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Post by nylefty on Mar 29, 2021 16:13:00 GMT -5
On Afrezza.com if you click on Talk To A Doctor Online you get this:
You are now leaving Afrezza.com
By clicking “Yes” below, you acknowledge and agree that MannKind does not, in any way, endorse or recommend the qualifications of any physician associated with the third-party website, or the quality of medical care any of those physicians can provide. MannKind makes no guarantees that using the third-party website will result in your desired outcome. It is wholly and solely your responsibility to assess the qualifications of a potential physician. MannKind recommends that you meet and discuss the benefits and risks of all potential treatments with the potential physician. MANNKIND AND ITS RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES HEREBY DISCLAIM ANY LIABILITY ARISING FROM YOUR USE AND/OR RELIANCE ON THE INFORMATION CONTAINED ON THE THIRD-PARTY WEBSITE.
If you agree to the above, click “YES” to proceed to the third-party website. If you do not agree to the above, click “NO” to remain on Afrezza.com.
If you click on Yes you're taken to a website where. if you read the fine print, you see that it's run by the DOCTOR MATRIX Medical Group, P.A.
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Post by peppy on Mar 29, 2021 16:24:32 GMT -5
On Afrezza.com if you click on Talk To A Doctor Online you get this:
You are now leaving Afrezza.com
By clicking “Yes” below, you acknowledge and agree that MannKind does not, in any way, endorse or recommend the qualifications of any physician associated with the third-party website, or the quality of medical care any of those physicians can provide. MannKind makes no guarantees that using the third-party website will result in your desired outcome. It is wholly and solely your responsibility to assess the qualifications of a potential physician. MannKind recommends that you meet and discuss the benefits and risks of all potential treatments with the potential physician. MANNKIND AND ITS RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES HEREBY DISCLAIM ANY LIABILITY ARISING FROM YOUR USE AND/OR RELIANCE ON THE INFORMATION CONTAINED ON THE THIRD-PARTY WEBSITE.
If you agree to the above, click “YES” to proceed to the third-party website. If you do not agree to the above, click “NO” to remain on Afrezza.com.
If you click on Yes you're taken to a website where. if you read the fine print, you see that it's run by the DOCTOR MATRIX Medical Group, P.A.
VDEX. (two) MNKD starting its own VDEX. |
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Post by nylefty on Mar 29, 2021 17:33:59 GMT -5
A big difference between Vdex and Doctor Matrix Medical Group:
Doctor Matrix Medical Group is committed to providing the best quality healthcare services. We do not participate in any insurance plans, including Medicare or Medicaid, and we do not accept any health insurance whatsoever. Our services are 100% self-pay by our patients. By signing this form, you acknowledge that : 1) you do not have any health insurance through a PPO, HMO, Medicaid or Medicare or any other insurance plan; or 2) you have health insurance but you do not want to use any insurance benefit for these services, acknowledging that Doctor Matrix Medical Group does not accept any health insurance.
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Post by mnkdfann on Mar 29, 2021 18:21:03 GMT -5
Notwithstanding the insurance issue, Is Doctor Matrix Medical Group a well-known, respected organisation?
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Post by morfu on Mar 29, 2021 19:31:57 GMT -5
A big difference between Vdex and Doctor Matrix Medical Group:
Doctor Matrix Medical Group is committed to providing the best quality healthcare services. We do not participate in any insurance plans, including Medicare or Medicaid, and we do not accept any health insurance whatsoever. Our services are 100% self-pay by our patients. By signing this form, you acknowledge that : 1) you do not have any health insurance through a PPO, HMO, Medicaid or Medicare or any other insurance plan; or 2) you have health insurance but you do not want to use any insurance benefit for these services, acknowledging that Doctor Matrix Medical Group does not accept any health insurance.
That´s pretty bad!
How about the online VDex, do they work with insurance?
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Post by letitride on Mar 29, 2021 19:52:36 GMT -5
It sounds like concierge medicine to me and somewhat common in Miami. Popular among wealthy South Americans and Europeans.
