I’m back from a whirlwind speaking tour where I realized my entire social media presence might just be a long-con ruse to get a captive audience of 1,000 electrophysiologists to look at my genetic testing report. I officially "locked the doors" at the Heart Rhythm Society in Chicago until someone could tell me if my phospholamban mutation actually means anything. Spoiler alert: I met the guy who literally mapped the gene, and he reassured me it’s a "variant of no significance," which is way more comforting than "uncertain significance". I also had a run-in with a couple at a pool in Florida who were dreading the "entertainment guy" with the weird name, only for me to lean over and put them out of their misery.

The real drama this week, though, is in the courtroom: corporate medicine is on trial in Oregon. I’m breaking down the "dummy LLC" loophole that allows out-of-state corporations to replace local, physician-owned groups with locums who don’t know the community. We dive into the PeaceHealth fiasco in Eugene, where a CEO is currently on administrative leave following whistleblower emails that suggest clinical decisions were being influenced for profit. It’s a messy look at hospital contract shenanigans and why having doctors invested in their own community actually matters for patient safety.

Takeaways:

The "Dummy LLC" legal maneuver corporations use to bypass state laws meant to keep medicine physician-owned.
How I used a 20-foot screen and a captive audience of specialists to get a second opinion on my own genetic mutation.
The "cardiology confident" reassurance I received about my heart from the man who mapped the phospholamban protein.
Why the CEO of a major Oregon hospital is on administrative leave following whistleblower emails about clinical interference.

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