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Doctors live with denials, some of them dangerous. I've ordered MRI's on hospitalized patients that somehow never got done, physical therapy and medication never delivered, because of "unmet requirements" picked up when codes are scanned. When the white blood count isn't high enough to "justify" the hospitalization...
Before we had them on every countertop, computers held such promise for us in medicine: doctors and patients live in a world of painful, pressing questions, the answers might be in there. Or so we thought. Twenty nine years from the night I first sat in a hospital in front...
You glossed over the impact of malpractice lawsuits in the decline of VBAC births. Parents sign a detailed form stating that they fully understand the risks that can occur with a VBAC, but when their choice results in a tragic loss or injury, they often seek to blame the doctor...
•Caps or omission of services. Read your plan to check for limits on drug coverage or per-day hospital fees, which may leave you with bulging health-care bills.
There was at least one thing we didn't have to worry about, Haile assured me. Pat's kidney doctor, Peter Smolens, would keep treating him even if he couldn't pay. Smolens, a thin, soft-spoken man, later told me that about 10% of his patients have inadequate insurance...