Andrew Kopecky, MD, PhD

My professional opinion as a pediatrician is you should not do this to kids.

Slightly diminish a game

Settlers of Canton

This thread is a dark view, also unfortunately probably a reality that our country is moving toward

I found out that one of my colleagues went to eternal weekend this year. I didn't even know that he played, now I'm motivated to go next year.

FANSS study: low-dose CT screening feasible, valuable for lung cancer screening for Asian non-smoking women

Supports expansion of guidelines to include high-risk populations

Presenter: @elaineshummd.bsky.social
Discussant: David R. Baldwin, MD

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ASTRO reviews role of radiotherapy for non malignant and inflammatory diseases

Up way too early heading to ASTRO

Just getting around to watching the Queens gambit. It's more depressing than I thought it would be

Honestly we should pass a law requiring the time physicians spend on this be billable, and insurance companies have to pay it themselves without passing the cost onto the patient. Maybe that would incentivize them to stop making patients and physicians jump through these hoops to get essential care

And your experience also highlights, in addition to patients' stress, the challenges that prior auth causes for physicians who help us out when these challenges arise: they need dedicated support staff, and when they get dragged into "peer-to-peers" and protracted appeals, it's non-billable hours.

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UnitedHealth hired a defamation law firm to go after social media posts criticizing the company The insurer and its law firm denies a doctor’s online claim that it refused to cover care for a cancer patient.

fortune.com/2025/02/10/u... their tears are delicious

40. All of the cancer screenings are decreasing in age

That seems easy - don't waste your time

Every time I have to talk to an insurance company on the phone, I let the patient know. When they express frustration about it and ask what they can do I tell them to call their politicians and complain. It probably doesn't make a difference but at least they are aware

Thus far into my career, United is the only one I've had to consistently battle to get standard of care treatments for my patients

Residents need time to study, including question blocks

I meant I performed it

First gammatile treatment today went relatively smoothly. We'll see going forward

Transgender People, Bathrooms, and Sexual Predators: What the Data Say Content Warning: while I will not be describing any actual instances of sexual violence or child sexual abuse, these issues (and false…

this essay is full of actual research showing trans women pose no threat to cis women in restrooms & other sex-segregated spaces. if you encounter any cis ppl discussing/debating the Mace/McBride/congressional restroom fuckery, pls share this link with them:
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This seems like something out of a tv show

I can’t wait to have my 3% cut in Medicare reimbursement sponsored by Alpha BRAIN® cognitive booster

I bet some of ya’ll can’t even tell if this is real or fake at this point….

My daughter has decided that Taylor Swift is her favorite so she's teaching me all of the dances

Screenshot of Merritt Hawkins 2016 Revenue Survey, showing average revenue generated by physician type.

Screenshot of Merritt Hawkins 2016 Revenue Survey, showing average revenue generated by physician type.

I've got two big problems with this.

The first is that it's dishonest.

Hospitals know how much revenue physicians bring in. Here, e.g., are figures from a 2016 survey.

Rather than "losing $300k", the average PCP/specialist *generated* revenue of $1.4 million and $1.6 million, respectively.