Michael Cunningham, MD, FACC, FSCAI

Dad, husband, interventional cardiologist. Director of Cardiology at SRHS. Tweets my own.

[Michael Cunningham, MD, FACC, FSCAI @OSHeartDoc]

Graphic on the right just about sums up 2020 research wouldn’t you say? @venkmurthy @VPrasadMDMPH

[Michael Cunningham, MD, FACC, FSCAI @OSHeartDoc]

@JahangirAsgha10 @vkoganpolisci They did this to myocardial perfusion stress imaging in the 2010’s. Reductions in wRVU and practice expense RVUs with code bundling.

After that, reimbursement steadily declines and eventually becomes about half of what the hospital can charge for the same service.

[Alohacowboy @alohacowboysol]

So, I trained for 13 years…work extensive hours, run risk of lawsuits, serve 50 different administrative masters, miss sleep, miss meals, miss family time, agonize over life and death decisions, work endlessly to maintain and improve my competency…and there’s a new ‘program’ of not paying me that I need to go along with? What the hell did I ever do to you? Or anyone for that matter, when did I become America’s enemy? Explain to me why I am greedy and infinitely corruptible. Then explain to young people considering medicine in America as a career exactly at what point you will decide they are they enemy so they can brace themselves for it

[Michael Cunningham, MD, FACC, FSCAI @OSHeartDoc]

@Olivia_Roseqr 3, those answers are all wrong

[Michael Cunningham, MD, FACC, FSCAI @OSHeartDoc]

@Dr_mac2 Oof

[Michael Cunningham, MD, FACC, FSCAI @OSHeartDoc]

@OGdukeneurosurg We kinda learned that in gross anatomy, no?

[Michael Cunningham, MD, FACC, FSCAI @OSHeartDoc]

@CoffeeBlackMD You must pay taxes to vote. That fixes anything else that’s a problem currently imo.

[Michael Cunningham, MD, FACC, FSCAI @OSHeartDoc]

@Murmur_MD Only 20 ATM?! 😂 come on brother, put some real pressure on that lesion! High pressure to 28-30 and let it sit for 30-60 seconds. Try open if that fails.

[Michael Cunningham, MD, FACC, FSCAI @OSHeartDoc]

You’re maybe one of 5 libs that I can tolerate. Here’s the reason: you can see the nonsense when it appears AND you’ll actually call it out. Most of the left political persuasion cannot and will not in my experience. Now to be fair, many on the right couldn’t have a decent argument on most of their political positions either.

[Michael Cunningham, MD, FACC, FSCAI @OSHeartDoc]

@JahangirAsgha10 He is the least serious person on this app. Sounds smart, has all the slogans, but underneath that is just vacuous, incoherent nonsense.

[Michael Cunningham, MD, FACC, FSCAI @OSHeartDoc]

@fuqekgs Lol, vit k and cancer?! What are we even doing? These people have never heard of observational confounding dogshit I guess🤷‍♂️

[Michael Cunningham, MD, FACC, FSCAI @OSHeartDoc]

@Bibimboppoo @theblanketdog

[Michael Cunningham, MD, FACC, FSCAI @OSHeartDoc]

@JahangirAsgha10 You are doing the Lord's work... I applaud you, sir. 👏

[Michael Cunningham, MD, FACC, FSCAI @OSHeartDoc]

@Bibimboppoo Experiential evidence

[Michael Cunningham, MD, FACC, FSCAI @OSHeartDoc]

@Hragy Anytime a company is making the argument, it’s a bad argument 🤷‍♂️

[Michael Cunningham, MD, FACC, FSCAI @OSHeartDoc]

@BowTiedCrow 7-7:30

[Michael Cunningham, MD, FACC, FSCAI @OSHeartDoc]

@NephroP Impella

[Michael Cunningham, MD, FACC, FSCAI @OSHeartDoc]

@AcademicTruther Never Rx’d one for nicmp. Badge of honor imo. Even for ischemic without a recent mi, the only reason you’d do it is to cya.

[Michael Cunningham, MD, FACC, FSCAI @OSHeartDoc]

@JahangirAsgha10 People still running with the “Medicare has low admin costs” ? Clueless midwit take.

[John Asghar @JahangirAsgha10]

Dudes, ignorance hurts my chest.

He lectures independent physicians about being selfish while ignoring the facility fees and institutional subsidies supporting his own health system. UCLA charges facility fees in addition to physician fees and receives supplemental government funding.

For some outpatient services, patients and insurers pay more than four times as much in hospital clinics as in independent offices. Yet independent physicians asking for payments that cover their overhead are supposedly the problem.

Dude, at least understand the issue before spouting BS….

What entitled ivory tower bullshit