My next read has arrived! Honored to be interviewed for this book by @mirandayaver.bsky.social. This should be your next read too..
www.cambridge.org/universitypr...
#macrosw #hcldr #PriorAuth
www.cambridge.org/universitypr...
#macrosw #hcldr #PriorAuth
April 30, 2026 at 10:04 PM
My next read has arrived! Honored to be interviewed for this book by @mirandayaver.bsky.social. This should be your next read too..
www.cambridge.org/universitypr...
#macrosw #hcldr #PriorAuth
www.cambridge.org/universitypr...
#macrosw #hcldr #PriorAuth
Sometimes it's shoots. Sometimes it's ladders.
Why does #PriorAuth make us play games in order to get medications for our patients?
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
Why does #PriorAuth make us play games in order to get medications for our patients?
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
December 11, 2024 at 1:28 PM
Sometimes it's shoots. Sometimes it's ladders.
Why does #PriorAuth make us play games in order to get medications for our patients?
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
Why does #PriorAuth make us play games in order to get medications for our patients?
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
I may have a fix for this brewing really soon… #priorauth transformation bill, required electronic approval/denial, almost 300 cosponsors, feel pretty good about it making it into law this year- will absolutely be the highlight of my #fellowship and whole year
July 14, 2026 at 1:53 AM
I may have a fix for this brewing really soon… #priorauth transformation bill, required electronic approval/denial, almost 300 cosponsors, feel pretty good about it making it into law this year- will absolutely be the highlight of my #fellowship and whole year
#PriorAuth must be abolished, in all state & federally funded health programs.
(Should be abolished completely, but that’s next)
(Should be abolished completely, but that’s next)
September 25, 2026 at 12:59 PM
#PriorAuth must be abolished, in all state & federally funded health programs.
(Should be abolished completely, but that’s next)
(Should be abolished completely, but that’s next)
These numbers are absolutely horrifying. These numbers also represent ppl who are suffering & dying, who shld be receiving compassionate & immediate care, not milked 4 all they're worth, then tormented or ignored in their time of need. #PriorAuth is the devil. #cansky #oncosky #cancerBS #insuranceBS
30% of surveyed radiation oncologists said #priorauthorization has caused emergency room visits, hospitalization or permanent disability for their patients.
7% said it led or contributed to a patient’s death.
This data is clear.
We need to #fixPriorAuth
www.astro.org/news-and-pub...
7% said it led or contributed to a patient’s death.
This data is clear.
We need to #fixPriorAuth
www.astro.org/news-and-pub...
December 6, 2024 at 3:56 PM
These numbers are absolutely horrifying. These numbers also represent ppl who are suffering & dying, who shld be receiving compassionate & immediate care, not milked 4 all they're worth, then tormented or ignored in their time of need. #PriorAuth is the devil. #cansky #oncosky #cancerBS #insuranceBS
I told my parents at #birthday dinner today of serious plans to look outside US to practice #medicine.
No #priorauth, no #insurance, no ban on critical #healthcare staffing like #doctors and #nurses that courts are totally ok cuz they want an all white country with immense preventable death
No #priorauth, no #insurance, no ban on critical #healthcare staffing like #doctors and #nurses that courts are totally ok cuz they want an all white country with immense preventable death
President Trump didn’t exceed his authority by imposing a $100,000 charge on new H-1B workers hired from outside the US, a federal judge in Washington found in a significant win for the administration’s claims to nearly unfettered authority to restrict entry to the US.
Trump’s $100,000 H-1B Fee Allowed in US Chamber Loss
President Trump didn’t exceed his authority by imposing a $100,000 charge on new H-1B workers hired from outside the US, a federal judge in Washington found in a significant win for the administration’s claims to nearly unfettered authority to restrict entry to the US.
bit.ly
December 24, 2025 at 1:25 AM
I told my parents at #birthday dinner today of serious plans to look outside US to practice #medicine.
No #priorauth, no #insurance, no ban on critical #healthcare staffing like #doctors and #nurses that courts are totally ok cuz they want an all white country with immense preventable death
No #priorauth, no #insurance, no ban on critical #healthcare staffing like #doctors and #nurses that courts are totally ok cuz they want an all white country with immense preventable death
"more transparency throughout [the #priorAuth] process is great, I remain concerned that relying on patients & physicians to recognize & initiate appeals places disproportionate burden on our patients who can least afford it."
