Essential test denied by insurance 😡 Patients face bills as ApoB coverage is denied. 🩺

Hey insurance companies, we know you kind of run the show. Can you please get on board? You're a well meaning doctor trying to do the latest and the greatest medicine. Order an APOB test. Then you get this letter. One, this test was denied. Two, it's experimental. It makes you think like am I, am I off here? Isn't it kind of sad that in a journal article they need a paragraph here? Health insurance payment denials or prior authorization requirements often occur for APOB testing the myth. This characterization of APOB as experimental and subsequent payment denials are harmful to patient care and can lead to patient mistrust of clinicians by patients whose insurance provider denies coverage. You know, you can tell who wrote this was, you know, had been wrong.

There are so many hoops that the doctor has to go through. We don't see it as a patient. We just see a doctor. Like why the heck is he not ordering this? This is so important for me. My health.