Articles
Articles by Lucas Ferrer Cardona, MD.
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Who Decides What Healthcare Is Worth?
Andrew Tsang maps where the money goes in American healthcare. We talked revenue cycle, why a claim is an argument, and what his charts say about our values.
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Can Your Patients Explain Your Process?
Matthew Ray Scott on the mirror marketing test, where paid ads fit, and the one thing patients most want to know before choosing a specialist.
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When Calcium Looks Like No Options
Mariano Palena brings a 77-year-old CLTI case with dense femoropopliteal calcium. How we'd cross it, prep it, and judge whether the foot got enough flow.
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Vascular Hunger Games: What Makes a Medical Meeting Worth Your Time?
Rich Dubin of Lower Extremity Review and lerEXPO on what makes a medical meeting worth your time, and the case tournament behind the Vascular Hunger Games.
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Before You Buy Into an ASC: Ownership, Partners, and Control
Dr. Dan Lieberman on what to check before buying into an ASC: the entity you own, the pro forma, exit terms, supermajority votes and your partners.
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Leaving Surgery & Reimagining Grafts
Dr. Arush Kalra of PECA Labs on leaving surgical training, a graft built to grow with a child, and redesigning ePTFE to resist clot and hold antibiotics.
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10 Day Jungle Crucible
David Villanueva and Michel Reijnen on the 10 day Jungle Crucible, the FORGE protocol, and why hardship only changes you if you reflect on it.
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The Dialysis Unit Black Hole
We have spent decades building better stents, wires and balloons. Then we send fistulas back into the same chair that damaged them.
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Stop Using RVUs
RVUs measure your activity. They do not tell you what your work is actually worth, and that gap is not an accident.
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The MicroHospital Playbook
A physician can own a hundred freestanding ERs. Owning one hospital is a completely different legal and financial reality.
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Life of Flow Podcast Is Opening Partnership Spots for Summer and Fall
When Miguel Montero Baker and I started Life of Flow Podcast , the mission was…
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I Took 2 Months Off After 8 Years of Grinding. Here's What I Learned.
"A taste of freedom can make you unemployable." Naval Ravikant After taking 2 months off…
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Why Puerto Rico's Healthcare Future Needs All of Us
The holidays always pull me back to what really matters. Family. Community. And giving back.…
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