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Post by sportsrancho on Mar 30, 2021 10:06:38 GMT -5
Mannkind could not possibly start its own Vdex they wouldn’t know how. 🤣
This sounds like an organization that they do not want to be affiliated with. But are suggesting their services for what per se a prescription? Are they giving people prescriptions online?
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Post by peppy on Mar 30, 2021 10:20:06 GMT -5
Mannkind could not possibly start its own Vdex they wouldn’t know how. 🤣 This sounds like an organization that they do not want to be affiliated with. But are suggesting their services for what per se a prescription? Are they giving people prescriptions online? ZOOM. Telemedicine. |
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Post by sportsrancho on Mar 30, 2021 10:21:37 GMT -5
Mannkind could not possibly start its own Vdex they wouldn’t know how. 🤣 This sounds like an organization that they do not want to be affiliated with. But are suggesting their services for what per se a prescription? Are they giving people prescriptions online? ZOOM. Telemedicine. Yes it’s all zoom telemedicine but the question is who are these people are they prescribing Afrezza because people on the Facebook pages would like to know. Afrezza assist sounds like they have their own doctors, people are confused what they get out of calling them if they can’t get a prescription? |
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Post by sportsrancho on Mar 30, 2021 10:38:25 GMT -5
And more importantly who is training them!?
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Post by peppy on Mar 30, 2021 10:54:36 GMT -5
And more importantly who is training them!? The American Medical Association. gives them their credentials. They need to follow the established Standards of care. diabetesed.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/2018-ADA-Standards-of-Care.pdfstudents must complete a four-year M.D. degree program and medical residency, following a four-year bachelor's degree in biology or pre-medicine. With any luck the patients are being turned over to MANNKIND CARES for insurance help and teaching. |
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Post by porkini on Mar 30, 2021 11:25:16 GMT -5
And more importantly who is training them!? My initial concern was this (who is training them?), not so much for their medical credentials, but for Afrezza use and retention of new users. I think peppy may have nailed it with a bit of "luck"!  And more importantly who is training them!? The American Medical Association. gives them their credentials. They need to follow the established Standards of care. diabetesed.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/2018-ADA-Standards-of-Care.pdfstudents must complete a four-year M.D. degree program and medical residency, following a four-year bachelor's degree in biology or pre-medicine. With any luck the patients are being turned over to MANNKIND CARES for insurance help and teaching. |
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Post by mytakeonit on Mar 30, 2021 13:59:09 GMT -5
If my memory is still good ... I remember that MNKD put out a list of doctors across the nation that were upstanding in their field and also known to prescribe Afrezza. Afrezza was very new and hardly anyone had heard about it. I remember that there was only one doctor listed on Oahu whose office was only about a mile or two away from me. I haven't checked lately, but currently many doctors know about it ... even my VA doctor knew about it but said that it wasn't on the VA's list of prescribable drugs so he couldn't prescribe it.
But, that's mytakeonit
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Post by nylefty on Mar 30, 2021 15:19:17 GMT -5
If my memory is still good ... I remember that MNKD put out a list of doctors across the nation that were upstanding in their field and also known to prescribe Afrezza. Afrezza was very new and hardly anyone had heard about it. I remember that there was only one doctor listed on Oahu whose office was only about a mile or two away from me. I haven't checked lately, but currently many doctors know about it ... even my VA doctor knew about it but said that it wasn't on the VA's list of prescribable drugs so he couldn't prescribe it. But, that's mytakeonit I remember that list, but don't remember any claim that the docs were outstanding in their field. And I remember complaints by diabetics that when they went to one of these docs they couldn't get a script for Afrezza. The suspicion was that if a rep visited a doc, if only to drop off materials about Afrezza, the doc was added to the list because he or she then "knew about Afrezza." |
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Post by sweedee79 on Mar 30, 2021 15:26:35 GMT -5
I think any doctor who had prescribed Afrezza was added to that list. My dad's doc was on that list even though she was less than supportive or knowledgeable about Afrezza. So I wasn't really impressed with the list.
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