Ben Schwartz, MD, MBA
@benschwartzmd.bsky.social
Orthopedic Surgeon with an interest in health tech and value-based care (however you choose to define it).
https://thesurgeonsrecord.substack.com/
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The Wrong Unicorns
Presented by Commons Clinic
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February 17, 2025 at 8:17 PM
The latest edition of The Surgeon's Record.
Answers to reader submitted questions on healthcare accountability, profit v. profiteering, VBC strategy, and more!
#medsky
Answers to reader submitted questions on healthcare accountability, profit v. profiteering, VBC strategy, and more!
#medsky
Your Questions, Answered
Health care accountability, Profit vs. profiteering, VBC strategy, and more!
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January 22, 2025 at 10:40 PM
The latest edition of The Surgeon's Record.
Answers to reader submitted questions on healthcare accountability, profit v. profiteering, VBC strategy, and more!
#medsky
Answers to reader submitted questions on healthcare accountability, profit v. profiteering, VBC strategy, and more!
#medsky
Mark Cuban, JP Morgan, and the Healthcare Puzzle: Building a System That Works
Building on @mcuban.bsky.social recent healthcare blog post, themes at JPM, and my recent keynote address on MSK VBC.
#medsky
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Building on @mcuban.bsky.social recent healthcare blog post, themes at JPM, and my recent keynote address on MSK VBC.
#medsky
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Mark Cuban, JP Morgan, and the Healthcare Puzzle: Building a System That Works
Presented by Commons Clinic
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January 13, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Mark Cuban, JP Morgan, and the Healthcare Puzzle: Building a System That Works
Building on @mcuban.bsky.social recent healthcare blog post, themes at JPM, and my recent keynote address on MSK VBC.
#medsky
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Building on @mcuban.bsky.social recent healthcare blog post, themes at JPM, and my recent keynote address on MSK VBC.
#medsky
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A conversation on VBC and healthcare innovation.
#medsky #orthosky
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#medsky #orthosky
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Reframing Value in Healthcare: A Conversation on Innovation and Leadership
With Dr. Phil Louie of Measured Scalpel
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January 7, 2025 at 11:57 PM
A conversation on VBC and healthcare innovation.
#medsky #orthosky
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#medsky #orthosky
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Interesting year ahead as we enter the next phase of digital health and healthcare innovation.
2025 is the year the rubber meets the road.
2025 is the year the rubber meets the road.
Top executives at Omada, Transcarent, Hinge Health, and Maven Clinic reflect on the year that passed, and the year ahead for their companies.
Four digital health unicorns on what they expect in 2025
Top executives at Omada, Transcarent, Hinge Health and Maven Clinic reflect on the year that passed, and the year ahead for their companies.
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December 31, 2024 at 8:38 PM
Interesting year ahead as we enter the next phase of digital health and healthcare innovation.
2025 is the year the rubber meets the road.
2025 is the year the rubber meets the road.
🚨 Prediction Post Alert! 🚨
Year of the Wood Snake
Transformation.
Wisdom.
Calculated risk.
#medsky
thesurgeonsrecord.substack.com/p/2025-the-y...
Year of the Wood Snake
Transformation.
Wisdom.
Calculated risk.
#medsky
thesurgeonsrecord.substack.com/p/2025-the-y...
2025, The Year of the Wood Snake: 7 Unconventional Healthcare Predictions
Transformation, wisdom, calculated risk
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December 31, 2024 at 12:05 AM
🚨 Prediction Post Alert! 🚨
Year of the Wood Snake
Transformation.
Wisdom.
Calculated risk.
#medsky
thesurgeonsrecord.substack.com/p/2025-the-y...
Year of the Wood Snake
Transformation.
Wisdom.
Calculated risk.
#medsky
thesurgeonsrecord.substack.com/p/2025-the-y...
🚨The Surgeon's Record Guest post alert! 🚨
This week the excellent @grahamwalker.bsky.social tackles the complex issue of physician compensation. It's a nuanced look at a complicated topic.
Thanks Graham! 👇
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#medsky
This week the excellent @grahamwalker.bsky.social tackles the complex issue of physician compensation. It's a nuanced look at a complicated topic.
Thanks Graham! 👇
thesurgeonsrecord.substack.com/p/guest-post...
#medsky
Guest Post: Are Physicians' Salaries Overvalued, Undervalued, or Just Right?
By Graham Walker, MD, Co-Founder of Offcall
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December 17, 2024 at 4:33 PM
🚨The Surgeon's Record Guest post alert! 🚨
This week the excellent @grahamwalker.bsky.social tackles the complex issue of physician compensation. It's a nuanced look at a complicated topic.
