30 Days of US Healthcare: Psychiatry Peer to Peer

Day 28

30 Days of US Healthcare

[MJ-]

The psychiatrist using the little known superpowers of "your dad being proud of you" to the best advantage

[alma]

Im just glad to hear that a collective of doctors across the nation are getting together to sue places like United healthcare for practicing medicine without a license.

[LadyAnuB]

Rural medicine outwitted private equity. Neurology used his condescension for good. ED juked private equity out of buying. Now psychiatry using his fatherly ways to subdue UHC. There are some victories in this series.

[shovel]

I lost a patient to this exact thing. I know its portrayed comically here but I was told by my patient "if I leave here I will drink and probably kill myself." UHC - "See the patient said probably and its a conditional statement so the patient can choose not to" Patient was unhoused and found 2 weeks later after an OD. This series has been terrible and so good. UHC is the worst.

[isaiasvasquez]

Glad to see anyone working for UHC can practice medicine whenever they want😢

[IRLTheGreatZarquon]

The Psychiatrist really just cracked the United Healthcare code, what an absolute legend.

[jenniferellsworth]

Thanks, dad.
To my sister who also watches this channel, and lost her husband to suicide during a mental healthcare runaround, We love you, sis! Rest in Peace, Paul. 4/15/2018.
Take heed, VA. this applies to you, too.
Our Marines give their life so you can sit on a call line denying necessary services.

[tymon]

in the follow up we see the uhc worker being fired for not meeting the minimum of 100% denied request standard

[Virdice]

"Is your patient actively trying to kill himself?"

"He did untill his weapon was taken and he was sedated"

"Ah so he is no longer a threat, give him back his weapon and send him home sedated

[archangel]

I'm a board-certified psychiatrist, and I fully endorse, agree with, support, and applaud this skit. FACTS! 😊❤

[bluedevil]

Psychiatry: The only doctors capable of performing a Jedi mind trick.

[devinayaz]

i know this was a good ending...but ...it still doesnt feel good knowing that this is the common practice and people who are suicidal get denied like this constantly..

[krbrandt]

I always liked the trick of asking the reviewer for their full name and address so I can send the patient to them to manage after they are discharged, since they’re perfectly safe and not suicidal.

[tierras]

Yes, psychiatry. Keep them in line. I'm so for all the doctors coming through and putting them in place.

[SamHeaton]

Honestly this series has made me wonder how physicians in the US don't end up in psychiatric care en masse themselves, because if I had to deal with the companies they do, I'd have a full on rage quit breakdown in under 20 minutes.

[Oudia]

Doing pre-authorization and continuing authorization for mental health psychiatric care is so incredibly difficult. The patient literally has be actively suicidal, severely mentally unstable, and/or homicidal for the insurance company to approve it. Even then they only approve for a few days and then you have to call every 2-3 days after that.

[finnmcool]

The joke here is that there is an available psychiatric bed anywhere in the US. Good one Dr. G.

[uniayang]

As a psychiatrist outside of the US, I actually cried a little

[ArcaNiraela]

I thought I was going to get upset by this one but psychiatry came through for an amazing victory over UHC!!

[jamesoreilly]

I actually laughed out loud on this one. That "thanks dad" at the end just killed me. Plus I've had this problem too. Worst was insurance demanding a peer to peer on day one because they felt patient was not sufficiently suicidal.