RE: SITE VISIT FROM INSURANCE CO

[Guest guest]

when they came to see me I told them not to come  w ithout chocloate And they  came with chocolate It is usually a formality It has been on this list serv  a  dozen times I do not recall anyone havig any trouble

If you are worried  your malpractice carrier is hugely a huge free help- they came out to my office and went over all my set up and processesThey did NOT bring chooclate.Good luck

 

I signed up for an insurance company and got a call today that they would like to do a site visit. They say that since I am in a new location it is in their procedure to visit the site. Any thoughts on this? Any medicolegal traps? Is this routine? Should I get legal advise beforehand? Thanks.

-- PATIENTS,please remember email may not be entirely secure and that Email is part of the medical  record and is placed into the chart ( be careful what you say!)Email is best used for appointment making and  brief  questions

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[Guest guest]

I sure hope you specify DARK chocolate on these occasions.

 

when they came to see me I told them not to come  w ithout chocloate And they  came with chocolate It is usually a formality It has been on this list serv  a  dozen times I do not recall anyone havig any trouble

If you are worried  your malpractice carrier is hugely a huge free help- they came out to my office and went over all my set up and processesThey did NOT bring chooclate.Good luck

 

I signed up for an insurance company and got a call today that they would like to do a site visit. They say that since I am in a new location it is in their procedure to visit the site. Any thoughts on this? Any medicolegal traps? Is this routine? Should I get legal advise beforehand? Thanks.

-- PATIENTS,please remember email may not be entirely secure and that Email is part of the medical  record and is placed into the chart ( be careful what you say!)

Email is best used for appointment making and  brief  questions

Email replies can be expected within 24 hours-Please CALL  if the  matter is more urgent .     MD         ph   fax

impcenter.org

[Guest guest]

But of course.

 

I sure hope you specify DARK chocolate on these occasions.

 

when they came to see me I told them not to come  w ithout chocloate And they  came with chocolate It is usually a formality It has been on this list serv  a  dozen times I do not recall anyone havig any trouble

If you are worried  your malpractice carrier is hugely a huge free help- they came out to my office and went over all my set up and processesThey did NOT bring chooclate.Good luck

 

I signed up for an insurance company and got a call today that they would like to do a site visit. They say that since I am in a new location it is in their procedure to visit the site. Any thoughts on this? Any medicolegal traps? Is this routine? Should I get legal advise beforehand? Thanks.

-- PATIENTS,please remember email may not be entirely secure and that Email is part of the medical  record and is placed into the chart ( be careful what you say!)

Email is best used for appointment making and  brief  questions

Email replies can be expected within 24 hours-Please CALL  if the  matter is more urgent .     MD         ph   fax

impcenter.org

-- PATIENTS,please remember email may not be entirely secure and that Email is part of the medical  record and is placed into the chart ( be careful what you say!)Email is best used for appointment making and  brief  questions

Email replies can be expected within 24 hours-Please CALL  if the  matter is more urgent .     MD         ph   fax

impcenter.org

[Guest guest]

Call them up and ask for their check list. They will fax it and you can dot your i's and cross your T's. <grin>

Then you can catch the littlle things like having your BCLS card, etc.

To: Sent: Thu, December 10, 2009 4:55:04 PMSubject: Re: SITE VISIT FROM INSURANCE CO

But of course.

On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 4:54 PM, Eskind <aeskindgmail (DOT) com> wrote:

I sure hope you specify DARK chocolate on these occasions.

On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 4:50 PM, <jnantonucci@ gmail.com> wrote:

when they came to see me I told them not to come w ithout chocloate And they came with chocolate It is usually a formality It has been on this list serv a dozen times I do not recall anyone havig any troubleIf you are worried your malpractice carrier is hugely a huge free help- they came out to my office and went over all my set up and processesThey did NOT bring chooclate.Good luck

On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 4:36 PM, ldlcsamson <lzsmsngmail (DOT) com> wrote:

I signed up for an insurance company and got a call today that they would like to do a site visit. They say that since I am in a new location it is in their procedure to visit the site. Any thoughts on this? Any medicolegal traps? Is this routine? Should I get legal advise beforehand? Thanks.

