Jenkins NeuroSpine
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Start with the most trusted spine surgeon in NYC. Dr. Jenkins and our team are committed to providing world-class care to our patients.
New York, NY
Joined October 2010
Honored to be interviewed on this common but commonly overlooked condition.
Patients who experience persistent pain in their back and spine may have a new diagnosis for which to advocate: #Bertolotti’s syndrome. In this Q&A, Dr. Arthur L. Jenkins, III, provides a primer for those who are still seeking answers. @spinedocnyc
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BCBS Now refuses to give the name of the “peer to peer” who speaks with you, citing security concerns. Sounds like they are ashamed to face you in the grocery store.
This is absolutely inhumane treatment of this patient. Whoever denied this cure needs to be identified. And they need to be held accountable. This is exactly why insurance company should not be involved in healthcare delivery, but by limited to healthcare financing.
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Denied coverage for the delivery after paying for the pre-natal care.
Future healthcare administrator
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Anthem appears to have announced that it will penalize hospitals & assess of a penalty of -10% on facility reimbursements where the hospital based physicians are out of network (OON), as of 1/1/26. Credit to Ron Howrigon and his post on LinkedIn this morning (see below). The
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“Medicare has low overhead” The reality:
@spartywrx @DrDiGiorgio @HeathVeuleman Easiest to implement option would be Medicare for all. It's already in the system and has lower overhead.
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Want to solve the rural healthcare crisis in America? Just get out of the way and let physicians solve it. You don't need new subsidies that will just be directed by politicians towards their buddies in large consolidated hospital systems. Let physicians build hospitals and
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All of this. And let’s not forget the 33% pay cut docs have taken since 2000
@DrDiGiorgio A lot to break down here. We are not rewarded for being good doctors monetarily at all. However, outcomes are tracked and therefore we can have a negative economic impact based on (admin) data. We can master billing and coding to squeeze the most juice out of our day to day,
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Even repealing the physician owned hospital ban might be enough . Once the public gets a taste for higher quality care at a lower price they may demand it .
“You want to get PE out of healthcare? Reverse the POH ban, support site neutral payment, reform 340B, revoke tax exemption for misbehaving hospital systems, and give directed payments to independent doctors instead of your NGO buddies. “
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Sadly, I feel bad for all of the next generation. We’ve created a generation of people who don’t want to work. AI won’t be empathetic and listen to you when you have issues, it will decide that your care would be cheaper if you weren’t around any more.
The U.S. government treats its doctors like highly educated fast food workers. Except instead of flipping burgers, you're flipping your circadian rhythm every three days for less than a tech bro's signing bonus. They say: 👉 Go to medical school. 👉 Take out six-figure loans.
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Consolidation of healthcare isn’t saving money. It’s costing taxpayers billions. By contrast, when physicians leave independence for health system or corporate affiliation, costs rose by $1,140–$1,327 per patient annually.
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My daughter’s classroom has a sign: “We agree to listen, we don’t have to agree to agree.” I wish every chat room, Reddit subgroup, and other group could hold to that standard.
While at times the discussion on 𝕏 can become negative, it’s still good that there is a discussion happening. 𝕏 is the global town square.
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This can’t be said enough. But too many doctors think they can fee ride on those who do care. So instead of $1B in influence, it’s more like 1% of that. Sad.
𝐘𝐞𝐬, 𝐋𝐞𝐭’𝐬 𝐁𝐮𝐲 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐬 Everyone complains about corruption in healthcare. The data shows, buying politicians works. Pharma spends $360M. Health Systems $135M. Insurers $111M. Devices $200M+. And that’s just what we know about… That’s why Congress
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Physicians are prohibited from owning hospitals since 2010. Since then the cost of care has exploded and the quality has diminished. Physician owned hospitals provide better quality care at a lower cost and that is why the AHA doesn’t want to compete with physicians. The worst
@realdocspeaks @JaneDillPickle I never said "MD's main drivers of cost" but I am old enough to have been around during the physician owned days and it had plenty of problems. Healthcare has so many issues and it appears you refuse to acknowledge that MD's own some of this as well. Why?
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And yet - nothing on physician-owned hospitals. Only 1.1MM physicians left in America; and the vast majority of those are held captive by health systems, hospitals, payers and private equity. Only ~280K independent physicians left in America. Yet nothing to resuscitate the
To restore trust in public health, we need to ask the same simple questions over and over: Is it working? If not, why not? The high prevalence of chronic disease made Covid more deadly in America. The American people understand this: they voted for reform. Under @SecKennedy
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Couldn’t agree more. That’s why I take time out of my practice to work with the NYS ACS chapter, the NYS Neurosurgery Society, and the national Council of State Neurosurgical Societies to make sure state and national legislators “get it”…
Physicians suffer from the delusion that we are above the seedy business of lobbying politicians. The thought is that we merely need to educate politicians, and they will act in the best interest of the populace. Politics is a pay-to-play game. If you don't spend the money for
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Here here. “Do what you love, love what you do…”
Makes sense . Being a surgeon is physical trade. Yrs of standing in weird positions , heavy lead aprons & radiation , cranking your neck to use loupes , sucking down cautery smoke , and of course sleep deprivation . That said , I wouldn’t change a thing about my career choice
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We were told the Affordable Care Act “fixed” healthcare. The truth is a bitter pill. Did it reduce premiums? Did it increase independent physician practices? Did it create a market place for lower prices of treatments and services? No, it strengthened insurers, weakened
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The No Surprises Act was one of the few laws that actually struck a balance. Patients were protected from crushing, unexpected bills. Physicians—especially in private practice—were given a fair process to get paid through independent dispute resolution. And what did insurers do?
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Many physicians have noted significant failure to be paid binding decisions by arbitrators. Recently an ambulance group sued BCBS TX but lost in court as the judge stated that enforcement is the responsibility of the government, not the justice system. This legislation provides
The No Surprises Act was signed into law to eliminate surprise medical billing, but it’s not being enforced as Congress intended. I introduced the bipartisan No Surprises Enforcement Act to crack down on insurers defying the law. We must put American patients first.
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