Health policy nerd, SVP of Advocacy & Practice Affairs for American College of Emergency Physicians. Opinions are my own, retweets don't equal endorsement.
Washington, DC
Joined March 2011
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Laura Wooster retweeted
Great meeting today with Dr. Anthony Cirillo, President of the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP), to address one of the most urgent challenges in American healthcare: closing the gap between the real cost of emergency care and how Medicare pays for it.
We dug into the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, practice expense pressures, and the cost drivers facing emergency departments as our 65+ population continues to grow—especially right here in Bucks and Montgomery counties, where ERs are the front door of care for so many of our families.
As we continue our bipartisan work to stabilize healthcare today and modernize it for tomorrow, this is the necessary work to move the system forward. Real reform comes from following the data, bringing both parties to the table, and turning serious, solutions-driven conversations into policy that makes care more affordable, keeps emergency departments strong, staffed, and ready, and protects the quality of care patients deserve.
Laura Wooster retweeted
ACEP thanks Dr. Debra Houry - a true champion for public health and emergency care - and we urge continuity, commitment to public health and science at CDC. Read the full statement emergencyphysicians.org/pres…
Laura Wooster retweeted
A couple blocks away from Trump’s Allentown, Pa. rally, Martin Sheen is singing “America, The Beautiful” at the Harris headquarters.
Hi @Labcorp, your agents were unable in three phone calls to give me a Good Faith Estimate for a test my provider needs to order and won't be covered by insurance. Labcorp is required by law under the No Surprises Act to provide this estimate--how can we fix this?
Against backdrop of a mental health care shortage, emergency room doctors are overwhelmed usatoday.com/story/news/heal… via @usatoday
Laura Wooster retweeted
Thankful to hear from some experts on how to approach the ever-changing attack on reproductive health #LAC23 @ACEPNow
Laura Wooster retweeted
Thank you so much to @SenatorCardin for sharing time with @md_acep on this historic day in your career. And amazing how many topics we covered. @EmergencyDocs #LAC23 @DrJonMark @AishaTerryMD
Laura Wooster retweeted
Coming back from @ACEPNow’s #LAC23 where me and my @ICEPemergency bandmates lobbied congress to protect ER docs everywhere. Still my favorite EM event of the year—it’s a direct antidote to the creeping antipathy that our difficult jobs can engender. Please come join us next year!
Good to see more coverage of how insurers put their policyholders at medical risk just to save money.
Doctors at a major US insurance company deny tens of thousands of claims a month without even looking at patients’ files.
“We literally click & submit,” a former Cigna doctor told @ProPublica & @Capitol_Forum. “It takes all of 10 seconds to do 50 at a time.”
The inside story 🧵
Laura Wooster retweeted
Today, ACEP urged the FTC to finalize their proposed rule categorically banning non-compete clauses in employment contracts. In our letter, we detailed how this predatory practice harms emergency physicians.
Learn more about how ACEP is fighting for you: acep.org/physicianautonomy
ALT Text of our full letter to Lina M. Khan, chair of the FTC, which is also available as a pdf on the linked page.
Laura Wooster retweeted
Our #ACEPAdvocacy continues to sound the alarm on the boarding crisis, urging immediate action from @POTUS to address this public health emergency and find long-term solutions to this dangerous problem. teapawt.org/EmergencyDocs/status/1…
This morning, we sounded the alarm on the patient boarding crisis that has brought ERs across our country to a breaking point. In our joint letter to @POTUS, we shared real-life stories showing the threat to our health care safety net. [1/4]
Full letter: acep.org/globalassets/new-pd…
ALT Four screenshots of our letter to the White House. Also available as a PDF at the link in this tweet.
Hospitals are in the red,
ED staff are blue.
Patients die in waiting rooms
since there're no beds to admit them to.
acep.org/boarding-stories
#healthpolicyvalentines
"in his reviews he typically checks to see if any medications are prescribed in accordance with the insurer’s guidelines, and if not, he denies it. United’s policies, he said, prevented him from considering that McNaughton had failed other treatments ..."
propublica.org/article/unite…
Laura Wooster retweeted
Did you know if you hold an ermine up to your ear, you can hear what it’s like to be attacked by an ermine?
ALT An ermine, with summer brown coat, stands upright at Katmai National Park & Preserve.
Hi @Lowes, how do I reach a human about damage to our drive from this appliance delivery? The local store manager was very hostile and unprofessional, so I need to speak with a professional
Laura Wooster retweeted
How deals come together in Congress
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"At a hospital in a Chicago suburb last winter, there were so few nurses that psychiatric patients with Covid were left waiting a full day for beds, and a single aide was on hand to assist with 32 infected patients."
nytimes.com/2022/12/15/busin…