@michaelannica.bsky.social
@ascocancer.bsky.social
@michaelannica.bsky.social
@ascocancer.bsky.social
March 20, 2025 at 3:41 PM
"more transparency throughout [the #priorAuth] process is great, I remain concerned that relying on patients & physicians to recognize & initiate appeals places disproportionate burden on our patients who can least afford it."
@michaelannica.bsky.social
@ascocancer.bsky.social
@michaelannica.bsky.social
@ascocancer.bsky.social
"I'm in too much pain to the point that I can't tolerate it anymore."
"Please please please I beg"
Our research on #priorAuthorization shows there's a large component of human suffering due to #priorAuth denials.
Nobody should suffer or die due to prior authorization. No one.
"Please please please I beg"
Our research on #priorAuthorization shows there's a large component of human suffering due to #priorAuth denials.
Nobody should suffer or die due to prior authorization. No one.
December 6, 2024 at 1:23 AM
"I'm in too much pain to the point that I can't tolerate it anymore."
"Please please please I beg"
Our research on #priorAuthorization shows there's a large component of human suffering due to #priorAuth denials.
Nobody should suffer or die due to prior authorization. No one.
"Please please please I beg"
Our research on #priorAuthorization shows there's a large component of human suffering due to #priorAuth denials.
Nobody should suffer or die due to prior authorization. No one.
My co-fellows presentations are very professional and high level and on the dry side, and here I am using #SchoolhouseRock pictures to walk through our #priorauth bill 😂- we are all mid to senior career professionals but it’s still ok to have a little whimsy in our lives right?
September 7, 2026 at 10:12 PM
My co-fellows presentations are very professional and high level and on the dry side, and here I am using #SchoolhouseRock pictures to walk through our #priorauth bill 😂- we are all mid to senior career professionals but it’s still ok to have a little whimsy in our lives right?
Excellent graphic medicine piece on #PriorAuth. #cansky #oncosky #medsky
* The AMA found docs & staff spnt 12hrs/wk on #PriorAuth
* ~70% of pts w/#cancer reported delays, many >2 wks 4 #PriorAuth
* 90%+ of rad oncs said they had 2 delay lifesavng tx cuz #PriorAuth.
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
* The AMA found docs & staff spnt 12hrs/wk on #PriorAuth
* ~70% of pts w/#cancer reported delays, many >2 wks 4 #PriorAuth
* 90%+ of rad oncs said they had 2 delay lifesavng tx cuz #PriorAuth.
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
For patients and doctors, insurance prior authorization can be a dangerous game | Opinion
Doctors trying to get patients necessary drugs and procedures stymied by health insurance prior authorization. It's not a game. It's life and death.
www.usatoday.com
December 14, 2024 at 7:01 PM
Excellent graphic medicine piece on #PriorAuth. #cansky #oncosky #medsky
* The AMA found docs & staff spnt 12hrs/wk on #PriorAuth
* ~70% of pts w/#cancer reported delays, many >2 wks 4 #PriorAuth
* 90%+ of rad oncs said they had 2 delay lifesavng tx cuz #PriorAuth.
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
* The AMA found docs & staff spnt 12hrs/wk on #PriorAuth
* ~70% of pts w/#cancer reported delays, many >2 wks 4 #PriorAuth
* 90%+ of rad oncs said they had 2 delay lifesavng tx cuz #PriorAuth.
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
"For both patients and providers, prior authorization can feel like an unfair game they are designed to lose."
Honored to work w/ Dr @nathangray.bsky.social on a graphic op-ed out now @usatoday.com on how #PriorAuth can leave some patients literally dying in pain.
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
Honored to work w/ Dr @nathangray.bsky.social on a graphic op-ed out now @usatoday.com on how #PriorAuth can leave some patients literally dying in pain.
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
For patients and doctors, insurance prior authorization can be a dangerous game | Opinion
Doctors trying to get patients necessary drugs and procedures stymied by health insurance prior authorization. It's not a game. It's life and death.
www.usatoday.com
December 8, 2024 at 2:49 PM
"For both patients and providers, prior authorization can feel like an unfair game they are designed to lose."
