2019–2020 Emergency Physician Compensation Report
Emergency physician incomes in most areas of the United States continue to increase. In 2009–2010, the national…
Posts by Joseph Harrington
Opinion: Single Payer Health Care’s Time Has Come
Fundamentally, single-payer insurance is about changing the way we pay for the health care we already have….
Opinion: Single Payer Health Care Would Be Detrimental to Emergency Physicians
If you think health care is expensive now, wait till it’s free.” ―P.J. O’Rourke By the common…
ACEP4U: Improving Patient Access to Mental Health Care
Nearly one in five American adults struggles with some form of mental illness, and ED visits for…
CMS Proposed Rule Includes 2020 Emergency Physician Compensation Increase
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has released two long awaited proposed rules: the 2020…
When Patients Turn Violent
When I took my first job as an attending emergency physician at Mount Sinai Hospital in New…
Residency Spotlight: Denver Health Residency in Emergency Medicine
Twitter: @denverEM Location: Denver, Colorado Year founded: 1974 Number of residents/program length: 17 residents a year, four-year…
Survival Tips for the First Step of a Malpractice Lawsuit
“They showed up at my door to serve me. … I was in my pajamas.” “I was…
Even If Patient Reviews Don’t Correlate With Quality Care, Don’t Ignore Them
In response to a 2016 article exploring the themes common among Yelp reviews of emergency department visits,…
How Did Your Last Patient Rate You on Yelp?
Editor’s Note: Read Dr. Cedric Dark’s commentary on this EMRA + PolicyRx Health Policy Journal Club article….