Dr. Alan Nguyen

It makes my blood boil. It makes me livid that someone else is dictating care for my patients when they have never laid hands on my patients. They've never seen my patient or interviewed them or questioned them to see the severity of their situation.

It makes my blood boil. It makes me livid that someone else is dictating care for my patients when they have never laid hands on my patients. They've never seen my patient or interviewed them or questioned them to see the severity of their situation.

It makes my blood boil. It makes me livid that someone else is dictating care for my patients when they have never laid hands on my patients. They've never seen my patient or interviewed them or questioned them to see the severity of their situation.

I have to put out maybe 30 minutes to an hour or so, three times a week. I work in a very large office, so we have a prior authorization department that sends in most of the information when the insurance requests it. But I have previously worked in offices where the doctor does not have a lot of resources and can't hire all the staff to do that.

I have to put out maybe 30 minutes to an hour or so, three times a week. I work in a very large office, so we have a prior authorization department that sends in most of the information when the insurance requests it. But I have previously worked in offices where the doctor does not have a lot of resources and can't hire all the staff to do that.

I have to put out maybe 30 minutes to an hour or so, three times a week. I work in a very large office, so we have a prior authorization department that sends in most of the information when the insurance requests it. But I have previously worked in offices where the doctor does not have a lot of resources and can't hire all the staff to do that.

So they end up doing the majority of it, and the paperwork becomes very time-consuming.

So they end up doing the majority of it, and the paperwork becomes very time-consuming.

So they end up doing the majority of it, and the paperwork becomes very time-consuming.

A couple times a week, and it's becoming more frequent.

A couple times a week, and it's becoming more frequent.

A couple times a week, and it's becoming more frequent.

There's a procedure I can do to fix that fracture. It's called kyphoplasty. I put some bone cement in there and for the right patient, they're up and walking with 95% pain relief right after the procedure. They come in a wheelchair and they come out, they walk out of there, you know, smiling and walking just fine. And sometimes insurance companies won't authorize that procedure.

There's a procedure I can do to fix that fracture. It's called kyphoplasty. I put some bone cement in there and for the right patient, they're up and walking with 95% pain relief right after the procedure. They come in a wheelchair and they come out, they walk out of there, you know, smiling and walking just fine. And sometimes insurance companies won't authorize that procedure.

There's a procedure I can do to fix that fracture. It's called kyphoplasty. I put some bone cement in there and for the right patient, they're up and walking with 95% pain relief right after the procedure. They come in a wheelchair and they come out, they walk out of there, you know, smiling and walking just fine. And sometimes insurance companies won't authorize that procedure.

They say that the most common reasons would be that the patient doesn't need it, for instance, or it doesn't help, or it's experimental, or you didn't provide documentation to show that the patient has already tried X, Y, and Z before doing the injection.

They say that the most common reasons would be that the patient doesn't need it, for instance, or it doesn't help, or it's experimental, or you didn't provide documentation to show that the patient has already tried X, Y, and Z before doing the injection.

They say that the most common reasons would be that the patient doesn't need it, for instance, or it doesn't help, or it's experimental, or you didn't provide documentation to show that the patient has already tried X, Y, and Z before doing the injection.

I completely agree with them. I'm not trigger happy. I don't like to inject patients with needles and medications. If they can get better naturally, that's what I would prefer. That's what I would want for myself. I've had injections before. If I had gotten better with just therapy, I would have preferred that. It's always an option I offer.

I completely agree with them. I'm not trigger happy. I don't like to inject patients with needles and medications. If they can get better naturally, that's what I would prefer. That's what I would want for myself. I've had injections before. If I had gotten better with just therapy, I would have preferred that. It's always an option I offer.