Thanks Graham! 👇
thesurgeonsrecord.substack.com/p/guest-post...
#medsky
This week the excellent @grahamwalker.bsky.social tackles the complex issue of physician compensation. It's a nuanced look at a complicated topic.
Thanks Graham! 👇
thesurgeonsrecord.substack.com/p/guest-post...
#medsky
@profgalloway.com
Appreciate your take on healthcare on today's @pivotpod.bsky.social episode. Interesting that on the one hand you (rightfully) call out politicians (the govt) for being complicit in the mess but on the other hand advocate for Medicare for All.
Appreciate your take on healthcare on today's @pivotpod.bsky.social episode. Interesting that on the one hand you (rightfully) call out politicians (the govt) for being complicit in the mess but on the other hand advocate for Medicare for All.
December 13, 2024 at 8:20 PM
@profgalloway.com
Appreciate your take on healthcare on today's @pivotpod.bsky.social episode. Interesting that on the one hand you (rightfully) call out politicians (the govt) for being complicit in the mess but on the other hand advocate for Medicare for All.
Appreciate your take on healthcare on today's @pivotpod.bsky.social episode. Interesting that on the one hand you (rightfully) call out politicians (the govt) for being complicit in the mess but on the other hand advocate for Medicare for All.
There's a lot wrong with healthcare, but the doom loop discussions make it seem like we can't get anything right. Those of us who show up on the frontlines every day know this isn't true. There's a lot we do get right, we just don't hear nearly enough about these stories.
December 13, 2024 at 1:15 AM
There's a lot wrong with healthcare, but the doom loop discussions make it seem like we can't get anything right. Those of us who show up on the frontlines every day know this isn't true. There's a lot we do get right, we just don't hear nearly enough about these stories.
Adverse reactions and side effects labeled as allergies are a hidden and increasingly pervasive reason for substandard care.
Patients may be unnecessarily excluded from receiving entire classes of medications, leading to the use of less effective alternatives.
Patients may be unnecessarily excluded from receiving entire classes of medications, leading to the use of less effective alternatives.
December 10, 2024 at 3:46 PM
Adverse reactions and side effects labeled as allergies are a hidden and increasingly pervasive reason for substandard care.
Patients may be unnecessarily excluded from receiving entire classes of medications, leading to the use of less effective alternatives.
Patients may be unnecessarily excluded from receiving entire classes of medications, leading to the use of less effective alternatives.
Thoughts on the two biggest obstacles to healthcare reform: misaligned incentives and entrenched payment models.
#medsky
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#medsky
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Postprandial Healthcare Musings
Who needs ketamine when you have tryptophan?
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December 3, 2024 at 4:05 PM
Thoughts on the two biggest obstacles to healthcare reform: misaligned incentives and entrenched payment models.
#medsky
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#medsky
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The most worrisome healthcare grifters aren't the ones selling obvious snake oil and quick fixes, they're the ones using degrees and credentials to disguise ulterior motives as insight.
They pass themselves off as legit experts, but it's always a good idea to dig a little deeper.
They pass themselves off as legit experts, but it's always a good idea to dig a little deeper.
November 30, 2024 at 4:49 PM
The most worrisome healthcare grifters aren't the ones selling obvious snake oil and quick fixes, they're the ones using degrees and credentials to disguise ulterior motives as insight.
They pass themselves off as legit experts, but it's always a good idea to dig a little deeper.
They pass themselves off as legit experts, but it's always a good idea to dig a little deeper.
There's a trend of individuals who completed medical school or residency but never practiced positioning themselves as medical experts.
While medical training provides a strong foundation, the real expertise comes from years of patient care.
While medical training provides a strong foundation, the real expertise comes from years of patient care.
November 30, 2024 at 1:47 AM
There's a trend of individuals who completed medical school or residency but never practiced positioning themselves as medical experts.
While medical training provides a strong foundation, the real expertise comes from years of patient care.
While medical training provides a strong foundation, the real expertise comes from years of patient care.
Giving Thanks: The Moments that Build Resilience
Presented by Commons Clinic
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November 26, 2024 at 3:54 PM
The unfortunate truth in an era of influencers is that well reasoned, thoughtful arguments backed up by facts are boring and will garner you little attention, interest, or influence.
November 20, 2024 at 4:42 PM
The unfortunate truth in an era of influencers is that well reasoned, thoughtful arguments backed up by facts are boring and will garner you little attention, interest, or influence.
Thoughts on why so many seemingly well-reasoned, logical healthcare innovations struggle to gain traction.
