By CreakyStaff
Here’s what our patient community shared about how insurance-related challenges affect well-being, how to navigate hurdles like prior authorization, and ways to discuss insurance with your health care providers.
Patient advocate Ashley Krivohlavek, a quarter Cherokee, reflects on the health care challenges her grandparents faced on a reservation and contrasts it with her own experiences.
By CreakyStaff
Understand how state laws prohibit accumulators and maximizers, protecting patient programs without raising insurance costs. Learn terms like deductibles and co-pays to better navigate your health insurance benefits.
By Kelsey Kloss
Here we look at several of the challenges faced by the LGBTQIA+ community — and how you can take steps to advocate for yourself or a loved one in the doctor’s office.
By Kelsey Kloss
These programs often aren’t straightforward but can multiply the cost of your drugs — particularly for patients with autoimmune diseases.
A new report examines market trends and explains why most patients won't reap the financial benefits of biosimilars in the near future.
Rheumatoid arthritis patient Eileen Davidson has had her share of doctor visits virtually and in person. Here’s her take on the good and bad of telehealth — and why it’s transformed her care.
By Susan Jara
Communication is the key to getting your RA pain under good control. Here’s what you need to discuss with your doctor if you’re experiencing an increase in RA pain.
By Susan Jara
Pain isn’t as easy to manage when providers can’t see and touch your joints in person, but you can effectively discuss and treat RA pain during virtual visits. Here’s how.
Having more rheumatology patients see nurse practitioners as part of their medical team could help increase access to care and decrease wait times.
Younger people are more likely than older adults to lack a primary care provider.
Until 2019, the U.S. Virgin Islands had no full-time rheumatologist.
‘Even my regular doctors don’t remember my history off the top of their heads. It’s up to me to be constantly vigilant.’
Almost half of doctors surveyed said that patient-reported symptoms were crucial in guiding treatment decisions.
Brain fog, fatigue, and chronic pain are a perfect storm for not remembering to take all your doses on time.
By Susan Ince
Whether a rheumatologist has been your partner in health for years or you’re pondering seeing one for the first time, here’s some things to know about these quite special specialists.
Lack of time at the doctor’s office may be a big reason for the knowledge gap.
Rheumatology nurses are a wealth of information, both practical and medical. Time to take advantage of it.
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It’s a key part of the doctor-patient relationship, but too many patients and doctors aren’t using this process regularly.
By Dibs Baer
This doctor-patient relationship has a huge impact on your well-being. Make sure it’s a good one.
“It’s hard to plan for my life when no one will tell me the hard truth.”
Quit these habits and you’ll be a lot healthier — and happier.
By CreakyStaff
Are you an arthritis patient, or a person living with arthritis? A lupus patient, or a consumer of health care who has lupus? The word “patient” has taken on a negative connotation in the medical community over the past couple...
Crowd-sourced websites may not be the most reliable sources of information about how to pick the best hospital because they leave out this key data.
By CreakyStaff
Minimizing your symptoms with your doctor can get in the way of your care and treatment.
By Cheryl Crow
There is no finish line. You won’t walk out of the operating room in a moment of triumph saying, “We got it! She’s better now.”
By CreakyStaff
If your physician has hugged you, how did you feel about that, both in the moment and with the benefit of hindsight?
By CreakyStaff
On its face, it seems like a pretty simple question. Can and should patients record their meetings with their physicians?
By CreakyStaff
Tips and solutions for common problems patients face with their healthcare providers.
By CreakyStaff
Copayment Assistance programs, such as copay cards or “discount cards”, are offered by drug manufacturers (the companies that make your drugs) to lower the high costs charged by insurance companies for non-preferred drugs.
By CreakyStaff
Part 1: A background in medicine “Preserving the Finest Traditions of My Calling” ~ from the modern version of the Hippocratic Oath, ca. 1964 I have gone through a range of emotions since learning I had rheumatoid arthritis (RA), experiencing the...
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