Difference between revisions of "Prior Authorization"
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'''Prior authorization''' is a process that prevents medical care, with an average turnaround time of eternity.<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2015/11/prior-authorization-now-requires-prior-authorization/ Prior Authorization Now Requires Prior Authorization]</ref><ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2017/02/prior-authorization-eternity/ Study: Average Wait Time for Prior Authorization is Eternity]</ref> It is as painful as drinking pure [[GoHEAVILY|capsaicin]]. For that reason, no health care provider ever does it. Official scorecard: insurers 1, health care practitioners 0, patients 0. | '''Prior authorization''' is a process that prevents medical care, with an average turnaround time of eternity.<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2015/11/prior-authorization-now-requires-prior-authorization/ Prior Authorization Now Requires Prior Authorization]</ref><ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2017/02/prior-authorization-eternity/ Study: Average Wait Time for Prior Authorization is Eternity]</ref> It is as painful as drinking pure [[GoHEAVILY|capsaicin]]. For that reason, no health care provider ever does it. Official scorecard: insurers 1, health care practitioners 0, patients 0. | ||
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+ | '''How to Fill Out a Prior Auth Form''' | ||
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+ | #Fill out form | ||
+ | #Fold it into a paper airplane<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2016/11/paper-planes/ Stack of Paperwork Transforms into Fleet of Paper Planes]</ref> | ||
+ | #Throw it as far as you can | ||
+ | #Quit medicine to become a pilot<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2017/02/radiologist-flight-emergency/ Radiologist Responds to In-Flight Emergency, Hedges, Asks Pilot to Clinically Correlate]</ref><ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2017/01/cleared-landing/ Pilot Consults Medicine, Asks if Plane Cleared for Landing]</ref> | ||
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+ | '''Related Reading''' | ||
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+ | - [[Federal Aviation Administration]] | ||
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+ | - [[Philadelphia Flyers]] | ||
Revision as of 19:38, 2 March 2017
Prior authorization is a process that prevents medical care, with an average turnaround time of eternity.[1][2] It is as painful as drinking pure capsaicin. For that reason, no health care provider ever does it. Official scorecard: insurers 1, health care practitioners 0, patients 0.
How to Fill Out a Prior Auth Form
- Fill out form
- Fold it into a paper airplane[3]
- Throw it as far as you can
- Quit medicine to become a pilot[4][5]
Related Reading
- Federal Aviation Administration
References
- ↑ Prior Authorization Now Requires Prior Authorization
- ↑ Study: Average Wait Time for Prior Authorization is Eternity
- ↑ Stack of Paperwork Transforms into Fleet of Paper Planes
- ↑ Radiologist Responds to In-Flight Emergency, Hedges, Asks Pilot to Clinically Correlate
- ↑ Pilot Consults Medicine, Asks if Plane Cleared for Landing