Honored to work w/ Dr @nathangray.bsky.social on a graphic op-ed out now @usatoday.com on how #PriorAuth can leave some patients literally dying in pain.
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
Honored to work w/ Dr @nathangray.bsky.social on a graphic op-ed out now @usatoday.com on how #PriorAuth can leave some patients literally dying in pain.
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
🇺🇸 #ASCOAdvocacySummit with my @ascocancer.bsky.social Leadership Development Program friend Dr Shilpa Gupta. We spoke to our elected officials about issues that directly impact patients: research funding, #priorAuth, & drug shortages.
Join today w/ the ACT Network:
asco.quorum.us/action_center/
Join today w/ the ACT Network:
asco.quorum.us/action_center/
April 8, 2025 at 10:16 PM
🇺🇸 #ASCOAdvocacySummit with my @ascocancer.bsky.social Leadership Development Program friend Dr Shilpa Gupta. We spoke to our elected officials about issues that directly impact patients: research funding, #priorAuth, & drug shortages.
Join today w/ the ACT Network:
asco.quorum.us/action_center/
Join today w/ the ACT Network:
asco.quorum.us/action_center/
As I do #fellowship #capstone, going over things I did (among other things, solo wrote letter to protect #NIH with >30 co-signers, helped write #billtext on two bills to improve #kidney care, and get a #priorauth bill unanimously through committee
…and not any of it counts for jack shit in #academia
…and not any of it counts for jack shit in #academia
September 6, 2026 at 12:41 AM
As I do #fellowship #capstone, going over things I did (among other things, solo wrote letter to protect #NIH with >30 co-signers, helped write #billtext on two bills to improve #kidney care, and get a #priorauth bill unanimously through committee
…and not any of it counts for jack shit in #academia
…and not any of it counts for jack shit in #academia
Prior authorization by health insurance companies often targets expensive medical treatment, creating significant barriers for patients to access needed health care.
Learn more from @mirandayaver.bsky.social: www.youtube.com/live/mTRmTPb...
Get her book "Coverage Denied": amzn.to/4uCmN6z
Learn more from @mirandayaver.bsky.social: www.youtube.com/live/mTRmTPb...
Get her book "Coverage Denied": amzn.to/4uCmN6z
Your Doctor Wants To Prescribe It Insurance Won't Allow It #healthcare #priorauth #frustrated
YouTube video by Health Care Voices
youtube.com
May 14, 2026 at 8:26 PM
Prior authorization by health insurance companies often targets expensive medical treatment, creating significant barriers for patients to access needed health care.
Learn more from @mirandayaver.bsky.social: www.youtube.com/live/mTRmTPb...
Get her book "Coverage Denied": amzn.to/4uCmN6z
Learn more from @mirandayaver.bsky.social: www.youtube.com/live/mTRmTPb...
Get her book "Coverage Denied": amzn.to/4uCmN6z
Instead of the Virgin Suicides, we'll have the #Geriatrician suicides. (black humor but also not - we love seeing patients, but #priorauth and #insurance companies consuming 80% of our time causes significant burnout, the fact we'll be battling a data center instead of a human...won't help)
What a cursed sentence (gift link)
“The A.I. companies selected to oversee the program would have a strong financial incentive to deny claims. Medicare plans to pay them a share of the savings generated from rejections.”
“The A.I. companies selected to oversee the program would have a strong financial incentive to deny claims. Medicare plans to pay them a share of the savings generated from rejections.”
Medicare Will Require Prior Approval for Certain Procedures
www.nytimes.com
August 29, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Instead of the Virgin Suicides, we'll have the #Geriatrician suicides. (black humor but also not - we love seeing patients, but #priorauth and #insurance companies consuming 80% of our time causes significant burnout, the fact we'll be battling a data center instead of a human...won't help)
What would *really* help, would be outlawing prior authorization for every health insurance company receiving state or federal monies.
The AMA wants it gone. Ditching #PriorAuth will save $$ & lives, & reduce physician burnout.
fixpriorauth.org/sites/defaul...
The AMA wants it gone. Ditching #PriorAuth will save $$ & lives, & reduce physician burnout.
fixpriorauth.org/sites/defaul...
fixpriorauth.org
August 28, 2026 at 12:23 PM
What would *really* help, would be outlawing prior authorization for every health insurance company receiving state or federal monies.
