Re: What do you think of a doctor who does this?

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Fire the son-of-a-bitch.

Send a registered letter demanding he send you all your medical

records. Give him/office a firm deadline (one week) or you will file

a formal grievance through HIPAA

http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacyhowtofile.htm (this is the grievance form.)

Report what happened to you to the city and state medical associations.

You must get a new EP. I would call the nearest teaching hospital and

ask for the chair of the cardiology department. Tell them you need a

referral. Insist on talking to chair. Then, ask for the referral and

then tell him/her why.

Begin your search now. You have been mistreated and the EP should be

hung out to dry.

Personally, I prefer the Cleveland Clinic for access to serious

information/physicians.

Lew Koch

At 05:08 PM 1/7/2006, you wrote:

>After going through a battery of tests over the last 4 months ... holter, CT

>scan instead of treadmill, echocardiogram, not to mention a cardioversion

>August 1, and never having any real face to face time with my EP even at the

>cardioversion...I called to make an appt with him to go over my mitral valve

>situation, my long-term prospects/plans (I am 61) for possible

>surgery down the

>line, due to enlarged left atrium etc...It took 2 days and 3 phone calls

>from me for the scheduling person to return my call and she left a message

>saying my doctor is " too busy " and does not have enough time in the

>near future

>but I could make an appointment with his assistant, Debbie, who may be a P-A

>and may not...they go through them like M and Ms at this big

>cardiology office.

>I do not want to see his assistant! I want to see him. I am considering

>changing doctors. What are your thoughts?

>Also, anyone have any experience with the Mayo Clinic in Phoenix for heart?

>Lil

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