Anthony Sorkin
@IMNailR
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Orthopedic fracture-care surgeon focused on value-based care
Joined March 2009
RT @orthotraumamd: I have been trying to convince @Derekwmooremd that @orthobullets needed to run a Super Bowl ad but we missed the deadlin…
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Truly a great come from behind victory against Geisinger and BU! Resident education is one of the core pillars of @FOTNorthAmerica. Check us out at Next meeting - Pelvis/Acetabular surgical approaches in Tampa, May 16! Sign up now!
Congratulations to the @IUOrthoSurgery Residents who learned from some great surgeons around the country this weekend and won the @FOTNorthAmerica Trivia Challenge. @IUMedSchool
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@orthobullets @uc_health @FOREonline @DrAJ26001405 @schulte_ss @bonesmith_ @DrFraneNicholas @eric_novack @stevemchale @FractureDoc @jamesablairMD @itius @rkh_md @orthotraumamd I would wash out the open wounds (knee/foot) and ex fix the LLE. Same setting would reduce/pin the medial column foot injury and ex fix with kickstand. If pt stable would apply traction on thigh ex fix and SHS the IT/BC fx; if not then traction
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Good to see the @GovBraun highlight the need for healthcare reform including cost transparency.
Indiana governor wants healthcare industry to 'reform' itself | @MorningsMaria @FoxBusiness
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RT @DutchRojas: We are filming today! New show coming soon. 3 days a week of “What the Dutch” Catch up on all the healthcare news. Ne…
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Painful to look at but so important to understand.
This is probably the biggest problem in the entire medical profession. If you can't find a MD, this is why. If you have to wait for an MD, this is why. If your visit with your MD is too short, this is why. If good clinicians are leaving clinical medicine, this is why:
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Heads up! Another paycut is coming for all of us. This … while inpt facility fees increased for 2025. Paying attention yet?
In case you needed the reminder, CMS is yet again reducing the physician conversion factor: $33.29 in 2024 to $32.35 in 2025. It was #36.68 in 1998. If it kept up with inflation, it would have been $68.58 in 2023. If you're not sure what the conversion factor means for physicians, I discussed it in a previous newsletter here: Happy 2025.
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@Orthopedist12 @DrBhavinJadav @FractureDoc @InvictaOrtho @rkh_md Debride/culture/beads; when cultures negative then rTSA
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RT @ChefGruel: We need get as many people as possible in the kitchen as opposed to sending processed junk. I’m ready to start the council o…
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@LeahHoustonMD Have we gotten to the point where we can start saying “big health“ to include mega Health systems, academic health centers, and private equity/venture capital
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RT @LeahHoustonMD: I didn’t think we needed a 171 page report to tell us that private equity and the corporate practice of medicine is harm…
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RT @DutchRojas: Here’s a fact: Price transparency doesn’t just help patients. It spawns innovation. Think new payers, self-funded plan…
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RT @ChefGruel: Pulling out of the Global Corporate Tax Deal, while not as flashy as some other headlines, is a great move. It was another m…
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Physicians and patients should be pulled further forward in the process of making decisions about care and how it is delivered. Artificial boundaries blocking cost transparency and physician ownership of care delivery interfere with fair competition. Why?
The key to an affordable and accessible healthcare system lies in freedom, choice, and competition, not more regulation, centralization, or bureaucracy. Healthcare is a scarce resource, and like any other, it requires efficient allocation to serve the greatest number of people at the lowest cost. Centralized planning has failed to achieve this. Government programs and monopolistic health systems distort incentives, inflate costs, and prioritize special interests over patients. A system rooted in voluntary exchange and individual responsibility can unlock healthcare for everyone, everywhere. Here’s how: Make Prices Transparent: Every procedure, consultation, and treatment must have a visible price tag. When patients can compare prices like they do for cars or computers, competition will drive down costs and improve quality. Empower Patients: Patients must take control of their healthcare dollars, whether through health savings accounts or direct payment options. When people spend their own money, they demand value. Medical facilities and independent medical practices must respond by delivering it. Decentralize Decision-Making: Push healthcare decisions closer to patients and physicians, not administrators. Let physicians and patients—not bureaucracies—determine how care is delivered. Decentralization drives innovation and strengthens the physician-patient relationship. Unleash Competition: Remove barriers that protect monopolistic health systems and insurers. Eliminate certificate of need laws, site-neutral payment disparities, and bans on physician-owned hospitals. Let independent medical practices and facilities flourish and compete. Redefine Insurance: Focus insurance on catastrophic protection, not routine expenses. Over-insurance creates inefficiencies. Use insurance for risk-pooling while allowing everyday healthcare costs to return to the market. When we restore freedom to healthcare, we allow competition to thrive. Entrepreneurs will create better care models, independent medical practices will deliver quality at competitive prices, and patients will finally benefit from transparency and choice. Healthcare doesn’t need centralization—it needs markets. It needs freedom. It needs you at the center. That’s how we make healthcare affordable and accessible for everyone, everywhere. #FreeMarkets
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At least four screws usually posterior, especially along the distal area of the implant cement interface. I don’t worry about fracturing the cement in this setting because the most acute problem is stability and motion with weight-bearing. If there’s an issue later with the implant that can be addressed later
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RT @orthotraumamd: Great to see that you made the @orthobullets leaderboard. Thanks for your commitment and passion for education. @Fractur…
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@txsportsdoc IMO there is a disconnect between the incentives and initiatives of the administrative class for employed physicians, and the quality metrics applied to those that are on the front lines delivering care.
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RT @orthotraumamd: @JahangirAsgha10 @robgraymd Healthcare thrives on balance. When the pendulum swings too far either way, the risk of abus…
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