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A true story of payer negotiations

Physician's Practice

The patient was in the hospital for two to three days, wore a catheter for another five to seven days, and resumed normal activities, lifting heavy objects, sports and sexual activity in four to six weeks. The cost of the hospital procedure was $25,000 to $35,000.

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Episode 236: ARM Episode 16 – Live from SGIM: Best of Antiracism Research at the Society of General Internal Medicine’s 2022 Annual Meeting

The Clinical Problem Solvers

Dr. Davila is a palliative care physician at Massachusetts General Hospital and her work examines racial and ethnic inequities in patient-clinician communication. Our Black and Hispanic patients are less likely to have had trust-building experiences and more likely to have had trust-eroding experiences with the healthcare system.