Alissa Zingman MD MPH - ZebraMD

PRISM Spine and Joint, Research Hypermobility Care, Wife/Mom/CEO/Dancer. Tweets are not medical advice.

[Alissa Zingman MD MPH - ZebraMD @DocZing]

Full story in print today! So grateful to ⁦@people⁩ and to my pit crew/mentors/squad ⁦@asktheallergist⁩ ⁦@RuhoyMD⁩ ⁦@BluesteinLinda⁩ and Drs Francomano and Henderson. I feel very fortunate. #EDS #MCAS #POTS #InvisibleIllness https://t.co/FYukWmEKJI

[Alissa Zingman MD MPH - ZebraMD @DocZing]

@LeahHoustonMD Why must commenters make it adversarial? Great surgeons can't do our jobs without great nurses and support staff and equipment. And those team members can't do surgeries without us. The big companies obstructing and delaying care to profit off human suffering are the problem.

[Alissa Zingman MD MPH - ZebraMD @DocZing]

@PhDPennsylvania @NiallHarbison We don't deserve dogs. Such a beautiful soul in those eyes.

[Alissa Zingman MD MPH - ZebraMD @DocZing]

#Nurses: Trying to get in touch with @NIAIDNews (a doc) emails bouncing. Presumably, operations...affected. On website directory giant list, no clue who to reach out to - decided to just look for #RN regardless of sub-specialty. Bc an RN will figure it out. THAT is nurses. 💕

[Alissa Zingman MD MPH - ZebraMD @DocZing]

BLACK WOMEN COUNT.
Are we seriously@going back to POC counting as a fraction of a person??? Is the fraction 0/3???

This is so far beyond the limits of decency.
https://t.co/VwvR7cg3UP

[Alissa Zingman MD MPH - ZebraMD @DocZing]

Accountability matters. If this patient suffered a complication due to her surgery being interrupted, being sent home that same day, etc., the doctor has all of the liability. The insurance company has none. This can change. What are we waiting for??? https://t.co/If8XJLLkNp

[Bill Ackman @BillAckman]

Yesterday, I made a critical post about @EPotterMD and her experience with United Healthcare. I took it down when my office heard from the Clare Locke firm which represents UNH which called and stated that the doctor’s claims were not true. We have used Clare Locke and think highly of the firm.

Later, the general counsel of UNH contacted our CLO and stated that Dr. Potter’s claims about being contacted during surgery and UNH denying coverage for a patient overnight post surgical stay in the hospital were false.

We have asked both the Clare Locke firm and UNH for support for their claims and I have done the same with Dr. Potter. When I get to the bottom of this issue, I will report back.

UNH complained to the @SECGov about my post. To be clear, we have no position of any kind, long, short or otherwise in UNH.

I do, however, care about cases when insurers act inappropriately in denying coverage which is why I took interest in this issue.

[Alissa Zingman MD MPH - ZebraMD @DocZing]

@DrScottHadland Love it!!

[Alissa Zingman MD MPH - ZebraMD @DocZing]

Human suffering is infinite
Blame, Anger, Fear, Hatred: infinite

Compassion can also be infinite

Mourn each loss. Pray for each terrified/injured/hungry/sick/kidnapped/orphaned child

Compassion for one need not diminish compassion for another

Love & peace are not betrayals 🕊️

[Alissa Zingman MD MPH - ZebraMD @DocZing]

CP, OCD, Cancer - imagine a cardiologist's office "not taking pts w these dx". Unthinkable. #EDS : "outside scope" used by every specialty. Abdominal pain: GI "doesn't see EDS pts". Orthostatic Intolerance: Cards says same.
#MedTwitter See @TheEDSociety @Dysautonomia for CME

[Alissa Zingman MD MPH - ZebraMD @DocZing]

@HHS_Health @DHSgov @PeteButtigieg @SpeakerJohnson @SouthwestAir
Safety first. Over three hours. Sick, young, elderly, infirm.
#Legislate #Regulate
@freedomcaucus give folks freedom to exit plane to eat and drink stretch legs refresh meds or just cancel

[Alissa Zingman MD MPH - ZebraMD @DocZing]

@GodsZebra Gentle hugs to you

[Alissa Zingman MD MPH - ZebraMD @DocZing]

It isn't a rare case - it is a common one. In our practice, we work hard to mitigate every possible risk factor that might prevent need for fusion of an unstable head-neck junction or upper spine. And sometimes we reach the end of that road. Sometimes we meet the patient late...

[Beth Swanson @write4chocolate]

Thank you for all the support and care. Here’s her story once more, just in case. Sure hope the #HealthInsurance #CEOs ar #cigna #BCBS #UHC and others are reading. #CCI #POTS

And again, @RepKimSchrier @PattyMurray @SenatorCantwell

Wanna make a law??

https://t.co/N8l7WmGud3

[Alissa Zingman MD MPH - ZebraMD @DocZing]

5/5 This is fixable

1. Insurance companies are essentially organized crime - pay for protection, price escalates, protection decreases, repeat. Lose a battle, may wind up dead. #REGULATE @SenateDems

2. Physician education about #EDS, #CCI #AAI #POTS #MCAS,etc.

Pretty Simple

[Alissa Zingman MD MPH - ZebraMD @DocZing]

4/ Not being able to see specialists who can really take the time to sort through the most complex cases and work collaboratively with patients on plans; Not being able to make your own choices for your own healthcare for a debilitating and life-threatening condition...

[Alissa Zingman MD MPH - ZebraMD @DocZing]

Reunited w friend from college who toured https://t.co/qUhIaqz16Z today!
Me: when you found out I had EDS, did it make so much sense?
Him: no, actually. I was shocked!
Me: Don't you remember me having to be carried up and down stairs a lot?
Him: that wasn't bc you were drunk?

[Alissa Zingman MD MPH - ZebraMD @DocZing]

These break my 💔 but dogs can teach us so much. A person can go through this type of transition in so many ways, too. And they might look exactly the same to us before and after. Bc we can't really see someone just by looking.

[Niall Harbison @NiallHarbison]

10 weeks apart. That was her daily life and the end of the road for Faith.

Now she looks like a million dollars, has a lovely safe home to go to and her healthy is back.

You just love to see it ❤️ (7/7)

[Alissa Zingman MD MPH - ZebraMD @DocZing]

@Dysautonomia Darn! Can we purchase replay?

[Alissa Zingman MD MPH - ZebraMD @DocZing]

@OGdukeneurosurg First thing I noticed and don't know what part of a bat this would be!

[Alissa Zingman MD MPH - ZebraMD @DocZing]

@isabelunraveled Marry the person you'd want making decisions if you were on ventilator or your child had cancer. If the person you're with doesn't meet that bar, then they're not your person. If you don't meet that bar, make a plan to become someone who does (therapy, mindset, perspective).