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Dan Choi, MD, FAAOS

@drdanchoi

Independent Physician 🇺🇸 • Bring Back Private Practice! • Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgeon • Disc Replacement • Endoscopic • IG: spinedocny

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What if physicians—not financiers—were the ones funding healthcare innovation? Welcome to the PhyCap Podcast—where healthcare operators fund the future. In this episode, we ask the question too few are willing to confront: Dr. Vipul Kella and Dr. Paul Slosar aren’t just your

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HOLY CR*P 🚨 The American surgeon who’s gone viral exposing UnitedHealthcare criminal business practices HAS JUST BEEN DROPPED FROM BEING A PROVIDER She recently had them show at her home address and has now been RETALIATED AGAINST “I just have to be real. I'm scared, I spoke

Sean Wheeler, MD (@drseanwheeler) 's Twitter Profile Photo

If you think the cards aren’t stacked for corporations, remember that this year CMS (Medicare and Medicaid) proposed 2.9% increases for payment to ASCs (Ambulatory Surgical Centers mostly owned by large health corporations) and 3.4% increases to hospitals (unlawful for physicians

Private practice (@eljefe1america) 's Twitter Profile Photo

15 years ago a the case Physician Hospitals of America v. Sebelius was fought in court. It was to decide if section 6001 that prevents docs from owning hospitals. The doctors were defeated. The court decided that the doctors could not prove that they would be harmed by this

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The Zotec Partners 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) Proposed Rule summary has been released. ZPAC In over 3+ decades, the concerns & questions under this proposed rule, particularly the RVU changes on facility based physicians due to the PE impacts, are continuing

The <a href="/ZotecPartners/">Zotec Partners</a> 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) Proposed Rule summary has been released. <a href="/ZP_PAC/">ZPAC</a> 

In over 3+ decades, the concerns &amp; questions under this proposed rule, particularly the RVU changes on facility based physicians due to the PE impacts, are continuing
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Top 5 Physician Takeaways from the CMS 2026 Analysis: 1. “The Writing is on the Wall for Independent Practice” The 0.5% payment differential between APM and non-APM physicians, combined with the 2.5% efficiency cuts, makes it mathematically clear that CMS is systematically

Ed Gaines (@edgainesiii) 's Twitter Profile Photo

1/ Hi UnitedHealthcare—since according to this report you employ over 90K physicians & 1000s of other clinicians could we get your advocacy help on the 2026 Medicare fee schedule proposed fee schedule cuts? How about it—partner with physician advocacy organizations? This is an

Dr. Will Blake (@drwillblake) 's Twitter Profile Photo

When reimbursement models punish independence and reward consolidation, the market isn’t failing, it’s being manipulated. These aren’t natural outcomes. They’re engineered.

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Doctors face higher-than-average risk for lawsuits. Protecting your hard-earned wealth isn’t just smart - it’s essential. Here’s a breakdown of practical strategies every physician should consider:

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In less than one week we have almost hit our goal of $500k. I am grateful beyond words. After telling the truth about insurance and being punished for it, I was scared I was going to lose my practice. Now I feel like I can breathe again, knowing I’ll be able to continue

Dutch Rojas (@dutchrojas) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Prior auth is the scam that keeps on paying. In this week’s Doctor’s Lounge, we talk surgical emergencies delayed by bureaucracy, Ai algorithms denying care, and why 66% of employers could kill prior auth, but don’t. We also ask the uncomfortable question: Did the previous

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Why is it that in healthcare, an industry built on the principle of "first, do no harm", we have created a system that systematically harms the very people who dedicate their lives to healing others? This is not a rhetorical question. It is, I believe, a puzzle that reveals

Why is it that in healthcare, an industry built on the principle of "first, do no harm", we have created a system that systematically harms the very people who dedicate their lives to healing others?

This is not a rhetorical question. 

It is, I believe, a puzzle that reveals
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Listen to Dan Choi, MD, FAAOS discuss headwinds facing the aging boomer generation that expects Medicare to be there for them like it was for their parents. (Around 30’min mark) Medicare physician reimbursement rates have not kept up with inflation, and balance billing is disallowed.

Anthony DiGiorgio, DO, MHA (@drdigiorgio) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Medicare for all could reduce federal spending on healthcare, but you wouldn’t like the results. It would require severe rationing. You’d need to cut utilization, so wait times for things like MRI and surgery would go through the roof. We see this in Canada and the UK. It

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The No Surprises Act was signed into law to eliminate surprise medical billing, but it’s not being enforced as Congress intended.   I introduced the bipartisan No Surprises Enforcement Act to crack down on insurers defying the law.   We must put American patients first.

The No Surprises Act was signed into law to eliminate surprise medical billing, but it’s not being enforced as Congress intended. 
 
I introduced the bipartisan No Surprises Enforcement Act to crack down on insurers defying the law.
 
We must put American patients first.
Ed Gaines (@edgainesiii) 's Twitter Profile Photo

1/I’ve been a bit of broken record here—UnitedHealthcare denied for months that they were under any investigation of #MedicareAdvantage program but now admits in an official 8K SEC filing that they are under investigation. The case that UHC cites as a win is much…… cnbc.com/2025/07/24/uni…

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THREAD: The Nonprofit Touchdown UCLA Health is a state-funded, tax-exempt, nonprofit medical system. So why is it sponsoring an NFL team? Here’s how your healthcare dollars ended up in the Chargers’ locker room: 👇 UCLA Health Los Angeles Chargers

THREAD: The Nonprofit Touchdown

UCLA Health is a state-funded, tax-exempt, nonprofit medical system.

So why is it sponsoring an NFL team?

Here’s how your healthcare dollars ended up in the Chargers’ locker room:
👇

<a href="/UCLAHealth/">UCLA Health</a> 
<a href="/chargers/">Los Angeles Chargers</a>