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One Step Forward, Two Steps Back
Presented by Commons Clinic
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November 19, 2024 at 4:00 PM
Thoughts on why so many seemingly well-reasoned, logical healthcare innovations struggle to gain traction.
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AI won’t replace doctors, doctors who understand and embrace AI will.
Long way to go. Kudos to those getting ahead of the curve.
Long way to go. Kudos to those getting ahead of the curve.
ChatGPT Defeated Doctors at Diagnosing Illness
A small study found ChatGPT outdid human physicians when assessing medical case histories, even when those doctors were using a chatbot.
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2024 at 8:53 PM
AI won’t replace doctors, doctors who understand and embrace AI will.
Long way to go. Kudos to those getting ahead of the curve.
Long way to go. Kudos to those getting ahead of the curve.
Reposted by Ben Schwartz, MD, MBA
HHS has routinely imposed the "death penalty" on small businesses, barring them from participating in Medicare.
But it has never barred a national Medicare supplier -- even when that company has repeatedly committed fraud.
Some companies, it seems, are too big to ban.
But it has never barred a national Medicare supplier -- even when that company has repeatedly committed fraud.
Some companies, it seems, are too big to ban.
Lincare Made Billions While Repeatedly Defrauding Medicare. Feds Did Little To Rein It In.
Lincare, the nation’s largest distributor of home oxygen equipment, has repeatedly violated Medicare rules and probation agreements, victimizing ailing patients and costing taxpayers huge sums. The fe...
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November 17, 2024 at 6:48 PM
HHS has routinely imposed the "death penalty" on small businesses, barring them from participating in Medicare.
But it has never barred a national Medicare supplier -- even when that company has repeatedly committed fraud.
Some companies, it seems, are too big to ban.
But it has never barred a national Medicare supplier -- even when that company has repeatedly committed fraud.
Some companies, it seems, are too big to ban.
One of the most well thought out and explained pieces on ACOs, MSSP, APMs, and primary care payment reform I've read.
ACOs are promising, but we haven't solved the tug of war between PCPs and specialists to the benefit of patients IMO.
I'm keen on a medical home/hub + specialty spoke model.
ACOs are promising, but we haven't solved the tug of war between PCPs and specialists to the benefit of patients IMO.
I'm keen on a medical home/hub + specialty spoke model.
Physician Payment Reform In Medicare: Putting The Pieces Together | Health Affairs Forefront
There has been less attention paid to the role of alternative payment models in advancing the goals of physician payment reform, despite the fact that a major underlying motivation for payment reform ...
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November 17, 2024 at 1:50 PM
One of the most well thought out and explained pieces on ACOs, MSSP, APMs, and primary care payment reform I've read.
ACOs are promising, but we haven't solved the tug of war between PCPs and specialists to the benefit of patients IMO.
I'm keen on a medical home/hub + specialty spoke model.
ACOs are promising, but we haven't solved the tug of war between PCPs and specialists to the benefit of patients IMO.
I'm keen on a medical home/hub + specialty spoke model.
The pendulum has swung hard against VBC. Not surprising given that hype has not matched reality.
But it's a mistake to give up on the concept -- it simply needs to be redefined. It's not about vilifying FFS, it's about delivering high quality care while reducing system cost.
But it's a mistake to give up on the concept -- it simply needs to be redefined. It's not about vilifying FFS, it's about delivering high quality care while reducing system cost.
November 16, 2024 at 5:42 PM
The pendulum has swung hard against VBC. Not surprising given that hype has not matched reality.
But it's a mistake to give up on the concept -- it simply needs to be redefined. It's not about vilifying FFS, it's about delivering high quality care while reducing system cost.
But it's a mistake to give up on the concept -- it simply needs to be redefined. It's not about vilifying FFS, it's about delivering high quality care while reducing system cost.
My thoughts on the recent WSJ article: “Young Doctors Want Work-Life Balance. Older Doctors Say That’s Not the Job.”
This is a Call
Thoughts on the WSJ article
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November 16, 2024 at 2:08 PM
My thoughts on the recent WSJ article: “Young Doctors Want Work-Life Balance. Older Doctors Say That’s Not the Job.”
Welp, I finally got an invite to BlueSky. Who/what should I follow?
Interest are #healthcare, #healthtech, #digitalhealth, and #entrepreneurship
Interest are #healthcare, #healthtech, #digitalhealth, and #entrepreneurship
November 11, 2023 at 9:32 PM
Welp, I finally got an invite to BlueSky. Who/what should I follow?
Interest are #healthcare, #healthtech, #digitalhealth, and #entrepreneurship
Interest are #healthcare, #healthtech, #digitalhealth, and #entrepreneurship