I'm a Urologist @PennMedicine @PennUrology and an obsessive squash player @GCC_1854. I specialize in treating BPH, erectile dysfunction and male incontinence.
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William Jaffe retweeted
Disagree with her policies. Challenge her ideas. Fight her at the ballot box. That’s democracy.
But for the sitting Vice President of the United States to tell Angie Nixon, a FL state representative, U.S. Senate nominee, business owner, mother, and Floridian that she doesn’t belong in America is profoundly un-American and racist.
No politician gets to decide who belongs in this country. NO MAS!
William Jaffe retweeted
>15 years of doing penile implants, and apparently @MetroPlusHealth knows something about penile implants that I don't.
"Cortisol...can affect how well a penile implant may work." and now a "necessary" test to do before they approve a penile implant. Of course, the patient has no history of cortisol-related pathology...some algorithm....
Can someone explain to me - what is the evidence that cortisol levels are "medically necessary", and why we don't have them in the @AmerUrological guidelines or on the Board Exam?🤣 Maybe @AHIPCoverage can help with the answer?
@justindubinmd @ABUrology @DrPaulPerito @RepGregMurphy @rachelcohrs @SMSNA_ORG
William Jaffe retweeted
Hey @AHIPCoverage tell us all why a patient needs a cortisol level before getting a penile implant?
Has there ever been a more blatant case of making up random barriers to avoid authorizing payment?
Retweet for visibility please.
>15 years of doing penile implants, and apparently @MetroPlusHealth knows something about penile implants that I don't.
"Cortisol...can affect how well a penile implant may work." and now a "necessary" test to do before they approve a penile implant. Of course, the patient has no history of cortisol-related pathology...some algorithm....
Can someone explain to me - what is the evidence that cortisol levels are "medically necessary", and why we don't have them in the @AmerUrological guidelines or on the Board Exam?🤣 Maybe @AHIPCoverage can help with the answer?
@justindubinmd @ABUrology @DrPaulPerito @RepGregMurphy @rachelcohrs @SMSNA_ORG
William Jaffe retweeted
APPs + physicians + collaboration = stronger urologic care. 💙
Great conversation with @billyjaffe Kristy Keyock CRNP, Andy Gardner PA-C, and @KovellCaleb on integrating APPs into practice at the Mid-Atlantic AUA! @midatlanticaua #maaua26 #TeamBasedCare
William Jaffe retweeted
It's @CollegeSquash semifinal Saturday in Philly!
ℹ️: goprincetontigers.com/sports…
ALT match day vs harvard 3pm however cup semifinals action photo
William Jaffe retweeted
On to the @CollegeSquash Howe Cup semis!
ℹ️: goprincetontigers.com/news/2…
ALT Final princeton 9-0 yale action photo
William Jaffe retweeted
FINAL | No. 1 Princeton 5, No. 2 Penn 1
IVY LEAGUE TOURNAMENT CHAMPS!
ALT Ivy league tournament champions celebration photos
William Jaffe retweeted
Congratulations to our Ivy League Tournament Most Outstanding Player Zeina Zein and fellow all-tournament honorees Sam Jaffe, Liyen Teoh and Emma Trauber!
ALT Most outstanding player celebration Photo
ALT All tournament team posed photos
William Jaffe retweeted
On to the @IvyLeague Tournament final!
NEW TIME: Sunday, 9am vs. Penn!
ALT final Princeton 8-1 cornell celebration photo
William Jaffe retweeted
Alex Jaffe, Emma Trauber and Zeina Zein are first-team All-Ivy honorees...
ℹ️: goprincetontigers.com/news/2…
ALT first-team all-ivy Alex Jaffe Emma trauber Zeina zein posed photos
William Jaffe retweeted
An All-Ivy haul for the Ivy League champs! 🤣🧵
Alex Jaffe is the @IvyLeague Rookie of the Year...
ℹ️: goprincetontigers.com/news/2…
ALT ivy rookie of the year Alex Jaffe posed photo
William Jaffe retweeted
The @IvyLeague sweep is complete!
See you next weekend for the Ivy League Tournament!
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William Jaffe retweeted
Honored to publish in European Urology 🚀
From an idea by Prof. @cosimodenunzio and a stellar team, we went beyond systematically reviewing MISTs for BPO—by proposing a bold definition of “success” and testing it across all domains for each procedure
👉 doi.org/10.1016/j.eururo.202…
William Jaffe retweeted
That is quality by USA's Alexandra Jaffe 👏
📺 Watch the World Squash Junior Championships live and free on WORLDSQUASH.TV and Myco
💻 Follow the tournament at worldsquash.sport and wsfworldjuniors.com
#worldjuniorssquash
William Jaffe retweeted
That is brilliant by USA's Alexandra Jaffe 🔥
📺 Watch the World Squash Junior Championships live and free on WORLDSQUASH.TV and Myco
💻 Follow the tournament at worldsquash.sport and wsfworldjuniors.com
#worldjuniorssquash
William Jaffe retweeted
We're excited to raise awareness for men's health through our #DRYseries. Thanks for highlighting, @FiercePharma! bit.ly/4eiu6b9 #Movember
William Jaffe retweeted
Physician conversion factors:
2000: $36.6173
2003: $36.7856
2006: $37.8975
2009: $36.0666
2012: $34.0376
2015: $35.7547
2018: $35.9996
2021: $34.8931
2024: $32.7442
UHC stock up 8,556%
Insurance premiums up 342%
Inflation up 86%
Physician pay down 10%
We should keep cutting physician pay so families have more money in their pockets through reduced costs and reduced premiums based on the last 25 years of experience.
Average US family health insurance premium...
2000: $6k
2003: $9k
2006: $11k
2009: $13k
2012: $16k
2015: $18k
2018: $20k
2021: $22k
2024: $26k
That's a 342% increase since 1999 (6.1% per year).
(Note: US CPI inflation has increased 2.5%/year)
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William Jaffe retweeted
Going to say it again…
1998 conversion factor for doctors - $36.68
2024 conversation factor for doctors - $33.29
1999 Insurance premiums - $6k
2024 Insurance premiums - $24k
When you pay more for healthcare, it’s not coming from private, independent doctors no matter what the insurers, politicians, or news stories say. Physicians are paid less in absolute terms over the last 25 years while insurers are up 314% and inflation is up 83%
We need a long term solution to ensure physicians are paid commensurate with their cost of doing business. Our country is on an unsustainable path in healthcare where all of the profits are going to insurers and hospitals, leaving physicians no choice but to vertically integrate, which drives costs even higher.
Average US family health insurance premium...
1999: $6k
2002: $8k
2005: $11k
2008: $13k
2011: $15k
2014: $17k
2017: $19k
2020: $21k
2023: $24k
That's a 314% increase since 1999 (6.1% per year).
(Note: US CPI inflation has increased 2.5%/year)
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William Jaffe retweeted
Louder, for the people in the back: Delirium with pyuria does not equal UTI!
Antibiotics for delirium in older adults with pyuria or bacteriuria: A systematic review - Stall - 2024 - Journal of the American Geriatrics Society - Wiley Online Library agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wi…
