[1/5] Thank you for lifting this work @AnnalsofSurgery. We are honored to share our findings, which to our knowledge is the 1st national comparison to show that Medicare eligibility mitigates adverse financial outcomes after surgery, which could also affect clinical outcomes.
Success! Schedules finally aligned for our 1st (!! 🫣) Trauma Resuscitation Tuesday of 2024-25 academic year.
The reason why we can do what we do #TeamTrauma 🤲❤️
@PoojaNeiman
.@AliSalimMD@krchhabra and Sarabeth Spitzer
We put this together after the ACS hosted a Trauma Policy session last year — hope it spurs internal discussions about how policy and its implementation can be used to further improve trauma care
The impact of health policy on surgical and trauma patients: Three key examples https://t.co/SnZZd5kw76 Excellent insights from @PoojaNeiman @BWHSurgery in @SurgJournal
The impact of health policy on surgical and trauma patients: Three key examples https://t.co/SnZZd5kw76 Excellent insights from @PoojaNeiman @BWHSurgery in @SurgJournal
@BrighamSurgery general surgery chief residents @PoojaNeiman and Frances Hu will be presenting chief resident presentations tomorrow Feb. 7. We look forward to their lectures!
I’m thrilled to announce that my new book – RICH WHITE MEN – will be released by @legacylitbooks at @HachetteUS on June 20, 2023 and is available now for preorder. Reserve your copy today! https://t.co/oSomKFgCde #RichWhiteMenBook
In this study of patients with commercial insurance, total and out-of-pocket costs varied by facility for common emergency general surgical conditions without any association with quality of care. https://t.co/P79yV7ic8E @PoojaNeiman@vhmouli@kathrynk_taylor@DrJohnScott
In this study of patients with commercial insurance, total and out-of-pocket costs varied by facility for common emergency general surgical conditions without any association with quality of care. https://t.co/YnCewLaklM @PoojaNeiman@vhmouli@kathrynk_taylor@DrJohnScott
Making one bad turn to find a hospital - say turning left instead of right - may have our patients paying nearly $1000 more out of pocket for their emergency general surgery. We need real policy solutions 📃 to fix this prime example of financial vulnerability
@JAMASurgery@DrJohnScott@vhmouli@kathrynk_taylor @UMichCHOPFellow @ncspMICHIGAN@BrighamSurgery High OOP costs lead to financial distress, especially for vulnerable patients. Not only are patients not getting what they pay for, but also they are unable to pay for what they get.
Time for some policy solutions.
.@JAMASurgery just published our RL showing ⬆️⬆️ variability in OOP costs for common emergency general surgery operations across the US but it doesn't correlate with quality. https://t.co/UtTAKMWZbU