MedChat Episode 3 - Dr. Jared Foran

MedChat - With Michael Bennett

In this episode, Dr. Foran and I discuss dwindling reimbursement rates and how that ties to physician burnout. It's not a "woe is me" complaint session on how surgeons are not making enough money; it's a larger systemic issue and what it means to the quality of care for patients and little things to "fix" the system.

Dr. Foran is an orthopedic surgeon with Pure Orthopedics, a Panarama Company. He has a resume almost a mile long It's 14 pages. He attended medical school at Berkeley, his internship at Johns Hopkins, a Residency at the University of California San Diego, and a Fellowship at Rush in Chicago. See his full write-up after the show timeline below for his background and education.

0:00 - 0:38 - Intro

0:38 - 1:36 - Opening comments

1:36 - 3:58 Opting out of Medicare

3:38 - 6:26 - Inflation and its effects on the practice

6:26 - 8:58 - What does opting out mean

8:58 - 9:50 - A day in the life

9:50 - 11:48 - PE purchase

11:48 - 15:38 - Challenges to Growth

15:38 - 18:34 - Thoughts on fee for service moving to value-based care

18:34 - 20:56 - Burnout

20:56 - 23:46 - Show me the $$ - Is opting out of Medicare the new new thing

23:46 - 27:34 - Why doesn't Medicare pay a fair wage? What can make it better

27:34 - 32:16 - What would you do to "fix" healthcare

32:16 - 35:50 - Insurance companies

35:50 - Closing remarks

Jared Foran Resume

License and Certifications

Board Certified, American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery 2012-Present

Medical Licensees: California, Colorado, Illinois, Texas 2003-Present

Education

Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL

Joint Reconstruction Fellowship 2009-2010

UC San Diego Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, San Diego, CA 2004 2009

Resident Physician in Orthopaedic Surgery

University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA 2003 -2004

Internship in General Surgery

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 1999-2003

Doctor of Medicine

UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 1996 -1998

Bachelor of Arts in Molecular and Cell Biology

Professional Experience

Co-Founder Pure Orthopedics 2023- Present

Founder, Chief Medical Officer 2017-Present

ForCast Orthopedics, Inc

forcastortho.com

Orthopaedic Surgeon 2010-Present

Panorama Orthopedics and Spine Center, Denver CO

UC San Diego Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, San Diego, CA 2004 -2005

Research Fellow, Muscle Physiology Laboratory

Preceptor: Richard Lieber, Ph.D.

Johns Hopkins University Department of Orthopaedics, Baltimore, MD 2000-2003

Clinical Research Clerkship

Preceptors: Michael Mont, M.D and David Hungerford, M.D.

Johns Hopkins University, Department of Orthopaedics, Baltimore, MD 2002-2003

Clinical Research Assistant

Preceptor: Paul Sponseller, M.D.

Current Research Interests

Principal Investigator, “My Mobility Study with Apple Watch,” 2019-Present

A prospective randomized controlled trial for the use of

the “My Mobility” application for rehabilitation following primary

hip and knee arthroplasty. Sponsor: Zimmer Biomet, Warsaw, IN.

• Principal Investigator, F14 randomized controlled drug trial. A 2017-Presentprospective, randomized single-blinded controlled drug trial on
• an investigational long-acting, injectable novel celecoxib formulation. Sponsor: AIC, Toronto, Ontario

• Principal Investigator, Zimmer Persona Partial Knee. A prospective 2016-Present

multicenter study on the performance of a novel unicompartmental knee arthroplasty. Sponsor: Zimmer Biomet, Warsaw, IN.

Distinctions

§ 5280 Top Doc Orthopaedic Surgery 2017 2017

§ Chair Knee Arthroplasty Program, ICJR Resident Course (ORTI)

Philadelphia, PA, May 2016 2016

§ Chair Knee Arthroplasty Program, ICJR Resident Course (ORTI)

Philadelphia, PA, April 2015 2015

§ Fellow American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) 2014-Present

§ Director Total Joint Service St. Anthony Hospital, Lakewood CO 2013-Present

§ Co-Surgeon, Operation Walk, Panama 2019

§ Director Total Joint Service OrthoColorado Hospital Lakewood CO 2012-Present

§ Editorial Board/Elite Reviewer the Journal of Arthroplasty 2012-Present

§ Reviewer for Orthopedics (Journal) 2012-2015

§ Co-Surgeon, Operation Walk, Tanzania 2012

§ Co-Surgeon Nigeria Medical Mission, GEANCO Foundation 2011

§ Member Colorado Medical Society 2012-Present

§ Section Editor of AAOS: “OrthoInfo” Hip and Knee Arthroplasty 2010-2022

§ President, Rush Adult Reconstruction Fellowship Alumni Association 2010-2012

§ Member American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons (AAHKS) 2010-Present

§ Course Physician, BMW PGA Championship, Cog Hill, IL 2010

§ UCSD Department of Orthopaedics Executive Committee 2008-2009

§ WOA, San Diego Chapter, UCSD Resident Representative 2008-2009

§ Participant, Operation Walk, Vietnam 2008

§ Physician at “Camp LT” Ladanian Tomlinson’s charity football camp 2008

§ Elected UCSD Administrative Chief Resident 2008-2009

§ Selected AOA-OREF-Zimmer Resident Leadership Forum, 2008

Quebec, Canada

§ Fellow 3rd Annual Joint Arthroplasty Young Investigators’ Conference, 2007

San Diego, California

• Member Orthopaedic Research Society 2004-Present
• Member American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons 2004-Present
• Resident Physician Council, UC San Diego 2005-2006
• Joint Health Coordinator, Community Care Initiative, Baltimore 2002
• Curriculum Committee, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine 1999-2000
• Founder of Women's Suitcase Clinic (homeless women's healthcare clinic) 1997-1998
• President, UC Berkeley Pre-Medical Honor Society 1998
• Senior Class President, Yuba City High School...