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Knock Knock Eye: Life Advice for Residents Starting Their First Month

Today's main event: how a physician-owned practice negotiates with UnitedHealthcare. UHC is notorious for raising premiums 20 to 30% while offering physician reimbursement bumps of about 1%. I walk through exactly how we push back at Eye Health Northwest, phone messages that spel ... Show more

. 35min 32sec

Two Sisters, Two Cardiac Arrests, Zero Explanations with Kendra Cunningham and Kayla Messana

This week we're joined by Kendra Cunningham and Kayla Messana, sisters and co-hosts of the podcast Flatlined and Fine, and their stories are almost impossible to believe. Kayla was 31, healthy, three kids, husband just back from deployment, when she woke him up with agonal breath ... Show more

. 1h 2min

Knock Knock Eye: World Cup Eye Injuries: An Ophthalmologist's Field Guide

I'm on call July 4th for the first time in what feels like forever, and I have fully lost perspective on what call should feel like. 2018 me, fresh out of an Iowa trauma center, would be horrified at how nervous private practice me has gotten about it. I'll report back after the ... Show more

. 31min 58sec

Is the Match Broken? A Deep Dive into Medical Education with Dr. Bryan Carmody

I've been watching the Sheriff of Sodium break down medical education data on social media for years, so I'm thrilled to finally have Dr. Bryan Carmody on the show to help me understand what's actually happening to the system that turns medical students into doctors. We start wit ... Show more

. 1h 5min

Knock Knock Eye: Mark Cuban's Case for Medicare for All and Total Financial Transparency

A few things on the agenda today. First, RFK Jr. and the MAHA crew want medical schools to dedicate around 40 hours, roughly 20% of preclinical training, to nutrition education. I have some thoughts. We already have dietitians, med school is already a fire hydrant, and the Krebs ... Show more

. 25min 7sec