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Originally Posted by kane
A few years back my mom had some serious health issues. When we took her to her primary doctor the doctor spent about 25 minutes with her then said point blank she would need to come back because they bill in 15 minute blocks and the insurance wouldn't pay for more than 2 consecutive blocks in one visit. She ended up, like you, having to get her problems handled over the course of three visits in a month instead of all at once. Pathetic.
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Yep.
What really pisses me off was that to see one of the better DR's in my practice, you will need to do an appointment every 4-6 weeks as that is the next opening. I am actually looking to switch as they have gotten so large now that I do not believe they care about the patients as well as they should.
That said, I shared my experience with others who have different DR's and they have had similar experiences with the exception of one. Everyone else basically goes through the same bullshit. Having to makes a $100.00 appointment to get refills, and can only be seen for one thing at a time per appointment. Meaning, those who work a standard 9-5, have to keep scheduling multiple appointments for multiple issues versus getting it all handled in a single 30-60 minute appointment.
This is completely ineffective to say the least, and obviously not in the best interested of the long term care of a patient and their needs. Worse, imagine how many people who have a regular job and limited days off just go, "fuck it", and then let an issue go to the point of ending up in the ER (obviously insanely more costly) or just do not treat the issue as they do not have the time off from work where a treatable issue gets to the point of becoming a bigger issue.
