Chad Ruffin, MD

Medicare is rapidly incentivizing physicians to withdraw from the program.

Not seeing it on mine, and I subscribe.

“Doing your own research,” may be Dunning Kruger, but patients don’t know what they don’t know, and many have medical trauma. Snide responses like these are unhelpful. Punch up, not down.

Child has a fever and mild cold symptoms. They see their PCP/urgent care/etc and get diagnosis of "strep" without testing or ear infection. They get started on amoxil.

3 days later the fever breaks and the kid gets a rash all over.

This happens ALL THE TIME.

@labmuffin.com Love your site! What's a reputable site for shipping La Roche-Posay UVMUNE 400 to the U.S?

I would do it exclusively in red areas. Go where minds can be changed. Not where the choir already stands behind you !

Can someone suggest a service that lets people email or call their legislators directly through a campaign-specific link with as little friction as possible?

You see a link/QR code in a video that takes you to a page that populates emails and calls to your elected officials.

You’re using a flash?

Probably because the reproducibility crisis means that only 10% of research findings are of any consequence and that major grants are awarded to people with one foot in the grave–young scientists and risks are verboten at NIH.

Graphic that reads MDisability Provider Webinar Series. Beyond Amplification: Hearing Loss for Primary Care Providers. Presented by Otolaryngologist Chad Ruffin, MD. Moderated by MDisability Director Michael M. McKee, MD, MPH. Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025 from 12 p.m.-1 p.m. EDT. ASL interpreters will be present during the session. Learn more about Dr. Ruffin at his website chadruffin.com.

This Thursday! @chadruffinmd.bsky.social will be the featured speaker of MDisability's Provider Webinar Series from 12-1 p.m. EDT. Dr. Ruffin will speak about the importance of providing holistic care for people with hearing loss & discuss new treatment strategies. Register now! bit.ly/3ZAZYTf

A hospital I used to work at replaced theirs with an ARNP!

I can’t pull up the profile. Is it gone?

Oh. Thats why my forecast is…

People sometimes make fun of science that sounds stupid and random.

Meanwhile, a study of lizard saliva turned into a peptide medication, which was turned into a diabetes medication, which was turned into a GLP1 weight loss drug, that just became the first therapy every approved for … sleep apnea

Larger teams and bigger bets worked well for healthcare.

What book?

I get that, mine is a solo LLC, but I’m the registered agent. I would think the registered agent of a physician owned Corp. would be one of the partners with someone visibly connected to the practice. When the agent is someone else, it makes me think it’s hospital or PE owned. Would that be correct?

State business entity listings seem to list a “corporation“ as the primary agent for PE held practices. Is this the norm for PE and hospital owned practices? Would think that the primary agents or owners would be the doctors themselves for a primarily owned practice?

#MedSky, how does a patient determine whether a practice is owned by private equity?

Following

Whoops with the grammatical error.

Honored to speak at the University of Michigan's MDisability series! to improve primary care for people with disabilities. Join us–no need to be a doctor.

"Beyond Amplification: Hearing Loss for Primary Care Providers."
January 9, 12-1 p.m. EDT
ASL interpreters available.
Register: bit.ly/3PM9peK

Actually, I'm optimistic about the next administration. Some of the best changes for docs came with the Trump admin–requiring hospitals to publish prices online, simplifying documentation... Not sure they have the executive skills to accomplish anything...

You’d be surprised what people expect… yes, I understand what you’re saying.

Truly remarkable how Republicans manage to be on the wrong side of everything, their steadfastness in corruption and incompetence. There's an obvious answer to, "should the government make it easy to file taxes, or should people be forced to use private companies to do it?"

And yet.

Expertise isn't free. Doctors, especially specialists, have more years of education than either my attorney or accountant who charge $300-700/hour...including emails (which I don't charge patients for). Exorbitant however is a parent having to pay $10k for what should be a $2k procedure.

Also, healthcare is $$$. My attorney and accountant both charge $300-700/hour and they have less education than surgeons. Expertise isn't free. I do understand what you're talking bout in terms of exorbitant pricing–shouldn't cost a parent $10k to get ear tubes for their kid.

Paying higher as a consumer is altogether fair. Physicians make money from insured patients with decreased rates through volume–the insurance company sends patients to doctors. Standard rate for self-pay is 20% discount off the list.

Insurance companies required that we charge the same list price to everyone. This is likely what you’re referring to as “exorbitant.“ The negotiated rate is required to be private. This system is created by insurers to obfuscate the actual cost of care and hinder comparison.

Google's new quantum chip cuts key error rate The company's research could point the way to more practical uses for rapidly evolving quantum computing tech.

"Their 105-qubit quantum processor, Willow, performed in less than five minutes a computation that would take one of today's fastest supercomputers 10 septillion years - about a quadrillion times longer than the universe has been around."