Dr. Linda Girgis

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Dr. Linda Girgis MD, FAAFP is a family physician in South River, New Jersey. She has been in private practice since 2001. She holds board certification from the American Board of Family Medicine and is affiliated with St. Peter's University Hospital and Raritan Bay Hospital. She teaches medical students and residents from Drexel University and other institutions. Dr. Girgis earned her medical degree from St. George's University School of Medicine. She completed her internship and residency at Sacred Heart Hospital, through Temple University where she was recognized as intern of the year. She is a blogger for Physician's Weekly and MedicalPractice Insider as well as a guest columnist for HIT Outcomes. She has had articles published in several other media outlets. She is on the medical advisory board of SERMO. Recently, she has authored the book, “Inside Our Broken Healthcare System” and "The War on Doctors". She has been interviewed in US News and on NBC Nightly News.

Posts by Dr. Linda Girgis

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Obamacare marketplace is unstable

Tuesday, UnitedHealthcare  announced that they suffered huge financial losses and are pulling back from Affordable Care Act insurance exchanges. UHC is one of the largest players in the exchanges but will be remaining in just a handful of states next year. The losses expected, according to CEO Stephen Hemsley, are expected to exceed $1 billion […]

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Obamacare Fails to Stave Off Healthcare Bankruptcy

In the hopes of averting the economic healthcare crisis, the federal government passed into law the burden that all Americans attain health insurance coverage. Healthcare spending remains the largest expenditure in the US economy. Few people would argue that our system is broken and in need of repairs. Yet, the fix that the Affordable Care […]

Health IT, Policy

Meaningful Use is not dead: It’s reincarnated

Last week, CMS’s acting administrative director Andy Slavitt made an announcement that the Meaningful Use(MU) Program as we know it is effectively over. Many people rejoiced at the “death” of MU. They failed to listen to all of his words. He did not say that MU is dead. He said it is being replaced with something […]

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Physician-Assisted Suicide: What Step Did We Miss?

California recently legalized physician-assisted suicide and, no doubt, other states will soon follow their lead. While this may alleviate patient suffering, are we really at the stage where we allow physicians to help patients commit suicide?  In fact, only 52% of doctors polled on SERMO (the largest social network exclusive to doctors) believe it should […]

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What is contributing to doctors’ burn out?

As the ICD-10 rolled out last week, healthcare professionals felt the fear of the unknown. Many wondered if we will be paid for our work or we will toil away uncompensated until the glitches in the new system get repaired. Unfortunately, ICD-10 is not the only mandate wearing us down. Over the last few years, […]

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Do Doctors Need Life-Long Learning?

There exists much controversy surrounding the MOC ( maintenance of certification) program that doctors need to comply with in order to keep their board certification. Every specialty has its own regulatory requirements. Over the past year, doctors cried out against this inefficient and costly burden placed on us.  Yet, no one heard us. Doctors are […]

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Will a healthcare hero rise out of the election of 2016?

Every week leading up to the election of 2016,  it seems there are more political candidates joining the large field of Presidential candidates. Despite the fact that the healthcare system is struggling, there are no any clear plans on repairing what ails it. The next President stands to drive the direction our healthcare system follows. […]