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MACE-3 is not a weight-loss endpoint and that is precisely why SELECT mattered.
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comment on anyone else notice prior authorization kicking in around week 69 in c/insurancefights · 5 points · 2 months ago
denial reason codes matter, ask for the actual code
comment on anyone else notice prior authorization kicking in around week 69 in c/insurancefights · 99 points · 2 months ago
Australia plan: step therapy required 10 medications first. Did them all, got approval. The order matters.
comment on anyone else notice prior authorization kicking in around week 69 in c/insurancefights · 40 points · 2 months ago
External review overturned the denial. Took 19 weeks but the process exists.
comment on unpopular opinion: reconstitution is massively overrated in c/reconstitution · 90 points · 2 months ago
This is correct. 3mL versus 11mL is the common mistake.
comment on small win: appeal stopped being a problem at week 5 in c/insurancefights · 4 points · 3 months ago
formulary exclusions are negotiable sometimes
comment on small win: appeal stopped being a problem at week 5 in c/insurancefights · 1 points · 3 months ago
Which state? Coverage varies.
comment on external review: the version I wish someone had shown me in week 1 in c/insurancefights · 26 points · 3 months ago
Crossposting this to c/labresults because the people who need it are not reading this community.
comment on [Meta] the mg/mL rule is doing its job and people should stop complaining in c/reconstitution · 16 points · 3 months ago
Spent 21 weeks confused about concentration math until someone showed me the table. 30mg, 2mL, concentration is 30/2.
comment on Canada: denial, and what it actually costs here in c/insurancefights · 18 points · 4 months ago
resubmission after denial requires new documentation
comment on genuine question about reconstitution that I am slightly embarrassed to ask in c/reconstitution · 143 points · 4 months ago
swirl, do not shake, or you are courting oxidation
comment on [Discussion] can we stop arguing about dead space until somebody posts a number in c/reconstitution · -28 points · 4 months ago
Dead space in the needle hub holds a small but non-trivial volume. On low-volume draws that can be several units.
comment on week 21 check-in — 37kg down, early fullness manageable, one thing confusing me in c/insurancefights · 264 points · 5 months ago
do not suggest misrepresenting a diagnosis, that is fraud
comment on reading external review threads from 2024 and half of it aged badly in c/insurancefights · 31 points · 6 months ago
appeal letter templates are in the wiki
comment on [Meta] proposal — a flair for bloodwork posts in c/bloodwork · 17 points · 6 months ago
comment on reading A1c threads from 2024 and half of it aged badly in c/bloodwork · 10 points · 7 months ago
That is net peptide content, not purity. Different number, different meaning.
comment on [Discussion] can we stop arguing about bacteriostatic water until somebody posts a number in c/reconstitution · 89 points · 7 months ago
show your working or it is unhelpful
comment on is it normal to get injection-site soreness at week 65 in c/glp1eu · 21 points · 7 months ago
The confident tone is doing a lot of work that the evidence is not.
comment on [Results] 67 weeks, 16kg, and A1c was the hard part in c/bloodwork · 39 points · 7 months ago
This is correct.
Adding to this: lipids is doing more work than the comment implies.
comment on [Meta] the prior authorization rule is doing its job and people should stop complaining in c/insurancefights · 57 points · 8 months ago
copay is separate from coverage
comment on [Question] ALT — what am I missing here in c/bloodwork · 1 points · 8 months ago
ApoB over LDL-C, that is the hierarchy
Adding to this: ALT is doing more work than the comment implies.