Robert Couch

Emergency Physician -- Alabama Native --
Balloonist -- Husband -- Father

[Robert Couch @rhcouch]

Can't wait to get started on advocacy work for our Kentucky patients to improve the Commonwealth! #kyga20 Proud to begin this journey @KYMedAssoc @LouMedSociety @LMS1799 @EmergencyDocs

[KY Medical Assoc @KYMedAssoc]

.@rhcouch is selected as the 2019-2020 KMA President-Elect #KYMA2019

[Robert Couch @rhcouch]

Don’t create unintended loopholes for medical liability cases! The AMA Litigation Center is supporting KY physicians. https://t.co/Y2WxiJw3Vu (via @AmerMedicalAssn) @KYMedAssoc @LouMedSociety

[Robert Couch @rhcouch]

We welcomed State Representative Maria Sorolis @sorolismn this week to our ED team for the #GLMSWhiteCoat experience. She had a firsthand look at the issues facing healthcare today. Thanks, Rep. Sorolis! Your involvement will make a difference for our patients! @LouMedSociety

[Robert Couch @rhcouch]

Great to talk with national Emergency Nurses Association leadership - 2020 President Mike Hastings @ariandevansdad and CEO @NancyNmacrae at @Norton_Health , showcasing the awesome work of our Audubon ED nurses helping patients with #OpioidUseDisorder. @KYMedAssoc @LouMedSociety

[Robert Couch @rhcouch]

In Washington today with @KYMedAssoc talking with our Congressional delegation about this today. Keep patients out of the middle!

[Emergency Physicians @EmergencyDocs]

Govt rate setting could reduce available care, esp in rural communities. Instead of an untested approach to #SurpriseBills that strongly favors insurers, Congress should Consider IDR - proven to protect patients without raising costs. #OutOfTheMiddle https://t.co/GF2PN70Ab6

[KY Medical Assoc @KYMedAssoc]

KMA leaders are in Washington, DC this week advocating on surprise billing legislation. Pictured is KMA’s @CWMeadows and @PTPadgett with KMA Secretary-Treasurer @rhcouch, meeting with Sen. @RandPaul

[Robert Couch @rhcouch]

Electric scooters can be dangerous! Wear a helmet, don’t ride after drinking, and always be aware of your surroundings! #ScootSafe @KYMedAssoc @LouMedSociety @EmergencyDocs https://t.co/CORCa2Fz4H

[Robert Couch @rhcouch]

Enjoyed speaking to the new residents as they begin the next phase of their career, encouraging them to become active and engaged with @AmerMedicalAssn @KYMedAssoc and @LouMedSociety #MembersMoveMedicine

[KY Medical Assoc @KYMedAssoc]

Robert Couch, M.D., @rhcouch , John Roberts, M.D., @jlr1150, and Frank Burns, M.D., address medical residents at @uofl today during their resident orientation. KMA is excited to welcome the next generation of physician leaders to organized medicine.

[Robert Couch @rhcouch]

It’s time for Congress to take action on surprise medical bills & adopt a solution that removes patients from the middle of payment disputes. Learn more in my new op-ed at the @courierjournal: https://t.co/KdkTzCHRiH @SenMajLeader @RandPaul @RepGuthrie @KYMedAssoc

[NIDAnews @NIDAnews]

It’s not a choice. It’s not a weakness. Addiction is a brain disease. Drugs can change how the brain works, and those changes can last for a long time.
https://t.co/rmEjAx4fPJ
#NIDAteens

[Robert Couch @rhcouch]

Association between medical cannabis laws and opioid overdose mortality has reversed over time. Further analysis shows opposite of earlier conclusions. Opioid OD deaths increased in states with medical marijuana https://t.co/CKKzJtgVfQ

[Robert Couch @rhcouch]

Great @AmerMedicalAssn 2019 Annual Meeting. Pleasure meeting @Surgeon_General Jerome Adams, MD and being on stage during @PatriceHarrisMD's presidential inauguration. #amamtg #membersmovemedicine @KYMedAssoc @LouMedSociety

[Robert Couch @rhcouch]

Glad for the opportunity to advance the debate and advocate for our patients with Substance Use Disorder @KYMedAssoc @LouMedSociety @ASAMorg #AMAmtg2019

[Bert Guinn @BertGuinn]

GLMS and KMA reps, Dr Bob Couch and Dr Kelly Clark, each making impassioned pleas at the AMA meeting calling for alignment of federal privacy law/regulations governing substance abuse disorder treatment with HIPAA. #glms #kyma #AMAmtg2019

[AMA @AmerMedicalAssn]

Congratulations to our newly elected AMA speaker, @DrBruceAScott! #AMAmtg

[Robert Couch @rhcouch]

Go up escalator to level 2 to check in.

[Robert Couch @rhcouch]

Check in is at east tower. Main entrance.

[Robert Couch @rhcouch]

Meth and cocaine use deaths rapidly increasing because of fentanyl. The answer to the opioid epidemic is treatment of Substance Use Disorder, not turning to "safer" stimulants -- they all kill! @KYMedAssoc @LouMedSociety #OpioidCrisis https://t.co/n557eVusQi

[Robert Couch @rhcouch]

Opioid epidemic: We must learn to treat pain without addictive drugs https://t.co/jqpwg6Qxxr There are so many ways in which these recommendations are important. We're going to have to change our culture. @daneshmd @KYMedAssoc

[Robert Couch @rhcouch]

Great to meet @SuperChef_23 Darnell Ferguson at his Louisville restaurant, SuperChefs! Great food for breakfast & lunch. He’s opening a new place in my hometown, Tuscumbia, AL! Fantastic!

[Robert Couch @rhcouch]

This flu season hasn’t been as extreme as last year. But it has been long and widespread https://t.co/yHGmBtPiYG via @WSJ @KYMedAssoc @LouMedSociety #FocusOnFlu