Meg Edison MD

Someday, we're going to be sipping Pappy's, talking about the time a Midwest gal took on @ABMSCert from her Airstream. #liveriveted

One way Surgery Center of Oklahoma keeps our costs down? Reducing administrative bloat. Instead of layers of executives and bureaucracy, our founders, Dr. Keith Smith and Dr. Steven Lantier, still work regular shifts in the operating room. That physician-led structure keeps decision-making close to patient care and eliminates many of the overhead costs that drive hospital prices higher. More focus on medicine. Less spent on administration. Surgery Center of Oklahoma.

18 seats on the Healthcare Advisory Committee. Selected from 400+ nominations. Sanford Health CEO. Cleveland Clinic CFO. Intermountain Health CSO. Availity CEO. Zero independent physicians. The committee will now advise on Medicare physician payment rates. The market structure here is not subtle. Full member breakdown, affiliations, and conflict documentation: hac.rojasreport.com

“We need to stop pretending the scarcity is merit-based when the data shows otherwise. And we need to stop letting the people who benefit from the bottleneck control the conversation about whether the bottleneck exists. “ Well said.

If hospitals can own physicians why can't physicians own hospitals? GKS

Even more wild when the “non-profit hospital” also owns a “non-profit health insurance company”.

@FAHhospitals You mean like you own the hospital, the clinic, the radiology suites, the doctors, the physical therapy clinics, the outpatient radiotherapy places, and the home health? And you silo out private physicians from accessing your systems? Cry me a river. Tick-tock

I’m sorry, but I disagree with this decision. We seem to operate under the assumption that physicians are responsible for fixing every aspect of society, which is unrealistic. First, we already have trained professionals in nutrition—dietitians. Yet we consistently underpay them and fail to provide adequate access to their services. While physicians receiving 40 hours of nutrition education isn’t inherently a bad idea, delivering the behavioral interventions required to meaningfully change diet often takes hours of patient engagement. In the current system, many physicians are fortunate if they can spend 5–10 minutes with a patient a few times per year. The problem is not that people are unaware they should eat more fruits and vegetables. The larger issue is that the food system itself heavily subsidizes and incentivizes highly processed foods. Structural changes to that system would likely have a far greater impact than physicians repeatedly telling patients to eat more fruits and vegetables. At some point, we need to acknowledge the limits of what can realistically be addressed within a brief clinical encounter. It’s all so exhausting.

@notaproviderMD Once you understand who he’s trying to blame, and getting others to pile on, it hits hard.

@megedison People really believe that it will have a different effect because they blame physicians for their poor lifestyle choices or make us fully responsible for their health.

This is the reality.

Like many of my patients, we haven’t used our insurance yet this year for prescriptions b/c it’s too expensive to use insurance. Another script is $300/m using @PriorityHealth but $85/m w/ @GoodRx

Why are generic EpiPens $300 again? @US_FDA @FTC @SecKennedy

Costco in Michigan. I can go to any pharmacy in Canada & get one without a prescription, they’re OTC. Would be ~$70USD at Costco in Canada.

My oh my. @AmerMedicalAssn is a ridiculous organization. So many colleagues have been shamed/doxxed/harassed for even bringing up concerns at the AMA HOD. One lawsuit is all it took. @AmerAcadPeds will double down.

The “yearly deductible” is the dumbest, most wasteful, dangerous invention of insurance companies. Wasteful spending & non-essential procedures in December…now skipping life saving meds & care in Jan. The human cost is real.

A new year and new chapter is here. 🎉 We’re excited for you to see PAMED Incoming President Arvind R. Cavale, MD, FACE, FCPP, PCEO’s (@endodocPA) vision for 2026 in action. Dr. Cavale, we’re inspired by your commitment to Pennsylvania physicians and can’t wait to see your leadership shine! If you haven't already, now is the perfect time to get to know Dr. Cavale! Learn more about him and his initiative here: pamedsoc.org/cavale

@ChrisMurphyCT Maybe government & government schools should stop asking pediatricians to work filling out their forms for free? You could work on the unnecessary form/letter issue that takes up hours and hours of our time, instead of demonizing pediatricians.

Our pediatrician practice, which is owned in part by Goldman Sachs, charges us to fill out school health forms. My high schooler, who’s taking intro to economics, was incredulous. “What, are we going to say no, don’t fill out the form? It’s an inelastic market!”

Where is that ABP $$ going? @doctorwes @InfoNbpas @CMichaelGibson @MartyMakary @DrMakaryFDA @megedison @kksheld @AAPSonline

The Am Board of Pediatrics says; 'Hold my beer🍺'. Sheesh, with assets of $233million, you'd think kids would be mentally and physically healthier. It does not make me happy to expose grift. It makes me sad that it exists within the house of medicine, with few speaking out against it. 1/2 🧵

Do you like money?💰Support S.2355 Patients Deserve Price Tags Act!💸@DawnStensland @mass_marion

I see a lot of people responding to this tweet with "duh, Not everybody uses their insurance. That's how it's supposed to work." No. That many zero-claim enrollees is a lot more than the typical insurance market, and evidence of fraud. paragoninstitute.org/private-health…