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Help Editing My Academic Dismissal Appeal Letter????????????????????????…


I am writing this appeal in reference to the recent letter I received stating that I will be withdrawn from the College of Arts and Sciences due to my poor grades my first semester at ******. It is a large disappointment my family, my roommate whom I have grown so close to, and me to hear this news. I feel as though these grades are not an accurate representation of what I am capable of and I would like to be given a second chance to prove myself. I understand that my withdrawal was chosen due to the fact that I have not earned enough credits and that it is possible that next semester will be the same as the first, but there are several factors which contributed to my failure which have recently changed and cause me to believe that ****** would be the best place to make up the credits I failed to earn.
One major problem in my first semester at ****** is that I overslept for many classes. It appeared my roommate, my family, my professors, and me that I was simply being lazy. I became very frustrated with myself and began to doubt whether I was ready for college or if ****** was right for me. When I did go to class or attempt work, it was very hard to concentrate on the material. I also became severely sick on several different occasions, which caused me to miss weeks of homework and material. When Thanksgiving break had come around, I was warned that my grades were at risk and went to my professors to make up any missed work that I could. By this time, I had lost major confidence in myself and spent the majority of Thanksgiving break oversleeping in my dorm truly doubting my abilities and becoming frustrated while the majority of my peers had gone home to visit their families. I think the biggest impact on my lack of focus was hearing about my father being hospitalized, and I was not able to go home for Thanksgiving break to visit. I think hearing this news did not necessarily benefit me when it came to pulling through finals. I had gotten to the point where I missed so much work that I could barely do any of the make up work or understand the material on my finals.
Since coming home for the first time for winter break, I went to a doctor and blood tests were done that showed that the medication I was put on made me excessively fatigued. I did not realize it at the time but this is what was causing my oversleeping and lack of concentration, and it was not pure laziness. This in turn had made me lose much confidence in my abilities. Since going off the medication, I already feel much better and sleep much less. I believe that this is the biggest factor which impacted me, in addition to adjusting to my new environment, but I do believe it is no one else’s fault but my own for not going to a university doctor about my fatigue or realizing the great impact this medication was having on my brain and motivation. I knew how little work I had turned in and how far behind I was, but for some reason I lacked the will to persevere through these struggles.
To make up the credits that I did not have first semester, I feel as though ****** would be the best location for me to do it in. Going home would be yet another adjustment, and I believe being around my father and his mental illness would be a large distraction and it would make it much more difficult to stay at home and concentrate on work. Although ****** is a long way from home, it is an idyllic place to be in comparison to witnessing my father’s bipolar episodes. It was my last few weeks at ****** where I started to reflect and realize what an amazing school I have been at. It was my last few weeks where I found great study spots around campus, and just as I was beginning to find my niche at ******, the opportunity to continue has, understandably, been taken away from me.
I believe I was accepted into ****** because I am a hardworking and disciplined person, and while my first semester does not reflect this fact, seeing failing grades on my first semester record has made me realize the great impact that my actions, or lack thereof, can cause. If anything, I believe that this past semester has been a bigger motivation to me to excel in my second semester than I would otherwise. I fully understand the decision to withdraw me from the college, and I realize what a blessing it would be to be able to come back. If I were given the opportunity to return, I believe I would feel a greater sense of appreciation and motivation than most people at the school. I do not want to go back solely for my friends and family’s satisfaction or to save face, but because I genuinely believe that I have reflected and learned enough from first semester to go back the second semester and reverse everything that I did wrong.

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Can Someone Briefly Explain???? 10 Pts?


