VMedDream

General Surgery, Trauma Critical Care, interested in healthcare policy /_______\ Journey with me

[Dutch Rojas @DutchRojas]

1/ Buckle up, folks! It's time to talk about one of the biggest scams in healthcare: preauthorizations. 😡🩺 This bureaucratic nightmare makes patients suffer and drives up prices for everyone. It's a disgrace! 🚨💸

[Ed Gaines @EdGainesIII]

1/@UHC & its ilk are the ones truly winning in this healthcare market & @HHSGov @USDOL @USTreasury would have it no other way to read their latest NSA guidance —quarterly profit >14% to $8.5 billion—UnitedHealth Group Reports Third Quarter 2023 Results - https://t.co/sAZpG3etKr

[The Cultural Tutor @culturaltutor]

These are eight slightly different versions of The Great Wave Off Kanagawa from eight different museums.

So which is the real one? That's the thing — they're all the real one.

Here's a brief history of art's most famous wave...

[WesternTrauma @WesternTrauma]

@swezinator13 presenting the impact of insurance carrier on discharge disposition in trauma patients with lower extremity fractures. @VMedDream @AndrewDoben @NuHealthSystem
#FellowshipOfTheSnow
#WTA2024

[VMedDream @VMedDream]

Spot on perspective on the central challenge in US Health Care by @KFF @larry_levitt . Especially the complexity imposed by unethical business practices of for-profit insurance, that administers an increasingly larger fraction of US healthcare. Automated claim denials? Gtfo!

[Larry Levitt @larry_levitt]

We have hotly debated for decades how to increase health coverage, control costs, and improve quality.

As @DrewAltman and I write, maybe it’s also time to address the frustrating complexity of our health insurance system.

https://t.co/gxZCdsbIel

@JAMAHealthForum @JAMA_current

[Dr. Frank Leon Roberts @DrFrankRoberts]

“The longer I live, the more deeply I learn that love — whether we call it friendship or family or romance — is the work of mirroring and magnifying each other’s light.”

~James Baldwin

[Dr. Glaucomflecken @DGlaucomflecken]

New predatory health insurance practice just dropped

[Doctor Money Matters @drmoneymatters]

Health insurance allegedly uses algorithm which allows bulk (hundreds of thousands ) reject payment requests at a time.
@linakhanFTC How is this allowed? #medtwitter

Dr sees 2 pts simultaneously its considered fraudulent billing. But ins co can do this?

https://t.co/0N3fwL8khR

[Psychology Today @PsychToday]

Compassion gives us the courage to turn toward difficulty and suffering and make a real difference. Here's how. https://t.co/9YnKo0wJ4X

[VMedDream @VMedDream]

@UCIrvineHealth 🙌🏽 congrats

[United Nations @UN]

We all face difficulties & it's normal to feel anxious, isolated or overwhelmed.

Small steps can help improve mental health:

exercise 🏃

mindfulness 🧘‍♀️

healthy foods 🥗

adequate sleep 😴

More from @WHO as May’s #MentalHealthMonth gets underway. https://t.co/vMiNJP9VIZ

[Brad Townsend @townbrad]

At the end of what might be his last pregame media availability, Gregg Popovich asked if any of the reporters had brought guns into the arena, then had so e things to say about lack of gun control regulation in Tennessee and, well, everywhere in the U.S.

[philip lewis @Phil_Lewis_]

A Republican state representative asked Rep. Justin Jones what he means by the chant “No Justice, No Peace.”

His response is worth hearing in full:

[VMedDream @VMedDream]

@AuforGA Georgia needs you and appreciates you! Keep up the good work you have done and are doing advocating for others.

[VMedDream @VMedDream]

@DGlaucomflecken Recent JAMA paper looking at PE acquisition of practices (Derm, GI, Ophtho) —> increased health spending, increased charge/claim.

PE is a looming threat, stay on the megaphone DrG!

https://t.co/EZFdFxsMWV

[Dr. Michelle Au @AuforGA]

Thank you to all our colleagues, partners, and community leaders for coming to our press event on Monday to insist that the Republican leadership give our Democratic slate of gun safety bills a fair hearing in committee.

"Inaction is a policy choice, but not one that we accept."

[Kimberly D. Manning, MD, MACP @gradydoctor]

1/
You: “Is Atlanta home for you?”

I finished tying the back of your gown and stepped around to face you.

Me: “Sir?”
You: “Is here your home town?”
Me: “No, sir.” *shaking head*
You: “Hmmm. But Georgia, right?”

I laughed and shook my head again. You furrowed your brow.

[Senator Adam Schiff @SenAdamSchiff]

BREAKING: We've introduced a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United and the irresponsible SCOTUS decisions that came before it.

Unrestricted dark money has no place in our elections or democracy. We need to return power to people. Once and for all.

[VMedDream @VMedDream]

From the American pt/family perspective- it is criminal to watch this tragedy continue to unfold. Private health insurance companies are bleeding America dry, laughing all the way to the bank. Premiums exceed 10% of median income across most of US @EdGainesIII @pppforpatients

[Ed Gaines @EdGainesIII]

Glad we are all sitting down-- @UHC healthcare division profits at $14.4B in '22 w/ revenues up +12% w/ nearly 27M commercial covered lives + significantly higher '23 revenues. Don't get mad--get active & advocate! https://t.co/WjAin7JDdq