Vascular Surgeon, Professor, University of Virginia | Health Law, Policy, Advocacy | Medical Director for Surgeon Engagement, American College of Surgeons
@johnnythreeeggs@SalaryDr Could they do more? Yet...
More unions- to the extent permitted by law: trainees, employed docs
More lobbying- docs and societies engaging legislators, docs front and center in recent hearings
More "no"- to noncompetes, prior auth...
And yes, more quitting, unfortunately.
Dr. Francesco Aiello
may talk fast. Correction, he does talk fast. But every word is worth listening to and you will learn from his presentation at #PNEC2026. Physicians must lead building out OBLs and Vein Centers.
Dr. Francesco Aiello
may talk fast. Correction, he does talk fast. But every word is worth listening to and you will learn from his presentation at #PNEC2026. Physicians must lead building out OBLs and Vein Centers.
A 2.5% “efficiency adjustment” wRVU cut is now in effect.
If your institution hasn’t acknowledged it or discussed its impact, that’s a problem.
With Don Selzer, we outline what this means for productivity benchmarks (@JAMASurgery):
https://t.co/1MQdYSLAtG
At the Indiana Chapter of the American College of Surgeons annual meeting today, I was honored to receive an Excellence in Service Award. The ACS and it's Indiana Chapter are awesome. #ACS#ACSINFACS
Health systems that focus on delivering appropriate care for all complex patient conditions invest strongly in vascular surgery. @VascularSVS https://t.co/nL8tsqRuMI
Primary care doctors being happy about specialists getting a pay cut is why doctors are so ineffective.
We would rather settle grudges than work together.
If I wanted to keep doctors perpetually at each others' throats, I'd design a system exactly like the RBRVS.
@rowe_vincent@SCVS1969@VascularSVS When data on 1.7 million operations shows surgeons are doing longer operations on sicker, more complex patients - yet facing a 2.5% reduction in wRVU payment based on flawed assumptions about efficiency...
Wonder why our surgeons are burning out at record rates?
And a spectacular SCVS Presidential Address by @rowe_vincent When was the last time the surgeons in this room experienced true joy in their work? Why does medicine feel increasingly transactional?
‼️Not everything that matters is visible - The hours no one sees. The decisions that carry weight long after the room is quiet. The discipline to show up—steady and precise—when the stakes are anything but. From @UCSFSurgery Happy #NationalDoctorsDay.. 👩🏻⚕️👨🏾⚕️🧑🏼⚕️👩🏿⚕️👨🏼⚕️🧑🏻⚕️👩���⚕️
To help support sustainable surgical careers, the American College of Surgeons recently released a framework of workplace standards that can be customized by surgical discipline.
ACS Releases New Framework of Workplace Standards for Surgeons https://t.co/3Dn8QCNwRH
@MazinFotehMD@aribindi@thesurgerylife@BobTahara@VascularSVS@AmCollSurgeons Absolutely need to stop further cuts, BUT we're far past the point of "no cuts" -flat reimbursement- being adequate to sustain practice, the workforce, and access. "No cuts" loses more ground to inflation with each passing year...