Urologic Surgeon @WashUUrology, sports lover, traveler, views my own ≠ employer
St Louis, MO
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Dhruti M Patel, MD retweeted
It’s time for receipts in American healthcare.
We talk a lot about affordability and price transparency, but there’s a simple step we could take right now that would change everything.
Doctors and hospitals submit detailed billing files. Insurers respond with detailed payment files. Yet none of this is visible to the public. Patients can’t see what’s charged, what’s paid, or where the money actually goes.
Transparency means showing the bills and the receipts.
We need a national searchable database of 835 and 837 files for true transparency in healthcare.
Share this with your members of Congress and let them know we all want to see where the money is actually going.
Making 835 and 837 files publicly available for all private insurers, not just Medicare, would be revolutionary.
If affordability is truly the goal, start here.
Dhruti M Patel, MD retweeted
@DrBarbaraChubak sharing knowledge about using regenerative medicine to treat sexual concerns in women. @NYSAUA
Dhruti M Patel, MD retweeted
Highly recommend the #aua23 Genitourinary Syndrome of Menopause Course available on-demand w @drrachelrubin @Dr_UnaLee! Great charts on treatment options. Key points: we can do better than Premarin! A dab of cream is not enough! Vaginal estrogen doesn’t cause cancer!
Dhruti M Patel, MD retweeted
Current Issue: Side-specific, Microultrasound-based Nomogram for the Prediction of Extracapsular Extension in Prostate Cancer
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@PedrazaAdrianaM @parekh_sneh @GrauerRalph @VinayakWagaskar @FloraBarthe @drutizzo @michael_gorin @MMenonMD
#prostatecancer
Dhruti M Patel, MD retweeted
The mentorship is alive! SWIU Mount Sinai @MSUroRes @nrmalhotra @UroRazzleDazzle @urolinda @drutizzo @PedrazaAdrianaM @HallieWurst @MSljivich
Dhruti M Patel, MD retweeted
here’s what the Bengals think of the coin flip the NFL voted to use if they lost today 😂😂
I just signed up to be on the list for @wellprept
Looking forward to trying it out @CanesDavid!
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Dhruti M Patel, MD retweeted
Abortion is a critical & live saving medical procedure. As a physician I implore EVERY SINGLE physican organization, including @AmerUrological to comment on the importance of access to abortion care.
Dhruti M Patel, MD retweeted
Next week or so I am giving away many great @bengals items that are amazing. To be in the drawings, simply follow, retweet and most importantly, be a Bengals fan! #WhoDey #showyourstripes #RuleTheJungle #nfl
Dhruti M Patel, MD retweeted
Our @urogoldjournal paper is out! Almost 900 @MayoUrology radical #cystectomy pts confirm #resident #fellow involvement does NOT hurt surg outcome or treatment success. Training the next generation of surgeons is important, and SAFE. #UroSoMe #urology authors.elsevier.com/a/1eaXC…
Dhruti M Patel, MD retweeted
⚠️ANOTHER EFFICACY DROP—Not good—Israel 🇮🇱 Ministry of Health just released another vaccine efficacy update due to #DeltaVariant—only 39% Pfizer VE for #COVID19 infection, 40.5% for symptomatic, 88% for hospitalization, 91% for ICU/low oxygen/ death. More—waning efficacy too—🧵
Dhruti M Patel, MD retweeted
TRAGIC—A key doctor & 12 of his family was killed in a Gaza air strike. Dr Abu al-Ouf was head of internal medicine at the Palestinian territory's main hospital, & oversaw al-Shifa's hospital response to #COVID19. The 12 dead included 2 of 3 of his kids.
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Dhruti M Patel, MD retweeted
There's no need any longer to try and explain divergence of the case and fatality curves.
There is a need for explaining why there's no adequate response, unacceptable testing capacity and turnaround times, lack of PPE, #stayhome in key states, and a surrender #SARSCoV2 strategy
Dhruti M Patel, MD retweeted
Emory expert warns point of 'no return' approaching for Georgia, urges Kemp to shut down state 11alive.com/article/news/hea… via @11AliveNews
