S3E15 How to Make the Most of Your Doctor Appointments & Ask For What You Want!

Thank you for sharing your time with me and guest, Teresa Younkin today on Alopecia Life. I met Teresa at a conference last year. We were talking about healthcare reform and what she does, and I was super impressed. What started out as personal advocacy for her family has led to something more expansive around healthcare. Teresa is super excited about the health information exchange, and she shares more about that with us today, along with how to ask for what we want to make the most of our doctor's appointments. Her life mission is to leave the healthcare industry in a better way than she found it, and she's certainly succeeding. Thank you for listening to this episode of Alopecia Life. Check out the show notes for all the resources Teresa has provided, informing us about what has been put in place since the beginning of the year, along with what is coming up. If you have additional questions about what we talked about today, her contact information is here too.https://teresayounkin.com/https://www.linkedin.com/in/teresayounkin/https://www.cms.gov/nosurprises/consumers/new-protections-for-youhttps://www.cms.gov/nosurprises/consumers/understanding-costs-in-advancehttps://www.cms.gov/nosurprises/consumers/notices-you-may-get-whether-you-should-sign-themThis is a link to the form referenced in the link above: https://www.cms.gov/files/document/notice-and-consent-form-example.pdfhttps://www.cms.gov/nosurprises/consumers/understanding-costs-in-advancehttps://www.cms.gov/nosurprises/consumers/payment-disagreements  This is important if you are paying for medications or services that are not covered and you are paying for them out of pocket.Support the showAlopecia Life provides free resources for school and home education, including a growing list of alopecia books, education videos on YouTube, links to support groups within the US, UK, Canada and more. You will also find access to Head-On, Stories of Alopecia, the Alopecia 101 free course, paid Alopecia Roadmap course for parents of children living with alopecia, and personalized coaching. Together, we can make a difference. To find out more, https://www.alopecialife.com/