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Kirstin Woody Scott, MD, MPhil, PhD

EMRA Health Policy Committee, Chair 2021-2022, 2022-2023
EMRA Health Policy Committee Chair-elect, 2020-2021
EMRA Health Policy Committee Vice Chair, 2019-2020
EMRA Medical Student Council Legislative Coordinator, 2018-2019

Medical school: Harvard Medical School, Class of 2020

Advocacy Handbook 2019

Chapter Author: Chapter 33. Health Services Research

Health Policy Journal Club , Health Policy

Health Policy Journal Club: Are You Sick Enough to Need the ED?

7/6/2022 Kirstin Woody Scott, MD, MPhil, PhD , Vidya Eswaran, MD

Insurance companies are penalizing emergency department patients whose conditions ultimately don't turn out to be true emergencies - and evidence shows the algorithms using ICD codes to retrospectivel

COVID-19 , Workplace , Administration & Operations , Health Care Administration , Career Planning

Addressing an Uncertain Future: Targeted Programming to Prepare Emergency Medicine Residents to Enter the Workforce Amid a Pandemic

12/12/2021 Miriam Bukhsh, MD , Nicholas Stark, MD, MBA , Nicholas Cozzi, MD, MBA , Kirstin Woody Scott, MD, MPhil, PhD , Phillip Tseng, MD, MBA, MEd , Jared Ditkowsky, MD , Ynhi Thomas, MD, MPH, MSc

The COVID-19 pandemic, which took a toll on the lives of patients served by the emergency department, also dramatically altered the transition process and job search timeline for emergency medicine re

Health Policy

What is Surprise Billing… and Why Should I Care?

4/22/2020 Nicholas Stark, MD, MBA , Phillip Tseng, MD, MBA, MEd , Jared Ditkowsky, MD , Andrew Luo, MD , Kirstin Woody Scott, MD, MPhil, PhD , Sushant Kapoor, DO, MS , Nicholas Cozzi, MD, MBA , Ynhi Thomas, MD, MPH, MSc , Angela Cai, MD, MBA

Surprise billing has the potential to bruise the patient-physician relationship, harm patients' health, and lead to downstream problems in health care. This complex issue matters more now than ever.

EMRA Spotlight , Health Policy Committee

Meet Kirstin Woody Scott, MPhil, PhD

2/26/2020 Kirstin Woody Scott, MD, MPhil, PhD

We're pleased to introduce Kirstin Woody Scott, MPhil, PhD, chair-elect of the EMRA Health Policy Committee, 2020-2021.

Health Policy Journal Club

Health Policy Journal Club: How Did Your Last Patient Rate You on Yelp?

6/4/2019 Kirstin Woody Scott, MD, MPhil, PhD

Want to improve your online ratings by patients? Perfect a good bedside manner.

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