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1/ What’s the urgency re: #NoSurprisesAct dispute resolutions decisions (IDRs) returning immediately you ask? 1st, amicus briefs are important but they’re but 1 tool in the tool box. “We” need to do more, to wit: for EM docs the decline in post #NSA reimbursements is >32% so….
2/ IDR is the main remedy to the EM Docs who have (willingly) the #EMTALA & moral duty to provide care regardless of the in network status; 2. @EDPMA survey data on the +30% decline in pre vs post NSA reimbursements is 10s of 1000s of claims. 2 paraphrase the movie “Patton”, how
3/will we all answer the question “where were you & what do you do when independent physician groups’ independence suffered an accelerate decline?” To borrow a line from Netflix doc “Full Swing” (attributed to Tiger) “ Don’t get bitter, get better” @ACEPNow @ACRRAN @ASALifeline 
Sec. of HHS also has authority (& the collective we should check) under a public health emergency (Section 1135 of the SSA for you home gamers) to waive #EMTALA sanctions for redirection of an individual to another location for the MSE per a state emergency preparedness plan...
“But in taking their cause to politicians, doctors have waged an extraordinary on-the-ground stealth campaign to win over members of Congress. Their professional credentials give them a kind of gravitas compared with lobbyists who are merely hired guns.”
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Thanks @NPR for the encouragement to keep going! Sometimes democracy does actually work. Sometimes citizens meeting with their legislators & explaining #EMTALA and the unintended consequences of certain policies to our safety net and emergency care system works.
It’s definitely not a “stealth campaign” though! One of our meetings with an aide was standing in the hall today 😂. We’ve published, done podcasts and tweeted ad nauseam since no journalists seem to care about the details or anything but lurid headlines.
I read it. It sounded familiar - like it was ghostwritten by one of the lobby groups I’ve come to know quite well. The ones that take advantage of poor understanding of the financing and business of healthcare...and EMTALA. I’ll share some different data. 1/n
I work in MN, the state with the lowest rate of OON billing. My independent practice (50years old) doesn’t balance bill charges to the <2% OON patients we see. Yet we expect the benchmark you advocate for to drive us out of business. healthsystemtracker.org/brief/an-exami…
A little tutorial on how private practice docs are paid:We don’t get a salary like docs in academia.We aren’t paid by hospital. Our pay is based on reimbursement - what the government/insurers/patients pay us. No patients, no pay. No paying patients, no pay.
BEFORE READING THIS THREAD, do you think this statement is TRUE or FALSE?
Despite being a documented #epidemic for decades, @HHSGov's #CenterForDiseaseControl(@CDCgov) intentionally obstructs its collecting #statistics on what causes at least 10% of deaths NEEDLESSLY every year.
Despite being a documented #epidemic for decades, @HHSGov's #CenterForDiseaseControl(@CDCgov) intentionally obstructs its collecting #statistics on what causes at least 10% of deaths NEEDLESSLY every year.
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HINT: You already know of these systemic #DataScams due to #PublicCorruption & #RegulatoryCapture:
🤥#HackedVoting/#illegitimateResults
🤥#UScensus is maliciously biased
🤥#Gerrymandering
Thread coming soon about #CauseOfDeath #DataFraud
#AmericanSwamp #MedicalControlFraud
HINT: You already know of these systemic #DataScams due to #PublicCorruption & #RegulatoryCapture:
🤥#HackedVoting/#illegitimateResults
🤥#UScensus is maliciously biased
🤥#Gerrymandering
Thread coming soon about #CauseOfDeath #DataFraud
#AmericanSwamp #MedicalControlFraud
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ANOTHER HINT: My inability to escape intrahospital, interhospital & health/disability insurers’ #ConspiracyAgainstRights using #MedicalControlFrauds exposes motive of the right answer.
Watch this video later to understand #PublicCorruption by example📽️
ANOTHER HINT: My inability to escape intrahospital, interhospital & health/disability insurers’ #ConspiracyAgainstRights using #MedicalControlFrauds exposes motive of the right answer.
Watch this video later to understand #PublicCorruption by example📽️
