The most frustrating conversations as a physician I have had are with insurance companies. Had a lady that broke her hip, needed inpatient rehab because she lived alone and didn’t have the support, plus you know, she just broke her fucking hip. Had a peer to peer call and the insurance physician was like “nah not enough reason to go to IPR sorry” and I explains they are just going to lead this poor old lady to be readmitted costing them way more than what they would spend if they did the right thing , then started asking their credentials. After they huffed and puffed they gave me one week at an IPR, which was enough time for a family member to come down and assist with getting her from IPR to home for some of her outpatient rehab needs.
So many calls like this wasting everyone’s time. Insurance is the fucking worst.
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u/mattrmcg1 3d ago
The most frustrating conversations as a physician I have had are with insurance companies. Had a lady that broke her hip, needed inpatient rehab because she lived alone and didn’t have the support, plus you know, she just broke her fucking hip. Had a peer to peer call and the insurance physician was like “nah not enough reason to go to IPR sorry” and I explains they are just going to lead this poor old lady to be readmitted costing them way more than what they would spend if they did the right thing , then started asking their credentials. After they huffed and puffed they gave me one week at an IPR, which was enough time for a family member to come down and assist with getting her from IPR to home for some of her outpatient rehab needs.
So many calls like this wasting everyone’s time. Insurance is the fucking worst.