Real Psychiatry

  After some deliberation I went into my local Walgreens for an RSV immunization.   I have multiple unpredictable allergies and have had b...

Psychiatry Eclipsed Before anyone says that this is me going off the rails again - consider one small factor.  For over 30 years I ...

Another free 28 minutes of work for corporate America on their prior authorization procedure.  I won't type out the dialogue and arb...

A copy of Minnesota Medicine, the journal of the Minnesota Medical Association (MMA) was delivered to my office this morning.  I s...

On my drive home from work yesterday, I heard an outrageous story about a judge ordering LA County jail to build 3,200 psychiatric beds ...

Just when I thought that prior authorization could not get any worse, I see a fax with that headline.  I guess the business geniuses who ...

I had the pleasure of dealing with another Pharmacy Benefits Manager (PBM) recently. It all starts with a fax from a pharmacy anyw...

I can still recall when I was referred to my first web site for a prior authorization of a prescription medication.  My first thought was: &...

Anyone who has read this blog in the past is aware of my opinion of middlemen in health care and how they waste everyone's time and run ...

The real issue in pharmaceuticals used to treat mental illness is the business practices that looms as an obstacle between the psychiatrist ...

As managed care organizations worked on how they could prioritize pricing over medical decisions they came up with various plans to “m...