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Haha. "Caucasian" has always been a weird term to me...as if any modern White American has much of any material connection to that region.From now on, I prefer to be known as Appalachian American. If you must go broader, then Tennessean American. "White" or "Caucasian" are unacceptable. Respect my heritage!
Doc - have you been watching the show Dopesick? I think you'd enjoy it. Michael Keaton plays a rural Appalachian doctor in Virginia and his character arc is really interesting. I won't spoil it - but it's a great show that goes into Purdue Pharma and the opiod crisis. A big part of it is the doctor-pharm rep relationships, which I'm sure you're intimately familiar with.ER is different. I have learned to beat the insurance companies at their own game for the most part. They have to publish their treatment criteria. Therefore, I always make sure that the criteria is not only met, but documented in the note. Cuts denials way down. Opens them up to consequences if they deny in that scenario.
I love asking the mercenary peer review doctor if he can’t read or doesn’t know his employer’s criteria for the procedure I am requesting. There’s usually just silence, then a quick it’s approved before they hang up. I am infinitely annoyed that I have to justify appropriate medical care, but I take pleasure in getting approval regardless…