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Time Consuming Insurance Hurdles for Children and Adolescents in ERs who Need Psychiatric Hospitalization

A study that colleagues and I authored is being published online today in American Journal of Emergency Medicine.  Here is the press release for the paper: A study published online on March 3 in American Journal of Emergency Medicine found … Continue reading

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Psychology Today Blog–Psychiatrists Waste Millions of Hours Obtaining Prior Authorizations from Insurers

It is a travesty that insurance companies single out psychiatric patients for this kind of scrutiny.  Your physician doesn’t have to call an insurance company to admit you if you are a woman in labor or a kid with appendicitis. … Continue reading

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Do You Know Anyone Who Refuses Medicare?

Instead of the dramatically confusing largely private insurance options offered by Obamacare, why not streamline things and offer Medicare-for all?  I don’t know a single individual who refuses to utilize his or her Medicare benefits, no matter his or her … Continue reading

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Health Insurance Companies Ration Health Care by “Hassle Factor”

If an insurance company requires health care workers to call them every time they deem a patient in need of psychiatric care, and the call can take anywhere from 10 minutes to several hours for the clinician, health care workers … Continue reading

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