Advising and mentoring the next generation of physicians—empowering future leaders, shaping tomorrow’s healthcare. Internist. Doctorpreneur. Father. Fixer.
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This is not good for our Medicare covered patients.
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“I think if you ask the question, would you rather have health insurance or would you rather have a primary care relationship with a primary care doctor that knows you and knows your family? Which of those things brings you more value?” he said. “I think there's very little question that while you need both, the thing that brings you the value, again, is having that entry point into the system be with a primary care doctor that you've chosen that knows your family, that knows you, that knows your history.”
Direct primary care ‘at an inflection point’ as doctors, patients, employers catch on | Medical Economics
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There are walls and doors. Doors can be opened. And there are questions that need an answer. So provide the right answer. Hopefully this information helps to make the process more transparent. Best wishes on 2026-2027 match season. I remember it well.
If you’re applying for residency this cycle, the phrase “red flag” can create a lot of anxiety.
We wanted to address that directly in Episode 2 of Match Confidential, a MedNews Week series.
What actually counts as a red flag? What just needs context? What can still be strengthened after submission? And when is it better to adjust your strategy?
Dr. Christopher Bray (@docbraymd) joined Adeena Musheer (@MusheerAdeena) and me to talk through lower Step scores, prior attempts, year of graduation, gaps, USCE, program filters, advocacy, signals, technology-assisted review, and what applicants can realistically do next.
Really grateful to Dr. Bray for sharing such practical advice from his years of experience in residency leadership and mentoring applicants. I hope applicants navigating this cycle find the conversation useful and come away with a clearer sense of what they can focus on next.
Match Confidential | Episode 2: Residency Red Flags, Filters & Second Chances
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Remember to emphasize the importance of lifestyle changes (including BP control and smoking cessation) when you are thinking about adding a statin.
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Having been the primary caregiver for someone with fairly advanced dementia for the past couple of years, prevention or delay is infinitely better. Unfortunately the US system of medicine is not designed around this delivery and implementation mechanism.
#MedNews: Up to 45% of #dementia cases may be preventable by addressing modifiable risk factors.
Here's what the latest research says about reducing the risk of #Alzheimer disease and other dementias.
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You get what you pay for. Accepting insurance for payment, a primary care physician receives about $30 for the average $250 charged visit (at least a corporate employed PCP in Florida). Hence why visits are 15 minutes of rushed nonsense. The system has gotten really efficient at chewing up healthcare money before it gets to the person doing the service. From your pocket, employer pocket or government pocket.
AI replacement is not the solution for primary care.
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Insurance often pays the system $60–$80 for the visit regardless of what is charged. An employed PCP at $35/wRVU (not uncommon in Florida under commercial employment) is attributed $34–$67 for that same visit. The office still has staff, rent, and billing to fund. The visit itself does not break even.
That is why employed primary care usually loses money on the office. AMGA has put the median loss near $250,000 per employed physician when you look at practice operations.
Interesting...
In people with metabolically unhealthy obesity, matched ~10% weight loss on a very-low-carbohydrate ketogenic diet improved hepatic insulin sensitivity, intrahepatic fat, and de novo lipogenesis more than the same weight loss on a Mediterranean or very-low-fat plant-forward diet.
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Best wishes for everyone in the match this season.
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As I prepare for ERAS 2027 myself, this conversation was especially meaningful.
For Episode 1 of Match Confidential, my co-host Adeena Musheer(@MusheerAdeena) and I sat down with Dr. Christopher Bray (@docbraymd) who brings 7 years of experience as an Internal Medicine Program Director, for a candid conversation about the residency application process from the other side of the table.
We talked about how programs evaluate applications, signaling, letters of recommendation, interviews, red flags, what helps an applicant stand out, and how to approach the Match with more strategy and clarity.
Going through this process myself made so much of Dr. Bray’s advice hit differently, and I hope this episode is equally valuable for other applicants navigating ERAS 2027.
Grateful to Dr. Christopher Bray for sharing his experience so openly, to my co-host Dr. Adeena Musheer for building this series with me, and to Dr. Yan Leyfman (@YLeyfman) and the MedNews Week team (@MedNewsWeek) for giving us the platform to bring conversations like this to applicants around the world.
🎥 Episode 1 releases August 21 on the MedNews Week YouTube channel.
Save it, share it, and tag someone applying this cycle. 💙
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Am I the only one who had not known about Anelloviridae until the Nature publication recently about long COVID?
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An important but sometimes neglected topic. Inpatient management of glucose emergencies. Guidelines change often, so be sure to stay current.
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