while NFP HealthPlan ceos got 109% pay raises and not only hid but argued to cut and down code payments Check it out BCBS CEOs received bigger raises than execs at for-profit insurers https://t.co/McoVOYLatC

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@ACEPSteve Congratulations Steve on a job well done. May you enjoy the next stage of your life.

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@WhyamIhereb That happened to me one time but the other guy was a cardiologist...

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@DrMichelleLin @asabbati1 @theNNTweet @SAEMonline Congratulations and well earned!

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So we should enact legislation to punish Emergency Docs who care for patients in a pandemic because insurance costs too much right? Oh wait congress already did-#Nosurprisesact #COHB1174 UHC $22.4B profit w/ EM Docs paycuts #surpriseinsuranceagap #alwayshereforyouuntilwerenot

[Ed Gaines @EdGainesIII]

1/ So @uhc posted record 2020 net profits of $22.4B—let’s say there are 20 biz days in a month just for kicks & that is $93.33M per biz day net profit in the middle of global pandemic — $UNH overcomes pandemic hit and tops 4Q expectations https://t.co/kDUrOQCB88 via @seattletimes

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Great explanation of surprise billing. We'll be here for you...until we're not. #surpriseinsurancegap @EmergencyDocs @ColoradoACEP @louisprofeta Call your senator & representative, urge them not to pass insurance giveaways at the cost of your well being https://t.co/3LJAl885MJ

[Action for Health @A4Horg]

🚨 Benchmarking & price controls are NOT the answer to #surprisemedicalbills!

As #Congress & the #Trump Admin rush to put together the next #Covid_19 package, we must make sure they don't include a devastating blow to #patients & a huge 💰 handout to #health #insurance cos.

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@amychomd Wow! Next up, Centene and Anthem?

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@AdvocacyMD Thanks for the update.Those numbers certainly tell a better story of post opening up increase. Colorado still flat after reopening though waiting to see impact of protests next week.Some advantages to living in a small cow town.

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@AdvocacyMD Positive cases aren't always as helpful as hospitalization rate since testing has increased it's likely we just know about more cases that were there all the time.Below are the hospitalizations and deaths which is flat to down,not rising.Stay safe-mask,wash hands,don't touch face

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@arhalpern Nice, enjoy.

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@EdGainesIII Thanks for organizing a great talk Ed.

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@chrisvanderveen @marcmaxmeister The real numbers to watch epidemiologically are the admission rate and death rate. All the others are artificially high due to increased testing availability or low due to false negatives and Drs not wanting to waste money on a test that's not accurate and doesn't change care