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Ludwig Lin MD @ludwiglinmd.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

check out this inspiring conversation with a young cardiac anesthesiologist and intensivist who started his career as a night shift charge nurse in the emergency room. It's a great reminder to be always curious and learning! www.buzzsprout.com/2009442/epis...

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Pivoting Within Healthcare: From ER Charge Nurse to Quadruple-Boarded Anesthesiologist - Vital Times: The CSA Podcast

Dr. Jason Leong began his career as a night-shift nurse in the emergency department, quickly advancing to the role of charge nurse. Determined to further his impact in patient care, he went on to atte...

Ludwig Lin MD @ludwiglinmd.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

the disruption of HIV treatment for underserved countries and their big populations of PLWH ... I worry about development of drug resistant virus, even if the disruption is short enough to not cause immediate mortality concerns. And... what about other STI's? It's a healthcare nightmare.

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Ludwig Lin MD @ludwiglinmd.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Hot off the presses - and the FDA approval process! - hear about suzetrigine, a first-in-class novel analgesic

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Ludwig Lin MD @ludwiglinmd.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

A huge honor and occasion for me today: got to speak on the workplace culture in the PeriOperative space and using soft skills to negotiate it, at the ASA ADVANCE 2025 practice management meeting. #anesthesiology #MedEd

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Ludwig Lin MD @ludwiglinmd.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

RIP, Cecile Richards. What a classy line of incredible women.

Ludwig Lin MD @ludwiglinmd.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

is it anxiety???? I had attributed it to aging and loss of muscle length. maybe the two are related, though. 😆

Ludwig Lin MD @ludwiglinmd.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

The Bay Area is also where a bunch of incredible pedi anesthesiologists are. ☺️

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Ludwig Lin MD @ludwiglinmd.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

Aoife says, "Merry Christmas!!! ... and... where's my treat?"

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Ludwig Lin MD @ludwiglinmd.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

uh... speaking with my anesthesiologist hat on... is Sean Hayes NPO when such cardioversions occur?

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Ludwig Lin MD @ludwiglinmd.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

I'm a Program co-chair for the California Society of Anesthesiologists' Annual Meeting April 4-6 2025 at Disneyland. The program includes something for everyone: clinical pearls in all sub-specialties, leadership, workplace culture, and workshops. 18 CME credits! csahq.org/events/csa-2...

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CSA 2025 Annual Anesthesia Conference and Board Meeting - California Society of Anesthesiologists

Registration is Open! Join us for the 2025 CSA Annual Conference at the Disneyland Resort! Program Brochure is now available! Call for Research Abstracts! The California Society of Anesthesiologists w...

Ludwig Lin MD @ludwiglinmd.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

she's worth every dollar spent on that jetfuel

Ludwig Lin MD @ludwiglinmd.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

does the US - and do the American people - have enough healthcare dollars to care for all these future polio victims? are those old photographs of iron lung hospital wards not enough of a warning? what's the endgame here?

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California Society of Anesthesiologists @csahq.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

A doctor discusses how #Anesthesiologists comfort patients during the surgery. Listen Here: ow.ly/pb5e50Unzy8

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Ludwig Lin MD @ludwiglinmd.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

re-posting so that Dr. Mass gets a bigger audience.

Ludwig Lin MD @ludwiglinmd.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

this is a great thread, written by (gasp!) a pediatrician and not an anesthesiologist, on that *other* platform. It's a good read. Some disturbing data about planned smear campaigns against anesthesiologists. threadreaderapp.com/thread/18654...

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Thread by @mass_marion on Thread Reader App

@mass_marion: Pull up for a long thread about this @voxdotcom article with the subtitle "What the fight between @AnthemBCBS and anesthesiologists was really about." 1/12 🧵 @anesthesianews vox.com/poli...

Ludwig Lin MD @ludwiglinmd.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

Since you obviously have opinions, you can tell the rest of us. Because i’m not here on BlueSky to offer lessons about the billing rules that I’ve spent an entire career adhering to.

Nick Mark, MD @nickmark.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

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Suddenly this makes more sense.

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Ludwig Lin MD @ludwiglinmd.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

please don't twist anyone's words. you want to aggrandize yourself, go ahead. The internet is rife and ripe for that. But no false accusations. Thanks.

Ludwig Lin MD @ludwiglinmd.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Anthem's statement simply says that they expect correct usage of CMS's regulations about time units (ie startup and post-op times, medical complexity, etc). CMS has not to date applied time limits to anesthesia care.

Ludwig Lin MD @ludwiglinmd.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

you presented the Anthem proposal as hewing to the existing CMS regulations. Which it doesn't. Anthem wants to limit anesthesia time units to the expected procedural duration. That's not how CMS sets out anesthesia payments, so it's a misleading - though attention-grabbing - statement.

Ludwig Lin MD @ludwiglinmd.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Anesthesiologists don't bill per procedure; we've always been a time-based specialty. If you work in this field, as you say, then you would know that. CMS manages CPT codes for procedures and proceduralists, but has rules for the anesthesia time units.

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Ludwig Lin MD @ludwiglinmd.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

I’m a critical care anesthesiologist because I like it. When somebody has pain because their abdomen was sliced open for cancer surgery, or their airway is about to swell shut from a house fire, I’m the guy. If it makes you feel better to think I’m doing it for the money, go ahead and diminish me.

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Ludwig Lin MD @ludwiglinmd.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

This post is exactly why physicians are burning out and quitting. I’ve spent 30 years as an anesthesiologist, studying and training, getting up at 4am daily, being at my best for my patients. And random people decide they know more about my job than I do, and call us frauds. Peachy.

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Ludwig Lin MD @ludwiglinmd.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

We don’t get to pad our time. We get paid for the time we spend caring for patients. That data is carefully monitored by both the hospital and our billing services; it covers the time we spend in the OR for each procedure, with pre-Op and post-op time.

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Ludwig Lin MD @ludwiglinmd.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

I’m insulted by your insinuation that anesthesiologists spend their time not trying to save lives and cure pain, but to defraud their patients. Do you really think any of us wake up in the morning and say, “let me ignore my Hippocratic Oath and go fraudulently bill”???

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Ludwig Lin MD @ludwiglinmd.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

the move is also poisonous in that Anthem specifically is aiming to "split" the anesthesiologists and the proceduralists. The goal is to incite dissension and discord - otherwise why penalize the anesthesiologists for a prolonged surgery? Why not pay the surgeons less instead?

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Ludwig Lin MD @ludwiglinmd.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

ever since one of my Neuro-Critical Care friends told me to walk the walk about Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, I have tried to care about both college football and NFL as little as possible - no matter how my favorite teams are doing. to be honest - it probably has also saved me some heartache!

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Ludwig Lin MD @ludwiglinmd.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

The California Society of Anesthesiologists is surveying what CA anesthesiologists - want from it. From legislative advocacy, to practice management, to clinical pearls and emotional support - the CSA needs to help build a sustainable future. Please participate. www.surveymonkey.com/r/csamember2...

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California Society of Anesthesiology - 2024 State of the Association Survey

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Ludwig Lin MD @ludwiglinmd.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

thank you - I support your syringe label placement methodology

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Ludwig Lin MD @ludwiglinmd.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

I.... don't... quite remember 46??? 😭 happy birthday!