Blog | MediBookr

Oct 20
1 min

It's Flu Shot Time!!

With all of the concern around the COVID-19 virus, it's difficult to remember that flu is still a major risk this time of year. And now t...

Ronnie Shalev, MD

Oct 16, 2019
2 min

How To Spot Errors In Your Medical Bill

Understanding your health insurance bill can help save money and catch errors. A recent NerdWallet analysis of 2013 hospital audits by Me...

Ronnie Shalev, MD

Oct 3, 2019
2 min

Understanding Your Medical Bill

Nothing creates more anxiety than getting a medical bill in the mail. Medical bills are notoriously difficult to make sense of and to und...

Danger! Vaping can cause serious lung injury

Ronnie Shalev, MD

Sep 26, 2019
2 min

Danger! Vaping can cause serious lung injury

There has been a recent outbreak of vaping-related injuries and deaths in the last several weeks. Over 530 cases of severe respiratory il...

Ronnie Shalev, MD

Sep 19, 2019
2 min

Suicide Prevention Awareness Month

Mental illness touches millions of lives on a daily basis. 20% of adults will experience some form of mental illness, have suicidal thou...

Part 2 Series: Billing questions you should ask before having a procedure

Ronnie Shalev, MD

Sep 11, 2019
4 min

Part 2 Series: Billing questions you should ask before having a procedure

Asking the right billing questions ahead of a procedure can save you from getting a surprise medical bill!

Part 1 Series: What questions should I ask before having a procedure or surgery?

Ronnie Shalev, MD

Sep 6, 2019
5 min

Part 1 Series: What questions should I ask before having a procedure or surgery?

Many of us have seen a specialist and been told that we need a procedure or a surgery to fix a medical problem. After the shock wears off...

US Medical Tourism Can Save Money on Healthcare

Ronnie Shalev, MD

Aug 28, 2019
3 min

US Medical Tourism Can Save Money on Healthcare

Have you ever considered leaving the city or the state in order to have surgery? When most people find out that they need surgery, they u...

Bundled Payments Save Money on Healthcare

Ronnie Shalev, MD

Aug 23, 2019
2 min

Bundled Payments Save Money on Healthcare

Bundled payments save money on healthcare.

Is Your Medicine Cabinet Stocked With The Right Supplies?

Ronnie Shalev, MD

Aug 15, 2019
3 min

Is Your Medicine Cabinet Stocked With The Right Supplies?

From my experience in working in the ER, most people don’t have the basics in their medicine cabinets. There are some very important stap...

Ronnie Shalev, MD

Aug 8, 2019
2 min

Ambulance Rides are Expensive!

Did you know that one ambulance bill could be financially devastating? I have reviewed patients' bills for short ambulance rides that co...

Summer Safety: Which Sunscreen Should I Use?

Ronnie Shalev, MD

Jul 31, 2019
2 min

Summer Safety: Which Sunscreen Should I Use?

With summer time activities in full gear, you should be stocking up on the most important thing...sunscreen. Although sunscreen should be...

Ronnie Shalev, MD

Jul 24, 2019
2 min

Pharmacy Benefit Managers: Basics 101

Have you ever wondered why certain drugs have a different price at one pharmacy versus another? Ever heard about a pharmacy benefit manag...

Ronnie Shalev, MD

Jul 18, 2019
2 min

Is this a Medical Emergency?

As an ER doc I often wonder “why did this patient come to the ER?” I see patients that come at 4am for a week long cough. Why? Or I see a...

Telemedicine-Expanding Access to Care at an Affordable Price

Ronnie Shalev, MD

Jul 11, 2019
2 min

Telemedicine-Expanding Access to Care at an Affordable Price

Did you know you could ask a doctor a medical question from your living room? Yes! You could be sitting in your pajamas in the middle of...

Ronnie Shalev, MD

Jun 24, 2019
2 min

Summer Safety: Drowning Prevention

What do Granger Smith and Bode Miller have in common? Unfortunately, their commonality is a sad one...both celebrities lost a child to dr...

Summer Safety: Preventing Heat Exhaustion

Ronnie Shalev, MD

Jun 21, 2019
2 min

Summer Safety: Preventing Heat Exhaustion

Working in the ER over the summer months in Texas, I see many patients with some variant of heat exhaustion. Most people associate heat e...

Ronnie Shalev, MD

Jun 13, 2019
2 min

What is Direct Primary Care?

As healthcare in America has become more corporatized, physicians have suffered an incredible burden. They have more administrative work ...

Summer Safety Series: Mosquito Prevention

Ronnie Shalev, MD

Jun 5, 2019
2 min

Summer Safety Series: Mosquito Prevention

Summer is here and so are the mosquitoes! Mosquitos are not just annoying but they are potentially dangerous insects that carry multiple ...

Ronnie Shalev, MD

May 30, 2019
3 min

Paying with cash could save you money!

Did you know that you can save money on healthcare by paying cash and not using your health insurance? Most people don’t know that they c...

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