Michael “Doc” Moates, Ed.D.
Journalist. Educator. Doctor of Education. Clinician and behavior analyst. Software engineer. And now, a nursing student. Each was a choice, from White House press briefings to college classrooms, from clinical practice to policy tables, from open-source code to a hospital floor. Six disciplines, one stubborn intention.
The Short Version
Journalist. Communications director. Doctor of education. Clinician and behavior analyst. Software engineer. College educator. And now, a nursing student. The through-line was never a job title, it was curiosity, and a need to be useful.
Writing
Prior authorization is usually described as an administrative burden. That framing understates it. It is a system that routinely delays care, and reforming the forms will not fix what the process is designed to do.
Many organizations now celebrate hiring neurodivergent employees. Far fewer have built the everyday conditions that let those employees stay, grow, and lead. Retention, not recruitment, is the real test.
Sleep problems are often treated as a symptom of mental health conditions, but the relationship runs in both directions. Taking sleep seriously as a treatment target may be one of the most underused levers in mental health care.
If your work lives where a few different worlds overlap, we'll probably get along.
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