Got curious with Hall of Fame season in full swing and the alma mater meeting the criteria…
The Hall of Fame triple crown: 19 schools have an alumnus enshrined in the National Baseball Hall of Fame, Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame and Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Here’s the dirty secret of emergency medicine:
We don’t have to do prior auth. Like ever. We just order what the patient needs, and the patient gets it done in the ED.
But here’s why we care about prior auth anyways:
B/c not a shift goes by where a patient doesn’t land in the ER as a last resort when #priorauth denied or delayed them the outpatient care they needed.
What will it take for the US to seriously reconsider its gun laws & culture? It's not more dead kids. We've proven that. I fear it will only happen when the violence gets so bad that it drives away businesses, impacts economic growth, & threatens our other sacred idol—money.
As a pulmonologist, I’ve seen veterans suffering the consequences of exposure to burn pits: obstructive lung disease, bronchitis, cancer.
The fact that GOP senators would *celebrate* voting to block veterans healthcare is absolutely sickening. #PACTAct
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