Re: What it's coming to [1 Attachment]

[Guest guest]

Insightful questions, all. Some mitigation on review:

With research, it does appear that the practice does describe itself as primary

care, not urgent care.

It's in a town in another state where the patient also has a home, so they may

have seen him as a local long-term patient. (So, no, I have no leverage.)

And the patient did tell me, " Oh, I guess I should have told them that I have a

doctor and have already had these tests done. " He did go back for the f/u visit,

where he had redundant labs done.

His Medicare Part D plan apparently had no problem with covering the Avelox.

Still....

Haresch

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> > [Attachment(s) <#128462fccb84b57a_TopText> from Flocculus included below]

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> > I know we're not supposed to complain about our fellow " practitioners " ,

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> > One of my patients was out of town and went to an urgent care with 1) a

> > cold and 2) the knowledge that he is followed regularly for all of his

> > chronic health care and maintenance. The resulting note is attached. Care to

> > play " spot my disgust " ?

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> > How do we get the word out that primary care in this country is being

> > quickly shoved on its way in a handbasket?

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> > Haresch

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