Author: Nicole Anthony, MD Editor: Alec Feuerbach, MD A few years ago, I had a patient, a young woman, who had just immigrated to New York from Libya. She had left her family behind, and her only contact in New York City was the family friend with whom she was Read more…
Clinical Case A 25-year-old, Yemeni Arabic-speaking man is brought in by NYPD in custody to the ED for the chief complaint of “needs taser removal from the back.” Vital signs are stable. On exam, you notice multiple areas of swelling and acute ecchymosis on extremities and a visibly deformed jaw, Read more…
This article is reposted from EMResident https://www.emra.org/emresident/article/title-x/ 4/23/2020 Noah Berland, MD, MS , Caitlin Farrell, DO, MP Changes to Title X threaten to reverse 40 years of advancement in women’s health care. If we allow the Title X changes to limit what we as physicians can tell our patients, where Read more…
How much do hospitals spend just to get paid? A new study1 in JAMA estimates that the cost of billing and insurance activities at a large academic health system in Durham, North Carolina ranged from $20 for a primary care visit to $62 for an emergency visit to $215 for Read more…