The AMA wants it gone. Ditching #PriorAuth will save $$ & lives, & reduce physician burnout.
fixpriorauth.org/sites/defaul...
The AMA wants it gone. Ditching #PriorAuth will save $$ & lives, & reduce physician burnout.
fixpriorauth.org/sites/defaul...
Just got a phone call from my primary care doc friend - their patient suddenly requires #priorauth for glargine.
INSULIN GLARGINE.
What in the actual bleeping bleep bleep.
Incidentally, patient has UHC.
Unacceptable.
#medsky #endocrinesky #primarycare
INSULIN GLARGINE.
What in the actual bleeping bleep bleep.
Incidentally, patient has UHC.
Unacceptable.
#medsky #endocrinesky #primarycare
December 17, 2024 at 10:07 PM
Just got a phone call from my primary care doc friend - their patient suddenly requires #priorauth for glargine.
INSULIN GLARGINE.
What in the actual bleeping bleep bleep.
Incidentally, patient has UHC.
Unacceptable.
#medsky #endocrinesky #primarycare
INSULIN GLARGINE.
What in the actual bleeping bleep bleep.
Incidentally, patient has UHC.
Unacceptable.
#medsky #endocrinesky #primarycare
#medsky the latest turn of the screw in #priorauth is your peer refusing to identify themselves due to "safety concerns." Respecting their safety, ask 4 a supervisor. Or, ask for another identifier, like an employee ID. Get something. If they deny reasonable care, contact your congressperson 1/2
January 17, 2025 at 4:39 PM
#medsky the latest turn of the screw in #priorauth is your peer refusing to identify themselves due to "safety concerns." Respecting their safety, ask 4 a supervisor. Or, ask for another identifier, like an employee ID. Get something. If they deny reasonable care, contact your congressperson 1/2
Want to join us in our efforts? Visit asco.org/actnetwork to contact your Members of Congress about the issues that matter most to you! Advocates are also on the Hill to fix #PriorAuth and protect #CancerResearch funding. #ASCOAdvocacy @ascocancer.bsky.social
Engage in ASCO's Advocacy Efforts
Write a letter to your lawmaker today!
asco.org
April 8, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Want to join us in our efforts? Visit asco.org/actnetwork to contact your Members of Congress about the issues that matter most to you! Advocates are also on the Hill to fix #PriorAuth and protect #CancerResearch funding. #ASCOAdvocacy @ascocancer.bsky.social
🚨Not only does #priorauth adversely impact patient care & ⬆️ ⬆️ physician frustration & burnout, it also ⬆️⬆️ costs to the entire health care system.
👉 @amermedicalassn.bsky.social new survey results: tinyurl.com/mt2h7ded
Likely of interest to @iccr.bsky.social per report ⤵️ tinyurl.com/pb3tfuvs
👉 @amermedicalassn.bsky.social new survey results: tinyurl.com/mt2h7ded
Likely of interest to @iccr.bsky.social per report ⤵️ tinyurl.com/pb3tfuvs
February 25, 2025 at 10:43 AM
🚨Not only does #priorauth adversely impact patient care & ⬆️ ⬆️ physician frustration & burnout, it also ⬆️⬆️ costs to the entire health care system.
👉 @amermedicalassn.bsky.social new survey results: tinyurl.com/mt2h7ded
Likely of interest to @iccr.bsky.social per report ⤵️ tinyurl.com/pb3tfuvs
👉 @amermedicalassn.bsky.social new survey results: tinyurl.com/mt2h7ded
Likely of interest to @iccr.bsky.social per report ⤵️ tinyurl.com/pb3tfuvs
Thank you, @ASCO
for naming me an Advocacy Champion at the #ASCOAdvocacySummit. I am proud to advocate on issues important to our patients like
#PriorAuth
#CancerResearch #NIHFunding
#DrugShortages
Looking forward to impactful conversations at Capitol Hill tomorrow!
@SylvesterCancer
for naming me an Advocacy Champion at the #ASCOAdvocacySummit. I am proud to advocate on issues important to our patients like
#PriorAuth
#CancerResearch #NIHFunding
#DrugShortages
Looking forward to impactful conversations at Capitol Hill tomorrow!
