Synergy Rheumatology and Wellness: Dr. Zachary Fellows

06/18/2024

A special cross-post this month to KevinMD about my take on how specialists can be looking at obesity treatment. Join my mailing list on the website for more like this delivered monthly to your inbox!

During my four years in rheumatology private practice, I realized the critical importance of addressing obesity to improve patient outcomes, leading me to expand my expertise to include obesity medicine.

04/24/2024

Fibromyalgia pain not only devastates but just making the diagnosis takes far too long, even in 2024. Read more in this month's blog, a primer to centralized pain meant to help understand what these individuals live with.

https://synergyrheum.com/fibromyalgias-invisible-pain/

Special callout to Support Fibromyalgia Network and National Fibromyalgia Association for the advocacy they do!

Today, we’re talking about pain, specifically fibromyalgia’s brand of it. Pain, as we generally know it, can be separated into three separate types. Firstly, we talk about something called nociceptive pain. This is the pain that we’re thinking of when we’re thinking of pain, as in this is wh...

04/24/2024

Thank you, La Marea Senior Living, for hosting me this month for talking about osteoarthritis and what we can do to improve it!

03/27/2024

Learn more about gout in my new series of educational blog posts covering rheumatologic issues we struggle with. Gout is such a common disease that can range from a ruined day to terrible, devastating deformities at its worst.

Being so common, gout is one of the diseases we’ve all heard of. Either we’ve had it ourselves or a family member, friend has at some point. For most of us, it isn’t an everyday problem; the attacks come and go leaving sometimes months, or even years between where you won’t give it much thou...

03/20/2024

Synergy Rheumatology is now soft-open through the remainder of March and accepting new patients to be seen in-office or telehealth on Wednesdays through Fridays, 9am through 3:30pm PST!

We're in-network with Medicare Part B only, however absolutely welcome all patients with commercial plans. Our partnership with Reimbursify allows anyone with a commercial plan to be seen and to file the visit's fee against their insurance right from your smartphone with any eligible refund being mailed directly to you. Call for more details or send an email for more information!

02/02/2024

Learn about the common pitfalls and snags when dealing with health insurance as a rheumatology patient in this month's blog exploring prior authorizations (PAs) and the confused mess of specialty pharmacies/pharmacy benefit managers.

Part 2 coming at the end of February to cover Medicare and some additional traps to watch out for.

Health insurance in the US is a curious thing and an utterly unique one if you compare us to other countries – this $1.6 trillion middle-man has managed to position itself as the lynchpin of our health care system, this equally complex yet opaque beast that, through lobbying, legislation, and the ...

10/03/2023

10/03/2023

We're waitlisting new uninsured or commercially-insured patients for startup in January 2024 (Medicare to follow!). See more at www.synergyrheum.com/contact/ where you can sign-up for updates regarding becoming a member and receive my free, monthly blog for rheumatology, wellness, and obesity updates curated for you.