tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7772182113499451603.post3580644182615088140..comments2024-03-27T10:50:53.692-05:00Comments on Real Psychiatry: Prior Authorization - A Legal Document?George Dawson, MD, DFAPAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03474899831557543486noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7772182113499451603.post-5857870445507430362014-04-30T17:58:18.014-05:002014-04-30T17:58:18.014-05:00"Standing around in a primary care clinic loo..."Standing around in a primary care clinic looking at PHQ-9 scores and monitoring the rapid and random prescription of antidepressants by nonpsychiatrists seems like a job for an MBA rather than an MD."<br /><br />Or an MD in Bangalore working for 10 percent of your customary salary. I think that many of these APA psychiatrists rushing to support this should have talked to a few diagnostic radiologists first. If that happens, will the APA apologize and reimburse us for their mistake?<br /><br />I don't think its naivete as much as they don't have skin in the game. Asking tenured academics to represent the interest of private practitioners is a fool's game. Why should they care?James O'Brien, M.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14994350319492582321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7772182113499451603.post-45899654014747577032014-04-30T17:34:56.225-05:002014-04-30T17:34:56.225-05:00Recommendation: Call the insurance company and tel...Recommendation: Call the insurance company and tell them that unless they desist from harrassing you in this way, you will resign from the panel. You also say you will explain what happened to their patients, recommend to these patients that they complain to their employers about the insurance company, and give the patients the name and phone number of the person at the company you are dealing with. Let them deal with the patient.<br /><br />Doctors don't know that, if they do this, insurance companies will usually back down or come up with something agreeable to save face. If not, follow through with what you said. Hostile and/or entitled patients can be useful resources.David M. Allen M.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06280912088483192599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7772182113499451603.post-64650972154243592032014-04-30T12:31:29.932-05:002014-04-30T12:31:29.932-05:00Amen.
And, not just psychiatry. Most medicine Is...Amen. <br /><br />And, not just psychiatry. Most medicine Is in trouble. It will be "They pretend to treat us, and patients and doctors pretend we actually have a say in the matter."Not a Doctornoreply@blogger.com