# @drdustinportela on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DaJQQNcAsJ2
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/67379901-drdustinportela-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-06-28T21:29:03.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Dr. Dustin Portela | Skincare & Health Expert (@drdustinportela) — https://gondola.cc/drdustinportela

## Caption

Healthcare providers and insurance companies are in a persistent game of cat and mouse.⁠
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We try to prescribe something that's gonna help a patient — and the insurance company denies it.⁠
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Today we had someone in our office training our medical assistants on how to better get drugs covered for our patients.⁠
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What we learned: Insurance companies are now starting to deny medications if we don't put the exact language from the prescriber's information label into the medical note.⁠
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A lot of times, they're saying we need to use medicines that are much older, with way more side effects. Or they're teaching us to use a medicine that's not even indicated for the patient's condition.⁠
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It's a persistent game of cat and mouse. We have to figure out what they want us to say to get the right drug for a patient — and they're always trying to figure out how to deny it.⁠
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This is the illness industrial complex. And it's why healthcare feels broken.⁠
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#dermatologist #healthcareinsurance #illnessindustrialcomplex #priorauthorization #healthcare #dermatology #healthempowerment

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dermatology, dermatologist, healthcareinsurance, healthcare, illnessindustrialcomplex, priorauthorization, healthempowerment

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