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 (Gomerblog)]</ref><ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2017/02/prior-authorization-eternity/ Study: Average Wait Time for Prior Authorization is Eternity (Gomerblog)]</ref> It is as painful as drinking pure [[GoHEAVILY|capsaicin]]. For that reason, no health care provider ever does it; it causes [[Dyspnea|dyspnea]]. Official scorecard: insurers 1, health care practitioners 0, patients 0. Let us put in this way: not even God Himself can figure out '''prior auth'''.<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2017/05/divine-intervention/ God Requires Prior Authorization Before Divine Intervention (Gomerblog)]</ref> To undertake the process of a '''prior authorization''' is to suffer a [[Death|death]] by infinite [[Paper Cut|paper cuts]]. |
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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 (Gomerblog)]</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 (Gomerblog)]</ref><ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2017/01/cleared-landing/ Pilot Consults Medicine, Asks if Plane Cleared for Landing (Gomerblog)]</ref> | ||
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| + | '''Related Reading''' | ||
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| + | * [[Discharge Haiku]] | ||
| + | * [[Dyspnea]] | ||
| + | * [[Federal Aviation Administration]] | ||
| + | * [[Gateway Drug]] | ||
| + | * [[Laws of the House of God]] | ||
| + | * [[Nothing]] | ||
| + | * [[Philadelphia Flyers]] | ||
| + | * [[Requisition Form]] | ||
| + | * [[Soap Note]] | ||
| + | * [[Terminal Illness]] | ||
Latest revision as of 06:02, 20 July 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; it causes dyspnea. Official scorecard: insurers 1, health care practitioners 0, patients 0. Let us put in this way: not even God Himself can figure out prior auth.[3] To undertake the process of a prior authorization is to suffer a death by infinite paper cuts.
How to Fill Out a Prior Auth Form
- Fill out form
- Fold it into a paper airplane[4]
- Throw it as far as you can
- Quit medicine to become a pilot[5][6]
Related Reading
- Discharge Haiku
- Dyspnea
- Federal Aviation Administration
- Gateway Drug
- Laws of the House of God
- Nothing
- Philadelphia Flyers
- Requisition Form
- Soap Note
- Terminal Illness
References
- Jump up ↑ Prior Authorization Now Requires Prior Authorization (Gomerblog)
- Jump up ↑ Study: Average Wait Time for Prior Authorization is Eternity (Gomerblog)
- Jump up ↑ God Requires Prior Authorization Before Divine Intervention (Gomerblog)
- Jump up ↑ Stack of Paperwork Transforms into Fleet of Paper Planes (Gomerblog)
- Jump up ↑ Radiologist Responds to In-Flight Emergency, Hedges, Asks Pilot to Clinically Correlate (Gomerblog)
- Jump up ↑ Pilot Consults Medicine, Asks if Plane Cleared for Landing (Gomerblog)
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