Private practice pearls: How to search for unclaimed funds from the state comptroller.
Eric Dessner is the founder and CEO of Medmic.com
He is an ophthalmologist in private practice in Brooklyn, NY.
Medmic: Opinions
The psychological harm from health insurance denials to patients and physicians cannot be undone
JL Lycette, MD, is a hematologist/oncologist and writer in rural Oregon. Her medical perspective and narrative medicine essays can be found in NEJM, JAMA, Journal of Clinical Oncology, The ASCO Post, Medscape, and Doximity, among other places.
Her debut novel, a speculative medical thriller, THE ALGORITHM WILL SEE YOU NOW (Black Rose Writing Press), is out now. See more of her writing on her website, https://jenniferlycette.com, and connect with her on Twitter @JL_Lycette
How Cigna Saves Millions by Having Its Doctors Reject Claims Without Reading Them
Internal documents and former company executives reveal how Cigna doctors reject patients’ claims without opening their files. “We literally click and submit,” one former company doctor said.
This article was orginalluy published by Propublica on March 25, 2023
https://www.propublica.org/article/cigna-pxdx-medical-health-insurance-rejection-claims
Burn It Up
Alexis Del Cid is a journalist and TV anchor for The University of Kansas Health System Medical News Network.
She Is also an EMMY winner.
When identity confusion and mental illness presents to our Behavioral Unit
Debbie Moore-Black RN has worked in the ICU for over 30 years. Her nursing stories offer ideas to improve care, discuss dilemmas facing patients and healthcare providers, provide a little humor, and offer opinions and insight on dying & dignity.
She describers her stories as “a composite of fiction and facts and are based on the things I’ve seen and experienced. These stories are not for everyone, but they are topics that I believe shouldn’t remain in the silence.”
Rethinking access to the American tip jar: It’s time to include nurses and dental hygienists
Dr. Eric Dessner is an ophthalmologist in Brooklyn, New York, and CEO and founder of www.medmic.com
How Can We Better Cope with Medical Malpractice Lawsuits and Adverse Events?
Dr. Fortner MD is an Ob/Gyn, entrepreneur, speaker, and an expert in PTSD Like events in medicine.
She lives on a farm in rural Ohio with her husband and 4 children. She has been practicing for 21 years and went from private practice to now an OB Hospitalist position working part time.
She can be reached at:
https://www.themedmalcoach.com/
Have You Ever Wondered How the Brain Cleans Itself?
Dr. Mandel left clinical pediatrics and haw been researching and teaching the connections between mind and body medicine for over 13 years.
Her passion is teaching individuals (especially teens and their families) to look for the answers they are seeking on the INSIDE, where all the answers lie.
Want to Bag a Rich Doctor: Look Behind the Curtain First
Olivia Morris is the Co-founder and CEO of Doctors Living & Hubelle | Host of Making Medicine Better Podcast | Society of Physician Entrepreneurs Chapter Lead Ireland & UK
Excerpt from the novel The Algorithm Will See You Now, a speculative thriller by JL Lycette, MD
JL/Jennifer Lycette MD is a rural community hematologist/oncologist, novelist, award-winning essayist, wife, and mom (three of the human sort, two of the dog persuasion). Mid-career, she discovered narrative medicine on her path back from physician burnout and has been writing ever since.
The Algorithm Will See You Now, a speculative medical thriller, is out 3/2/2023 (Black Rose Writing Press). Connect with her on her website https://jenniferlycette.com.