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Sep 29, 2023, 23:07
Mark Lewis: To what lengths will insurers go to deny patients treatment?
Mark Lewis, made the following post on Twitter:
“To what lengths will insurers go to deny patients treatment?
I just debated a peer reviewer who had scoured a 200+ page guideline document looking for ANY reason to reject a request for my patient (we even argued footnotes)
Make no mistake: loopholes are a feature, not a bug.”
Source: Mark Lewis/Twitter
Mark A. Lewis is the Director of Gastrointestinal Oncology at Intermountain Healthcare in Utah, the Co-Chair of adolescent & young adult (AYA) oncology in the SWOG cooperative group, and the Vice President of American Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Support. Dr. Lewis is also a well-known patient advocate and social media influencer.