Re: Surgery Prep...GRRRRRR.

February 10, 2009

Oh the joys of health care. I guess it beats having no options though. I

am glad your pain doctor did the job.

[ ] Surgery Prep...GRRRRRR.

Ok, so I'm having knee surgery on the 16th and my ortho wanted a note from

my primary care doc saying that I'm fit enough to have the surgery. Since I

just fired my primary care doc, and the other doc I could have seen couldn't

have seen me till the twenty-something and I need this done by the eleventh,

I decided to use our local Care Now clinic which does physicals. No

problem, I think. I call them up. They tell me that the physical costs $58

and is not covered by insurance. Ok, snag #1, but I can deal... I explain

what I need the physical for and they tell me to come monday morning.

I do. And what do you know... After sitting around for an hour, filling

out all their forms, they ask me if I am willing to submit to lab tests. I

tell them that all the lab tests are being done on the eleventh when I go to

the hospital for my Pre-op, but that I need this physical done before then.

They blithely inform me that they can't do the physical until I have all my

labs etc done, and to come back and then they'll sign something... GRRRR.

Rod then said, " So, the long and the short of it is since physicals aren't

billable to insurance, and you can't charge us the exorbident fees for labs,

EKG, Chest X-ray, UA screen, Stress test and other things, you're refusing

to do the physical at all...Right? It's all about money...Right? "

The girl just smiles smugly at him and shakes her head.

I call my ortho in a panic and ask if I can have my pain doc fax something

over saying I'm fit since he examined me not that long ago. They said yes.

I called pain doc's office in a panic and medical assistant said she didn't

think it'd be a problem and she'd call me if there was one. I gave her the

doc's number, nurse's name and fax number... So, that'll be

that...Hopefully.

Say a prayer this all works out. I can't afford to wait another four months

for surgery! I can barely walk now!

--

Dodge

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February 11, 2009

Dodge

You are in my prayers. Let us know how the surg goes.

Heidibug

On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 12:06 PM, Dodge Porter <medicdodge@...>wrote:

> Ok, so I'm having knee surgery on the 16th and my ortho wanted a note

> from my primary care doc saying that I'm fit enough to have the surgery.

> Since I just fired my primary care doc, and the other doc I could have seen

> couldn't have seen me till the twenty-something and I need this done by the

> eleventh, I decided to use our local Care Now clinic which does physicals.

> No problem, I think. I call them up. They tell me that the physical costs

> $58 and is not covered by insurance. Ok, snag #1, but I can deal... I

> explain what I need the physical for and they tell me to come monday

> morning.

>

> I do. And what do you know... After sitting around for an hour, filling out

> all their forms, they ask me if I am willing to submit to lab tests. I tell

> them that all the lab tests are being done on the eleventh when I go to the

> hospital for my Pre-op, but that I need this physical done before then. They

> blithely inform me that they can't do the physical until I have all my labs

> etc done, and to come back and then they'll sign something... GRRRR.

>

> Rod then said, " So, the long and the short of it is since physicals aren't

> billable to insurance, and you can't charge us the exorbident fees for labs,

> EKG, Chest X-ray, UA screen, Stress test and other things, you're refusing

> to do the physical at all...Right? It's all about money...Right? "

>

> The girl just smiles smugly at him and shakes her head.

>

> I call my ortho in a panic and ask if I can have my pain doc fax something

> over saying I'm fit since he examined me not that long ago. They said yes. I

> called pain doc's office in a panic and medical assistant said she didn't

> think it'd be a problem and she'd call me if there was one. I gave her the

> doc's number, nurse's name and fax number... So, that'll be

> that...Hopefully.

>

> Say a prayer this all works out. I can't afford to wait another four months

> for surgery! I can barely walk now!

>

> --

> Dodge

>

> Read my blog at:

> http://jumpthis.wordpress.com

>

> And my adults only journal at:

> http://www.my-journal.com/slaveheat

>

> You can check out the progress of my new service dog in training here:

> http://www.my-journal.com/demonsjournal

>

> Or visit me at:

> http://www./group/a_different_reality

>

February 12, 2009

Im going through the same right now. Having surgery on the 18th of

february.

Jolene

In a message dated 2/11/2009 5:39:02 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,

hmendelsohn@... writes:

Dodge

You are in my prayers. Let us know how the surg goes.

Heidibug

On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 12:06 PM, Dodge Porter <_medicdodge@..._

(mailto:medicdodge@...) >wrote: