Question about Provider ID

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Logged onto Aetna's website and registered for a physician username and

password.

(I thought we could check patient eligibility via the internet instead of

going to phone menu hell.)

Got my username and password (after a 10 day waiting period, no kidding) and

logged on.

The patient eligibility area asks for a Provider ID which you can establish

and it becomes permanent for life. It doesn't say whether it is just with

Aetna of somehow part of HIPPA etc.

Not wishing to establish a provider ID right away, I attempted to inquire

about the patient's eligibility without my ID. What do you know but they

didn't include chiropractic care as part of the 150 choices. Dang.

I know I'm listed as a provider at Aetna somewhere.

Anyone know anything about this Provider ID?

If you are FOR nationalized health care, then you are FOR entanglements like

this. It is beyond insane but it saves money because people die while trying

to wait for an answer on the phone.

For fun on a Saturday nite, go to aetna.com and look into benefits and click

on eligibility Inquiry.

( E. Abrahamson, D.C.)

Chiropractic physician

Lake Oswego Chiropractic Clinic

315 Second Street

Lake Oswego, OR 97034

503-635-6246

Website: http://www.lakeoswegochiro.com