DoctorPatientRights

The Doctor-Patient Rights Project is a non-profit coalition of doctors, patients, caregivers and advocates fighting to improve the practice of medicine.

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Check out our new report featured in @CBSMoneyWatch explaining how patients are being denied for crucial preventative and emergency services — and what they can do to fight back. https://t.co/m1sjD2Vbkz

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“To deny a patient this treatment, if it is available, is immoral and barbaric.”

Doctors and patients should be the primary voices in determining healthcare decisions — not insurers. Learn more: https://t.co/CPCee7S4Qg

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“Patients are mostly collateral damage.” https://t.co/d4wUBXGKqK

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When it comes to patients battling insurer denials of coverage for treatment and care, our Dr. Theresa Rohr-Kirchgraber says "Their physician is on their side, we’re in this together."

Learn more from her feature in @DukeHealth. https://t.co/jcRgIe9IF1

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The U.S. healthcare system spends $496 billion on administrative burdens annually — most of any country worldwide.

When physicians get tied up with prior authorization forms and other paperwork, that's less time to spend with patients. Learn more: https://t.co/vFccvIHe2Z

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Shady middlemen who are preventing patients from enjoying savings on drug prices are set to take the hot seat tomorrow.

Learn more about the dangers of interference in healthcare from PBMs.

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#PriorAuthorization should not stand in the way of life-saving care. We need to fix this inefficient process. Like this tweet if you agree! #FixPriorAuth

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Administrative burdens often fall on early career physicians, which is leading to an increasing burnout rate.

Health insurers need to stop pushing our doctors past their breaking point. https://t.co/rBO9XsCdjQ

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#PriorAuthorization takes up so much time that some physicians have to hire staff exclusively for this task. RT if you want to #FixPriorAuth!

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As National Physicians Week comes to a close, we cannot stop supporting our brothers and sisters in medicine 👨‍⚕️⚕️👩‍⚕️. Join the growing movement of physicians nationwide who are tired of interference in healthcare by insurers. #physiciansonfire https://t.co/5yV8W2qrPL

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A special shout out this National Physicians Week to our fearless emergency physicians! Learn from @EmergencyDocs President @DrVidor about how they are pushing back against insurers to improve access to ED care 🚑. #physiciansonfire https://t.co/UQlQEChfrx

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Celebrate National Physicians Week with us by learning more about the doctors who are taking a stand against health insurance companies and ensuring treating practitioners are the primary voice in patient care. #physiciansonfire https://t.co/BaY1NvoK2h

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11-year-old Ethan had coverage for his insulin denied by his insurer. Only after tireless appeals from his doctor was this decision reversed.

In honor of National Physicians Week, tell us about a time your doctor stood up in the face of insurer interference. #physiciansonfire

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A new treatment helped this 11 year old boy treating diabetes play sports, have sleepovers and live a healthy life.

But now his insurance company is putting him at risk by denying access to care. https://t.co/sTnEJ0zxbD

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.@AMWADoctors past president and DPRP member Theresa Rohr-Kirchgraber has never stopped fighting interference in patient care. In honor of National Physicians Week, watch how she stands up for patients being denied access to care. #physiciansonfire https://t.co/erPurp3hWQ

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Are you a physician who wants to make your voice heard about the interference of health insurers this National Physicians Week? Share your story with us! #physiciansonfire https://t.co/5yV8W2qrPL

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Happy National Physicians Week⚕️! We are thankful for physicians and their tireless work in support of patients. RT to show your support! #physiciansonfire

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Some physicians report spending more than half of their time on prior authorization forms and other administrative burdens from health insurers — that means less time caring for patients. Learn more: https://t.co/cH1UVJ6ecS

[Laura Wooster @lawooster]

Emerg physicians often bear downstream impact of prior auth when providers are forced to send patients to the ER b/c test results needed faster for medical reasons than prior auth process will take.

[AMA @AmerMedicalAssn]

"Health insurance executives will argue — wrongly — that #priorauthorization has benefits that offset the human costs they engender," says AMA president, @BarbaraMcAneny.
https://t.co/LEWPQYve8f (via: @baltimoresun)

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Thank you to @AmerMedicalAssn president @BarbaraMcAneny for standing up for physicians and patients. The burden of prior authorization is interfering in the fundamental practice of medicine and it's time to #FixPriorAuth. https://t.co/RLzGMBDgWu

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We should always be putting patients ahead of insurance company profits. It's time to ensure patients receive the treatment and care prescribed by their physicians. https://t.co/ruwJ11cpIq