1/2 day???

[Guest guest]

re: "my nurse practioner signed me up in APRIL

for my old guy exam stuff and the earliest the proctologist's

office can get to me for my 1/2 day introductory education lecture is OCTOBER!

That's not even to have the scope done. So we have a six month wait for

my sigmodoscopy lecture."

[NOT trying to be a wise guy here, this just seems strange]

That's a long lecture for an old guy to sit through...Is this a regular

or newly instituted approach in their office? ? Do they make all old

guys or just chiropractors go through this?

Is their schedule too full of higher priority services? Is the

lecturer a new addition? Do they have a minimum number before they

hold a class?

Is this an *actual* necessary service or one of those interesting CPT

codes that allows for a little extra consult work? Is it originated

due to 'business office' or 'therapy' protocol?

FWIW, my own family has has two recent exams scheduled within a matter

of a few weeks, with an entirely new provider, for a couple of issues

to be evaluated...and I wonder whether their schedule of 'school

physicals' and other predictable seasonal OVs are simply being spread

out to give a less hectic-more balanced work load for a managed care

facility....

I can image even a few more possibilities for such a long lead

time....and I wonder what the lead time would be for similar in

Canada....

good luck in any case.....

J. Pedersen DC