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eGFR noise during rapid loss is expected

denial reason codes matter, ask for the actual code

the 24 order that disappeared from MKM

Strongly agree.

Disagree on that part. 98.1% and 98.9% on the same vial is normal.

Strongly agree. No piling on.

dosing errors come from people reconstituting two vials differently and forgetting which is which

I love that this community will spend 40 comments on a detail. That pedantry is why the numbers here matter.

Disagree but this is the good kind of wrong — it is specific enough to be checked.

I love that this community will spend 40 comments on a detail. That pedantry is why the numbers here matter.

external review is the appeal after insurance says no

Denied for prior auth, resubmitted with appeal documentation, approved on appeal. The criteria exist, you just have to meet them.

ApoB over LDL-C, that is the hierarchy

This is correct.

Counter-anecdote: opposite result, same dose. Which mostly tells us the variance is huge.

The single most useful thing I did was write the concentration on the vial. Stopped all the confusion after that.

eGFR noise during rapid loss is expected

never post a calculation as advice without stating the concentration

Slight fix: the number was 96.8, not 97.9. Decimal point, but a fairly consequential one.

A1c moves slowly, quarterly is plenty