About Bradley Flansbaum

Bradley Flansbaum, DO, MPH, MHM works for Geisinger Health System in Danville, PA in both the divisions of hospital medicine and population health. He began working as a hospitalist in 1996, at the inception of the hospital medicine movement. He is a founding member of the Society of Hospital Medicine and served as a board member and officer. He speaks nationally in promoting hospital medicine and has presented at many statewide meetings and conferences. He is also actively involved in house staff education. Currently, he serves on the SHM Public Policy Committee and has an interest in payment policy, healthcare market competition, health disparities, cost-effectiveness analysis, and pain and palliative care. He is SHM’s delegate for the AMA House of Delegates. Dr. Flansbaum received his undergraduate degree from Union College in Schenectady, NY and attended medical school at the New York College of Osteopathic Medicine. He completed his residency and chief residency in Internal Medicine at Long Island Jewish Medical Center in New York. He received his M.P.H. in Health Policy and Management at Columbia University. He is a political junky, and loves to cook, stay fit, read non-fiction, listen to many genres of music, and is a resident of Danville, PA.
Discuss Among Yourselves
January 25, 2021 |  0
Never let a good salary signal go to waste. Here is a meta-assembly of hospitalist, as well as comparator specialties, of 2018-19 salary moves courtesy of Modern Healthcare. It is useful seeing the various estimates from the leading consultants, placement firms, and intelligentsia to get some bearings on the pay trends, Covid notwithstanding.
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Store-Bought Versus Hospital Masks
January 8, 2021 |  0
“The practical effectiveness of consumer-grade masks available to the public is, in many cases, comparable with or better than their non-N95 respirator medical mask counterparts.” The above surprised me. I wanted to pass along the results of the study behind this quote because the outcomes are not only relevant to us and the advice we give […]
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If CMS Gets Its Way, Hospital Books Will Soon Be Open
October 2, 2020 |  1
Some of you might be aware of significant changes ahead for hospitals and how they share their prices. Up until now, the rates hospitals and systems negotiated with commercial payers, Medicare Advantage included, were “trade secrets.” You might be able to obtain the charge or “list price” for your hip replacement, but determining the dollar […]
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Flu vs. Corona
August 26, 2020 |  6
The recognition race of flu vs. COVID is on. The clear reason is minimizing a flood of viral illnesses we cannot distinguish come the fall. Anything we can do to mitigate the influx of patients to higher risk care settings is a national priority, and vaccination will be step one on the to-do list. It […]
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You Have an MI. What Happens to the Smokes?
July 31, 2020 |  0
While all of us see patients who smoke in their 70s or 80s, due to their limited lifespan from COPD, DM, malignancy, etc., and their expressed wishes to continue tobacco, we keep our admonitions to a minimum. We accept our patient has become learned enough through life to make their own decisions and accept whatever […]
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How Do You Attend an AA Meeting During a Pandemic?
July 20, 2020 |  3
Until recently, I was skeptical of how effective AA was as a treatment for alcohol abstinence. The reason for my skepticism was not anecdotal or based on preconceived beliefs; it was the evidence we had and what I knew from the available studies. The consensus was if it worked for you and you could stick […]
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