The Direct Doctors Difference

DECEMBER 14, 2021

This recent Wall Street Journal article may have hit the nail on the head. During the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, insurance companies and state & federal regulators really reduced the requirements surrounding telehealth. The rollbacks of telehealth coverage are not helping.

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Plum Health

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

In this article, I’ll walk you through why urgent care could be your best option when time is of the essence. For instance, if you’re running low on a critical medication like an antidepressant and can’t get in to see your regular provider, urgent care can help bridge the gap.

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Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians

APRIL 22, 2025

As we move into the eleventh week of the legislative session, Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians (MAFP) lobbyist Megan Verdeja breaks down what’s happening at the Minnesota State Capitol, provides an update on health care bills and shares what to expect next in the legislative session. Mandating insurance coverage of vasectomies.

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Noreta Family Medicine

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Since we are not signed up with any health insurance companies (We charge patients a monthly fee), we don’t have any pressure from insurance companies or healthcare systems to see an unreasonable number of patients per day. A third barrier is that insurance companies often do not pay for nutrition counseling. Have a good week!

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Noreta Family Medicine

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

He states, “we provided accessible, affordable, very high-quality care and we made a living at it.” Nowadays, instead of directly charging a patient before they leave the office, most primary care offices file a health insurance claim and the patient may not receive a bill, and the office may not be paid for months or years!).

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Plum Health

OCTOBER 6, 2024

In recent years, one of the most intriguing shifts has been the rise of concierge medicine—a model that’s redefining how patients interact with their healthcare providers. In this article, I want to give you a clearer understanding of what concierge medicine is, why it’s gaining popularity, and how it might be a good fit for you.

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The Motivated MD

OCTOBER 3, 2024

So, I started listening to podcasts and videos about filing flood insurance and homeowners insurance claims. Unfortunately, this led me down a path of unpaid claims, hurricane horror stories, and insurance company fraud. I do not mean to paint such a grim picture, but I want to provide a healthy dose of realism.

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The Medical Futurist

MAY 12, 2025

These have provided insights into what the executives think about the future, but might not be known publicly. Sometimes, their private visions diverge from their public ones, and this article shares what they won’t admit publicly through four lenses. A similar tool has also been deployed by Pfizer to help with its marketing efforts.

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The Motivated MD

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Last time, we published an article comparing renting versus purchasing a home. If you wreck your only car, take the money you receive from insurance payout, supplement it with your emergency fund, and purchase an affordable car outright. I do not provide nor engage in rendering legal, accounting, or other professional services.

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Physician's Practice

JUNE 27, 2025

Reynolds Blog Article The small details, like restroom cleanliness, shape patient perceptions and impact healthcare experiences in practices. All the staff agreed that it was not a representation of the care we provide our patients. Please share your stories for a future article at doctorwhiz@gmail.com.

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Physician's Practice

JUNE 9, 2025

Insurance Denials and Prior Authorizations (00:11:26)** Challenges with insurance coverage, prior authorizations, and evolving insurer policies for GLP-1 prescriptions. Conclusion and Closing Remarks (00:25:02)** Thanking the guest, closing the episode, and providing subscription information. Singer, M.D. Singer, M.D.,

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

APRIL 3, 2023

Although healthcare services are publicly funded, access to medications depends on private or public insurance and is linked with employment. He mentions that healthcare was provided to Indigenous peoples rooted in a charitable effort, rather than as a basic human right.

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Physician's Practice

JUNE 20, 2025

Reynolds Blog Article Innovative medical practices thrive by embracing change, prioritizing patient care and learning from setbacks to enhance success and satisfaction. Focus on providing optimum patient care and financial success will follow Rules are made for a reason and should be followed.

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GeriPal

MAY 5, 2022

If you want to take a deeper dive into this subject and read some of the articles we discussed in the podcast, check out the following: Hearing Loss: Effect on Hospice and Palliative Care Through the Eyes of Practitioners. COVID-19, masks, and hearing difficulty: Perspectives of healthcare providers. Transcript. This is Eric Widera.

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GeriPal

JUNE 8, 2023

So a lot of these patients that I care for are at risk for mortality or poor prognosis in general, and wanting to know how do we still provide them with quality care without giving them too many pricks, too many titrations when it comes to insulin. Eric: Maybe everybody who gets admitted in a nursing home, just boom, CGM. It maxes out.

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Plum Health

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Discover the Best Primary Care in Michigan As an experienced doctor who has worked with thousands of patients across Michigan, I can confidently say that finding the right primary care provider is one of the most important decisions you can make for your health. So, how do you choose the best primary care provider in Michigan?

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 24, 2024

And you could say the same thing about insurance companies. Insurance companies will pay for a lot of drugs that have really not a whole lot of evidence at a lot of costs. But to this day, I haven’t heard of an insurance company that’s willing to cover cannabis. Eric 39:20 Yeah, that was a great article.

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GeriPal

MARCH 7, 2024

Check out the Pub Crawl GeriPal post for more info, and follow #HPMParty on Twitter to keep us as we crawl! ** In the last several years, I’ve seen more and more articles about end-of-life doulas ( like this NY Times article from 2021 ). Providers are not providers that people want answers and determinations and decisions.

