Hitting a Nerve
Hitting a Nerve
Providing ambivalent medical advice
A large part of what we do is guide people through an often-confusing maze of test results and treatment options. I respect a patients’ right to...
Hitting a Nerve
Impatient patients
Hitting a Nerve
The perplexing phantom appointment
Dr. Allan Block speculates about the origins of phantom appointments – the patient visits that are nowhere on your schedule but are claimed to...
Hitting a Nerve
Dear insurance companies: Stop sending me unnecessary reminder letters
Hitting a Nerve
Dear insurance companies: Stop sending me unnecessary reminder letters
Hitting a Nerve
Billing audits: The bane of a small practice
In a small solo practice, dealing with a billing audit means that someone has to let phones go to voicemail, dictations get delayed, and other...
Hitting a Nerve
The registered letter runaround
Registered letters are a necessary expense and chore for solo neurologist Allan M. Block when patients won’t answer phone calls or normal mail...
Hitting a Nerve
Brain’s marvels pop up even in life’s simple experiences
Hitting a Nerve
Public misperception about doctors’ wealth
Hitting a Nerve
Prescribing drugs outside your specialty
In his “Hitting a Nerve” column, Dr. Allan M. Block says he wouldn’t expect internists to continue medications that he started prescribing because...