Pre-approved injections, Received a large bill. What’s going on?
I had two rounds of injections for my chronic migraines (I'm at an average if 21/month, have been hospitalized for...
health insurance
State laws different than company policy for maternity leave STD coverage
I live in state of Virginia. (Company headquarters is California but there is an office here, so I am both...
Older Adult Community Centers: Building Powerful Connections
The Next Part of Life At work, people talk to each other, so connections form easily. But when people retire,...
Blue Cross keeps asking for documentation which does not exist
Hello, My mother recently underwent treatment for breast cancer. She's a federal employee insured via Blue Cross/Blue Shield -- FEP...
Routine lab turned into experimental lab.
I’m asking this question for a patient. Child had been on antibiotic known to cause diarrhea and worse—c-diff. Child has...
No insurance
Plain and simple I work full time ($40k annual) with no health insurance and I’m having major symptoms of a...
Vertical Integration in the Pharmaceutical Market
That is the subtitle of an NBER working paper by Charles Gray, Abby E. Alpert & Neeraj Sood. The author...
Sister had a stroke at 29 and is currently incapacitated. What things do I need to take care of ASAP to support her? Employment, banking, investments, health care, etc.
As the title says, my sister had a stroke and is currently incapacitated. This happened last week so it's all...
Denial Based on Administrative Decision – not clinical
My wife had a fall, out of state, while hiking back in December 2022. We went to an “in-network” urgent...
How Your Credit Score Affects Your Physician Mortgage Loan Approval
One of the most significant decisions a young physician might consider is the purchase of a first home. This process...
