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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...
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...
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...
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...
Ronnie Shalev, MD
- Sep 18, 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...
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!
Ronnie Shalev, MD
- Sep 5, 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...
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...
Ronnie Shalev, MD
- Aug 22, 2019
- 2 min
Bundled Payments Save Money on Healthcare
Bundled payments save money on healthcare.
Ronnie Shalev, MD
- Aug 14, 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...
Ronnie Shalev, MD
- Aug 7, 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...
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...
Ronnie Shalev, MD
- Jul 17, 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...
Ronnie Shalev, MD
- Jul 10, 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 23, 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...
Ronnie Shalev, MD
- Jun 20, 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...
Ronnie Shalev, MD
- Jun 12, 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...
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 29, 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...