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GeriPal

APRIL 14, 2022

And if you want to learn more about buprenorphine from these amazing palliative care clinicians and others, check out of some of these articles: Learn more about caring for those with substance use disorder: . Adapting Palliative Care Skills to Provide Substance Use Disorder Treatment to Patients With Serious Illness . Transcript.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 18, 2024

We got a couple of articles to discuss and a lot of different components of this. Eric: Which brings us to an article. Anybody with a DEA and… I should be very careful because this is different for physicians and advanced practice providers. AMA PRA Category 1 credit(s) ™. Jessie: Exactly. Eric: Oh, you were?

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GeriPal

JANUARY 20, 2023

But if you want to learn more, check out these links: The report by NASEM titled “ The National Imperative to Improve Nursing Home Quality ” The website for the Moving Forward We will also link to the JAGS articles co-authored by seven committee members that focus on specific recommendations of the NASEM report when they get published (stay tuned).

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GeriPal

MARCH 9, 2023

Stacy: I honestly read Michael Pollan’s New Yorker article and was really inspired, and cold emailed the group at NYU, and they responded. There was an article in New York Times last week about rampant prescribing of psychedelics. Theora shared a wonderful article with us, what was the title again? Eric: Yeah.

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GeriPal

JUNE 22, 2023

Michele: Yeah, so in May of 2018, there was an article by Suleika Jaouad in the New York Times Magazine, and they spent about two weeks in our hospice with us learning about the work that’s done. And so the article focuses on the work of these three men who were mostly gang involved and did something really bad when they were young.

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GeriPal

JUNE 5, 2025

We also take a dive into these 2 articles that Connie first authored: Palliative care in nursing homes: A qualitative study on referral criteria and implications for research and practice. So the palliative care service doesn’t necessarily need to provide those potentially. Eric 13:49 Right. Alex 14:59 What do you think?

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

But, you know, I’ve talked to a lot of palliative care providers, a lot of people caring for people with serious illness. But that was my take home from Danny’s article. Like if a person has an issue, struggle with alcohol, I’m not their alcohol provider, but I may be their opioid provider.

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GeriPal

MAY 15, 2025

For example, putting the healthy food at the back of the grocery store is sludge; making an applicant for health insurance climb the flight of stairs to the office – weeding out those less fit – is also sludge. Sludge is apparently when you create barriers or extra work for someone. Prior-auth forms? Alex 25:41 Yeah.

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GeriPal

JULY 6, 2023

It was designed to really balance what Medicaid at the time was to provide nursing homes and Medicare is obviously health insurance. The long-term care is being actually provided in the community at a much higher rate than what the formal system provides. But, what you need is a community-based game there.

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Medical Xpress

JUNE 7, 2025

Edwards edited by Gaby Clark , reviewed by Andrew Zinin Gaby Clark scientific editor Meet our editorial team Behind our editorial process Andrew Zinin lead editor Meet our editorial team Behind our editorial process Editors notes This article has been reviewed according to Science Xs editorial process and policies.

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GeriPal

AUGUST 22, 2024

Insurance companies. Healthcare provide. They’re often the ones who are most directly in touch with a grieving family or may have their own concerns about the care that’s being provided and the worth or value of what they’re showing up and doing every day. Healthcare companies. Icus for beds. Alex 11:53 Great.

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GeriPal

JUNE 6, 2024

Here are some articles that Kira and I have written about the topic, and that’s really how my interest in addressing sexual health concerns started. And that really is what prompted me to get certified as a sexual education provider. So provide multiple sort of concrete examples of what you’re talking about.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Don’t get me wrong, the evidence points to cost savings, but as Chris Callahan and Kathleen Unroe pointed out in a JAGS editorial in 2020 “in comprehensive dementia care models, savings may accrue to Medicare, but the expenses accrue to a fluid and unstable network of local service providers, patients, and their families.” Eric: Okay.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 12, 2025

An “improper” payment refers to payments made erroneously to beneficiaries and their providers or without sufficient documentation. The White House did not respond to an inquiry for this article. “The vast majority of fraud in Medicaid is committed by providers or other actors, not enrollees,” Wagner said.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 24, 2025

Republican efforts to restrict taxes on hospitals, health plans, and other providers that states use to help fund their Medicaid programs could strip them of tens of billions of dollars. And a loss of provider tax revenue could add billions to the current deficit, forcing state lawmakers to make even more unpopular cuts to Medi-Cal benefits.

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Pamela Wible MD

JUNE 19, 2025

I felt like a lot of doctors feel—they feel like they’re locked into criminal rings committing insurance fraud just to stay afloat. I’m just actually providing really good primary health care. And these are just little clips from news articles and shows because people find it really interesting when they meet a real happy doctor.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 17, 2025

But that’s when his family began fighting another adversary: their health insurer, which decided the treatment was “not medically necessary,” according to insurance paperwork. Health insurers issue millions of denials every year. “They’re, like, not accountable to anyone.” Senate report.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 26, 2025

California lawmakers are poised to delay the state’s much-ballyhooed new law mandating in vitro fertilization insurance coverage for millions, set to take effect July 1. Gavin Newsom has asked lawmakers to push the implementation date to January 2026, leaving patients, insurers, and employers in limbo.

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Physicians News Digest

APRIL 3, 2025

Survey data gathered by AHRQ provides much of what is known about hospitalizations for motor accidents, measles, methamphetamine, and thousands of other medical issues. The article was not about gender issues. To track covid, he relied on daily feeds of private insurance data from around the country.

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