Laura Wooster

Health policy nerd, SVP of Advocacy & Practice Affairs for American College of Emergency Physicians. Opinions are my own, retweets don't equal endorsement.

[Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick 🇺🇸 @RepBrianFitz]

Great meeting today with Dr. Anthony Cirillo, President of the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP), to address one of the most urgent challenges in American healthcare: closing the gap between the real cost of emergency care and how Medicare pays for it.

We dug into the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, practice expense pressures, and the cost drivers facing emergency departments as our 65+ population continues to grow—especially right here in Bucks and Montgomery counties, where ERs are the front door of care for so many of our families.

As we continue our bipartisan work to stabilize healthcare today and modernize it for tomorrow, this is the necessary work to move the system forward. Real reform comes from following the data, bringing both parties to the table, and turning serious, solutions-driven conversations into policy that makes care more affordable, keeps emergency departments strong, staffed, and ready, and protects the quality of care patients deserve.

[Emergency Physicians @EmergencyDocs]

ACEP thanks Dr. Debra Houry - a true champion for public health and emergency care - and we urge continuity, commitment to public health and science at CDC. Read the full statement https://t.co/KeLStRPALe

[Natalie Allison @natalie_allison]

A couple blocks away from Trump’s Allentown, Pa. rally, Martin Sheen is singing “America, The Beautiful” at the Harris headquarters.

[Laura Wooster @lawooster]

Hi @Labcorp, your agents were unable in three phone calls to give me a Good Faith Estimate for a test my provider needs to order and won't be covered by insurance. Labcorp is required by law under the No Surprises Act to provide this estimate--how can we fix this?

[Laura Wooster @lawooster]

Against backdrop of a mental health care shortage, emergency room doctors are overwhelmed https://t.co/TiIn36gMZI via @usatoday

[Nadija Rieser, MD @NadijaRieser]

Thankful to hear from some experts on how to approach the ever-changing attack on reproductive health #LAC23 @ACEPNow

[Michael Silverman, MD @drmikesilverman]

Thank you so much to ⁦@SenatorCardin⁩ for sharing time with ⁦@md_acep⁩ on this historic day in your career. And amazing how many topics we covered. ⁦@EmergencyDocs⁩ #LAC23 ⁦@DrJonMark⁩ ⁦@AishaTerryMD⁩

[Henry Pitzele, MD, FACEP @hzoltan]

Coming back from @ACEPNow’s #LAC23 where me and my @ICEPemergency bandmates lobbied congress to protect ER docs everywhere. Still my favorite EM event of the year—it’s a direct antidote to the creeping antipathy that our difficult jobs can engender. Please come join us next year!

[Joshua @reverendofdoubt]

Why aren’t inpatient hallway beds a thing?

[Laura Wooster @lawooster]

Good to see more coverage of how insurers put their policyholders at medical risk just to save money.

[ProPublica @propublica]

Doctors at a major US insurance company deny tens of thousands of claims a month without even looking at patients’ files.

“We literally click & submit,” a former Cigna doctor told @ProPublica & @Capitol_Forum. “It takes all of 10 seconds to do 50 at a time.”

The inside story 🧵

[Emergency Physicians @EmergencyDocs]

Today, ACEP urged the FTC to finalize their proposed rule categorically banning non-compete clauses in employment contracts. In our letter, we detailed how this predatory practice harms emergency physicians.

Learn more about how ACEP is fighting for you: https://t.co/YCVumE7bOe

[Emergency Physicians @EmergencyDocs]

Our #ACEPAdvocacy continues to sound the alarm on the boarding crisis, urging immediate action from @POTUS to address this public health emergency and find long-term solutions to this dangerous problem. https://t.co/CTJlKeoZgR

[Laura Wooster @lawooster]

Hospitals are in the red,
ED staff are blue.
Patients die in waiting rooms
since there're no beds to admit them to.
https://t.co/PHIIBHZmr2
#healthpolicyvalentines

[Laura Wooster @lawooster]

@Jjohnston69Ann @KffDogs @bunsenbernerbmd Katya twins--here's mine #separatedatbirth?

[Laura Wooster @lawooster]

"in his reviews he typically checks to see if any medications are prescribed in accordance with the insurer’s guidelines, and if not, he denies it. United’s policies, he said, prevented him from considering that McNaughton had failed other treatments ..."
https://t.co/n2rOuZcgQz

[National Park Service @NatlParkService]

Did you know if you hold an ermine up to your ear, you can hear what it’s like to be attacked by an ermine?

[Laura Wooster @lawooster]

Hi @Lowes, how do I reach a human about damage to our drive from this appliance delivery? The local store manager was very hostile and unprofessional, so I need to speak with a professional

[Laura Wooster @lawooster]

@Sam_Jeske @healthpolicygrp Yup

[Steven Dennis @StevenTDennis]

How deals come together in Congress

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[Laura Wooster @lawooster]

"At a hospital in a Chicago suburb last winter, there were so few nurses that psychiatric patients with Covid were left waiting a full day for beds, and a single aide was on hand to assist with 32 infected patients."
https://t.co/okOxJ53LKz