Don't Let Your Doctor Kill You: How to Beat Physician Arrogance, Corporate Greed and a Broken System by Dr. Erika Schwartz Md & Melissa Jo Peltier

Author:Dr. Erika Schwartz Md & Melissa Jo Peltier [Schwartz, Erika Md & Peltier, Melissa Jo]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Health & Fitness, Health Care Issues, Medical, Physician & Patient, Alternative Therapies
ISBN: 9781618688637
Google: Cu2RCgAAQBAJ
Publisher: Post Hill Press
Published: 2015-11-09T18:30:00+00:00

Finally, our office got involved. The insurance company demanded we produce Liam’s test results for the previous ten years. After we sent in the results, they informed us that Liam should never have been placed on testosterone in the first place because his initial lab values were within “normal” range according to their protocols.

Just when all seemed lost, a sympathetic clerk at the insurance company came to our rescue. She told me “off the record” that the company demanded its claims clerks deny all initial claims and that because of his test numbers, Liam’s case was an easy “no”

for them. She suggested that I warn the company in a legal letter that if my patient’s health deteriorated after the medication was discontinued, as his doctor, I would hold the company liable.

That statement, the clerk said, would send the case “upstairs” to the medical board for a review.

I did exactly as she advised and within four hours, Liam’s prescription for testosterone was approved. He remains on it to this day, and though I’m about to go to his seventieth birthday party, you’d never guess he’s a day over forty-five.

It’s your choice. Even though no one individual can fix America’s healthcare mess, I believe it’s up to each one of us to determine our path. You decide whether you are a victim or a survivor.

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