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Summary: Handbook for a Healthy Life
Review: "Don't Let Your HMO Kill You" is a far more important book than one might glean from the title. Drs. Theodsakis and Feinberg do serve up heaping portions of invaluable advice on dealing with your HMO. They go well beyond this, however, providing the clearest and most sensible discussion of achieving good health I have yet read. Many health books are meandering lists that depart from the mind as soon as the reader turns the page; Theodsakis and Feinberg provide clear and compelling concepts which will orient you for a lifetime of good choices. A wonderful companion in the pursuit of a life of health.Joshua Freedman, MD Medical Director for Neuroscience, Mediconsult Assistant Clinical Professor, UCLA
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Summary: Required reading for people with health insurance
Review: As a physician who has dealt with many HMOs, I believe this will become the premier guide for people to get the best care out of whatever system they're using. It is about time someone put all of the secrets and resources in one place. Medicine has changed significantly in the last few years - right under the noses of most patients and doctors. It's caused frustration as quality care has diminished. This book will help you get back in charge. I think it should be given out by insurance plans as a guide to how patients should use the system. Congrats to the authors!
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Summary: Required reading for people with health insurance
Review: Don't Let Your HMO Kill You is an invaluable resource which every family should have. It empowers the consumer to take charge of their and their family's health care. Drs Theodosakis and Feinberg bring both insight and useful advice to help the patient make the most of managed care. From better organizing your doctor's visit to learning how to successfully appeal a denial from your HMO, there is something for everyone in this powerful book.
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Summary: HMO's
Review: My 85-year-old mother recently fell and severely fractured her hip. Unfortunately, she belongs to a Medicare HMO based in Southern California. Because of the nature of her fracture, she required pinning of her femur, a more extensive procedure than the usual treatment for hip fractures. The HMO which was contractually responsible for her care denied payment to the Skilled Nursisng Facility after l8 days, in spite of written reports from her physical therapists and her doctor detailing the remarkable progress she was making. Thanks to this book, we were able to appeal the HMO's denial, which was immediately again denied by the HMO. The appeal then went on to HCFA for review and the denial was reversed. This has saved my mom thousands of dollars. It should be required reading for anyone involved with HMO's!
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Summary: HMO's
Review: My 85-year-old mother recently fell and severely fractured her hip. Unfortunately, she belongs to a Medicare HMO based in Southern California. Because of the nature of her fracture, she required pinning of her femur, a more extensive procedure than the usual treatment for hip fractures. The HMO which was contractually responsible for her care denied payment to the Skilled Nursisng Facility after l8 days, in spite of written reports from her physical therapists and her doctor detailing the remarkable progress she was making. Thanks to this book, we were able to appeal the HMO's denial, which was immediately again denied by the HMO. The appeal then went on to HCFA for review and the denial was reversed. This has saved my mom thousands of dollars. It should be required reading for anyone involved with HMO's!
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Summary: Care Package for Patients
Review: Read this before you go to the doctor! It explains how to work with your doctors, rather than against them, to get the care you need. It points out why the red tape exists, why the doctors are bound by it, and how the two of you can get around it. This book should be issued to every patient. It will benefit doctors and patients alike.
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Summary: Help with the HMO maze
Review: This book is full of great advice for all of us who have been frustrated by dealing with an HMO. It lays out the reasons why managed care has problems, and then explains in plain language how to get good health care from a system that isn't set up to be patient-friendly. There are really good tips on how to get the most out of your plan. Instead of focusing on what's wrong, Drs Theodosakis and Feinberg tell you what you can do to make it work. They are especially good on telling how to build good relationships with the health professionals that you have to depend on within the HMO system.
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Summary: lifesaver!
Review: This book takes you inside managed care and teaches you how to make the managed care monster machine work for you. The book is, quite literally, a lifesaver. Bruce Tizes, M.D., J.D., medical malpractice consultant
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Summary: Don't Let Your HMO Kill You...
Review: This may be the most important book you'll ever read! Book is informative, literate, insightful and, most importantly, replete with useful advice for anyone who needs answers to the questions we all should be asking. It is mandatory reading for every health care consumer.
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