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Not long ago, a physician’s most powerful instrument was not a machine, an algorithm, or a digital platform. It was presence. Listening with intention....

Study Reveals Staggering Toll of Being Black in America: 1.6M Excess Deaths Over 22 Years

Medika Life - May 21, 2023

Research has long shown that Black people live sicker lives and die younger than white people.

So Your Insurance Dropped Your Doctor. Now What?

Medika Life - November 16, 2025

Last winter, Amber Wingler started getting a series of increasingly urgent messages from the local hospital in Columbia, Missouri, letting her know her family’s...

“Investigational” Is Payer Code for “Coverage Denied”

Gil Bashe, Medika Life Editor - February 18, 2021

Outside the pandemic, “investigational” remains payer code for denying reimbursement. In the case of treatment for chronic conditions, even FDA-approved digital-health and connected devices languish on waitlists for formulary inclusion.

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