Physician's Weekly

JUNE 19, 2025

When Alyne Diamond fell off a horse in August 2023 and broke her back, her employer-based health plan through UnitedHealthcare covered her emergency care in Aspen, Colorado. It also covered related pain management and physical therapy after she returned home to New York City. The bills totaled more than $100,000.

Insurance 52

Insurance Patient-Centered Government Provider 52

Vida Family Medicine

MARCH 1, 2023

This week, February 27-March 5, 2023, marks National Eating Disorder Awareness Week. Project Heal is another fantastic resource that helps patients navigate insurance or get help with the costs for treatment if the patient is uninsured or underinsured. Genes alone do not guarantee that a person will develop an eating disorder.

Mental Health 52

Mental Health Physicals Family Medicine DO 52

GeriPal

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Too many people do because it’s really hard to keep their loved ones at home for the cost, the enormous financial, mental and physical strain for the family. He created fee for service, special fee for depression. That never happens in CMS and other health insurance. Diane: Which too many people do, Malaz. Diane: Huge.

Patient-Centered 125

Patient-Centered IT Families Family 125

GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Just think about something like a nurse visit, a nursing visit, or a physical therapy visit. In the hospital, a physical therapist goes into one room, comes out in the hall, walks into the next room, providing the single… Physical therapy visit, actually, costs more in terms of time of provider. Bruce: Where was this?

Hospital 115

Hospital Patient-Centered Supply Chain IT 115