@SylvesterCancer
April 7, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Thank you, @ASCO
for naming me an Advocacy Champion at the #ASCOAdvocacySummit. I am proud to advocate on issues important to our patients like
#PriorAuth
#CancerResearch #NIHFunding
#DrugShortages
Looking forward to impactful conversations at Capitol Hill tomorrow!
@SylvesterCancer
for naming me an Advocacy Champion at the #ASCOAdvocacySummit. I am proud to advocate on issues important to our patients like
#PriorAuth
#CancerResearch #NIHFunding
#DrugShortages
Looking forward to impactful conversations at Capitol Hill tomorrow!
@SylvesterCancer
What should you do if your medical treatment or medication is denied by your insurance company through the prior authorization process?
Learn more from @mirandayaver.bsky.social: www.youtube.com/live/mTRmTPb...
Get her book, "Coverage Denied": amzn.to/4uCmN6z
Learn more from @mirandayaver.bsky.social: www.youtube.com/live/mTRmTPb...
Get her book, "Coverage Denied": amzn.to/4uCmN6z
Don't let them deny your medication #healthcare #priorauth #shorts
YouTube video by Health Care Voices
youtube.com
May 20, 2026 at 5:46 PM
What should you do if your medical treatment or medication is denied by your insurance company through the prior authorization process?
Learn more from @mirandayaver.bsky.social: www.youtube.com/live/mTRmTPb...
Get her book, "Coverage Denied": amzn.to/4uCmN6z
Learn more from @mirandayaver.bsky.social: www.youtube.com/live/mTRmTPb...
Get her book, "Coverage Denied": amzn.to/4uCmN6z
I can hold my head high my #healthpolicy #legislative work directly benefits #patients ( #kidney care, #medical #research, #priorauth reform)
Whatever my future in #policy, I will not lift a finger to help doctors if not directly benefiting #patients. The ones profession is abandoning to appease 🤡
Whatever my future in #policy, I will not lift a finger to help doctors if not directly benefiting #patients. The ones profession is abandoning to appease 🤡
March 31, 2026 at 3:05 AM
I can hold my head high my #healthpolicy #legislative work directly benefits #patients ( #kidney care, #medical #research, #priorauth reform)
Whatever my future in #policy, I will not lift a finger to help doctors if not directly benefiting #patients. The ones profession is abandoning to appease 🤡
Whatever my future in #policy, I will not lift a finger to help doctors if not directly benefiting #patients. The ones profession is abandoning to appease 🤡
"This survey adds to the growing body of evidence that #priorauth reform is VITAL to protect pts & preserve the quality of care in the USA.
We need to make #priorauthorization more transparent & streamline the process to make it more fair ...& hold companies accountable”
@astro-org.bsky.social
We need to make #priorauthorization more transparent & streamline the process to make it more fair ...& hold companies accountable”
@astro-org.bsky.social
Prior authorisation can harm patients with cancer in the USA
In the USA, before a patient can receive certain treatments or medications, a prior authorisation from their health insurance company is needed. A new USA-wide survey by the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) highlights that prior authorisations lead to serious adverse outcomes for people with cancer.
www.thelancet.com
January 2, 2025 at 7:39 PM
"This survey adds to the growing body of evidence that #priorauth reform is VITAL to protect pts & preserve the quality of care in the USA.
We need to make #priorauthorization more transparent & streamline the process to make it more fair ...& hold companies accountable”
@astro-org.bsky.social
We need to make #priorauthorization more transparent & streamline the process to make it more fair ...& hold companies accountable”
@astro-org.bsky.social
Love academic meetings for catch up sessions with my amazing friends & collaborators. Dr @lghazal.bsky.social gave an important talk at #mascc25 on #financiaToxicity in #ayacsm. We do a tonne of research together about #priorAuth & healthy policy gaps. But we also just like to hang out. 😘
June 27, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Love academic meetings for catch up sessions with my amazing friends & collaborators. Dr @lghazal.bsky.social gave an important talk at #mascc25 on #financiaToxicity in #ayacsm. We do a tonne of research together about #priorAuth & healthy policy gaps. But we also just like to hang out. 😘