Im trying to understand this article can someone briefly explain to me in simple terms
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Doctor accused of taking kickbacks to prescribe anti-psychotic drug
November 15, 2012|Staff report
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A federal lawsuit accuses a Chicago psychiatrist of getting illegal kickbacks from pharmaceutical companies and submitting at least 140,000 false claims to Medicare and Medicaid for anti-psychotic medications he prescribed for thousands of mentally ill patients in nursing homes.
Dr. Michael J. Reinstein also submitted at least 50,000 claims to Medicare and Medicaid falsely claiming he had provided “pharmacologic management” for his patients at more than 30 area nursing homes and long-term care facilities, according to the health care fraud lawsuit filed by the U.S. attorney’s office.
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“This is the largest civil case alleging prescription medication fraud against an individual ever brought in Chicago,” said Acting U.S. Attorney Gary S. Shapiro.
Reinstein was the subject of an investigation by ProPublica and the Chicago Tribune in 2009 that found Reinstein, 69, had compiled a worrisome record of providing assembly-line care with a highly risky drug.
Searching publicly available documents, reporters discovered that Reinstein had been accused of overmedicating his mentally ill patients. His unusually heavy reliance on the drug clozapine — a potent psychotropic medication that carries five “black box” warnings — has been linked to at least three deaths.
In 2007 he prescribed various medications to 4,141 Medicaid patients, including more prescriptions for clozapine than were written by all the doctors in Texas put together, Medicaid records show. Records also showed he was getting government reimbursement for seeing an improbably large number of patients.
Reinstein has provided psychiatric medical services in the Chicago area since 1973. Since at least 1999, he has maintained an office in the Uptown neighborhood, which prosecutors said has the densest concentration of mentally ill nursing home residents in Illinois.
According to the federal lawsuit, Reinstein routinely prescribed anti-psychotic and other psychiatric medications to his patients based, not on their need but on his receipt of kickbacks from pharmaceutical companies.
Reinstein routinely prescribed Clozaril, the trade name for clozapine manufactured by Novartis, and he often had more than 1,000 patients using the medication at any given time, the lawsuit state. For many years, Novartis paid Reinstein to promote Clozaril, it alleges.
After Novartis’ patent for Clozaril expired in 1998, Reinstein resisted pharmacy and drug company efforts to switch his patients to generic clozapine and he continued to be the largest prescriber of Clozaril to Medicaid recipients in the United States, the lawsuit states.
In July 2003, Novartis notified Reinstein that it would be withdrawing its support for Clozaril, and ended the regular payments that it had been making to Reinstein.
In August 2003, the lawsuit says Reinstein offered to switch his patients to generic clozapine manufactured by Ivax Pharmaceuticals if the company met several conditions: Agree to pay Reinstein $50,000 under a one-year “consulting agreement”; pay his nurse to speak on behalf of clozapine; and fund a clozapine research study by a Reinstein-affiliated entity known as Uptown Research Institute.

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I Have Kaiser And Received A Prescription For Add Medication From A Separate Doctor, I Need Kaiser To Cover It?


This question is much simpler and not as intimidating as the length of the description would lead you to think…
I actually have Attention Deficit Disorder and was diagnosed about 1 month ago. I was referred by a friend of mine to a VERY reputable and well-respected psychiatrist who was in my area and after 2 consulting sessions he diagnosed me and wrote me a prescription for Vyvanse. I made a mistake though because my insurance is with Kaiser and I would need a Kaiser doctor to write my prescription so my insurance can cover the medication. Now I have a prescription from a separate doctor NOT affiliated with Kaiser and this prescription may cost up to $500 since my Kaiser insurance can’t cover it.
Now, is there anyway I can or I should notify my Kaiser doctor of this problem? I have paid good money to the non-Kaiser doctor (Around $700) and now that I have a prescription it will not be covered by my insurance!!
PLEASE HELP! THIS IS A HUGE LOSS FOR ME! ANY THOUGHTS ARE WELCOMED.

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Aspergers Feel Incompetent Can’t Find What I’m Good At?


Hi I’m 20 I have Aspergers I **** up too much. I’m behind with my general education. I got into a car accident from getting distracted. My medication for aspergers makes me eat too much so i gained a lot of weight. I know im good at memorizing facts like history but what am i going to do with that. People with aspergers are supposed to have obsessive interests but I can’t find my niche. What should I do?

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Aspergers Feel Incompetent Can’t Find What I’m Good At?


Hi I’m 20 I have Aspergers I **** up too much. I’m behind with my general education. I got into a car accident from getting distracted. My medication for aspergers makes me eat too much so i gained a lot of weight. I know im good at memorizing facts like history but what am i going to do with that. People with aspergers are supposed to have obsessive interests but I can’t find my niche. What should I do?

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Aspergers Feel Incompetent Can’t Find What I’m Good At?


Hi I’m 20 I have Aspergers I **** up too much. I’m behind with my general education. I got into a car accident from getting distracted. My medication for aspergers makes me eat too much so i gained a lot of weight. I know im good at memorizing facts like history but what am i going to do with that. People with aspergers are supposed to have obsessive interests but I can’t find my niche. What should I do?

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