Ep. 1 - Julie Baak: Successfully Conquering Big Insurance
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Join Meredith in the studio for an interview with Julie Baak. Julie is the practice manager at Arthritis Center in Saint Louis. Julie talks about how she got into the healthcare world and how her experience navigating the Missouri educational system gave her the needed experience to steer change within healthcare. Julie discusses the hurdles enforced by insurance companies to acquire necessary medications and how she advocates and wins for her patients. Then, she gives advice on how patents and healthcare facilities can successfully appeal medication denials. She also discusses the unhealthy vertical integration of health insurance companies. Finally, she talks about if she had one wish for change in the healthcare industry. Enjoy!
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