-- PATIENTS,please remember email may not be entirely secure and that Email is part of the medical record and is placed into the chart ( be careful what you say!)Email is best used for appointment making and brief questionsEmail replies can be expected within 24 hours-Please CALL if the matter is more urgent . MD ph fax impcenter.org

-- PATIENTS,please remember email may not be entirely secure and that Email is part of the medical record and is placed into the chart ( be careful what you say!)Email is best used for appointment making and brief questionsEmail replies can be expected within 24 hours-Please CALL if the matter is more urgent . MD ph fax impcenter.org

[Guest guest]

I've never had this happen, but my ex-partner down the hall had a couple insurances swing by and look over the site.If you think about it - it kind of makes sense.If I was vouching for some company and sending all my business to them -- I'd want to make sure their office was nice, the setup appropriate for care, etc.

I'm actually surprised more insurances don't do this.But...still feels like invasion of privacy in other ways. Locke, MD

 

I signed up for an insurance company and got a call today that they would like to do a site visit. They say that since I am in a new location it is in their procedure to visit the site. Any thoughts on this? Any medicolegal traps? Is this routine? Should I get legal advise beforehand? Thanks.

[Guest guest]

,

I have been thru several, no traps or anything evil.  If

anything they were very helpful and impress with my setup and had time to pitch

why I should get better payment from them.

from The Barrio.

From:

[mailto: ] On Behalf Of Locke

Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2009 5:02 PM

To:

Subject: Re: SITE VISIT FROM INSURANCE CO

I've never had this happen, but my ex-partner

down the hall had a couple insurances swing by and look over the site.

If you think about it - it kind of makes sense.

If I was vouching for some company and sending all my business to them -- I'd

want to make sure their office was nice, the setup appropriate for care, etc.

I'm actually surprised more insurances don't do this.

But...still feels like invasion of privacy in other ways.

Locke, MD

I signed up for an insurance

company and got a call today that they would like to do a site visit. They say

that since I am in a new location it is in their procedure to visit the site.

Any thoughts on this? Any medicolegal traps? Is this routine? Should I get

legal advise beforehand? Thanks.

[Guest guest]

It’s routine for many insurance

companies. Don’t sweat it. Just be honest with their questions. We’ve

only had one fail us – it was for Medicaid – and they failed us

because we refused to keep O2 on the premises.

Pratt

Office Manager

Oak Tree Internal Medicine P.C

www.prattmd.info

From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of ldlcsamson

Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2009

1:37 PM

To:

Subject:

SITE VISIT FROM INSURANCE CO

I signed up for an insurance company and got a call

today that they would like to do a site visit. They say that since I am in a

new location it is in their procedure to visit the site. Any thoughts on this?

Any medicolegal traps? Is this routine? Should I get legal advise beforehand?

Thanks.

[Guest guest]

It wasn’t actually the state Medicaid, it

was the county’s Medicaid program. We told them that if the state wasn’t going

to require it, then they shouldn’t either. We ended up not being contracted

with them, which in the long run didn’t matter since we dropped all Medi-Cal

patients and stopped participating with Medi-Cal 2 years later.

Pratt

Office Manager

Oak Tree Internal Medicine P.C

www.prattmd.info

From:

[mailto: ] On

Behalf Of Locke

Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2009

5:14 PM

To:

Subject: Re:

SITE VISIT FROM INSURANCE CO

So what did you or Medicaid do?

Did medicaid threaten to not allow you to see patients at $30/visit if you

didn't get O2?

And did they realize the limited threat in their threat? :-)

Locke, MD

On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 6:02 PM, Pratt <karen.oaktreecomcast (DOT) net>

wrote:

It’s routine for many insurance

companies. Don’t sweat it. Just be honest with their

questions. We’ve only had one fail us – it was for Medicaid – and they

failed us because we refused to keep O2 on the premises.

Pratt

Office Manager

Oak Tree Internal Medicine P.C

www.prattmd.info

From:

[mailto: ]

On Behalf Of ldlcsamson

Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2009

1:37 PM

To:

Subject:

SITE VISIT FROM INSURANCE CO

I signed up for an insurance company and got a call

today that they would like to do a site visit. They say that since I am in a

new location it is in their procedure to visit the site. Any thoughts on this?

Any medicolegal traps? Is this routine? Should I get legal advise beforehand?

Thanks.