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I have/had no issue w/ documentation or having to do it; however adding forms to meets CMS requirements was a colossal PIA as they didn't have much to do with continuity of care and were more for reimbursement. What I objected to was the patient load being high enough that more time was spent documenting than providing care. The problem is that you are looking for logic in a bureaucracy, a modern-day Diogenes. “Agnostic, gun owning, conservative, college educated hillbilly” | |||
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My lamp is getting dim. Gotta order more whale-oil from Amazon.  My problem is that I look for logic in too many places. The bigger problem is that as I get older I continue to lose the ability to tolerate bullshit. The kinder, gentler, geezer is turning into a grumpy old bastard. הרחפת שלי מלאה בצלופחים | |||
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| Eye on the Silver Lining |
When you called to make the appointment did you specifically request a medical evaluation or state that you had a specific medical concern? I only ask because there are separate types of visits that can be billed for and typically if someone has a medical situation it would be a separate visit from a comprehensive exam- which sounds like what you had.. Btw burton __________________________ "Trust, but verify." | |||
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ABSOLUTELY! Well, not really -- I did not call to make the appointment, I stopped in at the office to make the appointment. I told them specifically that I wanted a consultation for this problem. I told them exactly what the complaint was. I repeated the whole song and dance multiple times: when I checked in at the desk for the appointment, and again when Blondie escorted me into the exam room, before she started to mindlessly go through the routine of checking all the boxes. Each time that she wanted to do something unnecessary, something that had absolutely no connection to the reason that I was there, I reminded her. She chose not to hear me, but instead to drone on, running her checklist. It was apparent that she was the gatekeeper and I would not have a face-to-face with the doc until she had checked all the boxes, but I vetoed every test that she wanted to do, other than read the charts. Once the doc appeared, it was all straightforward and he got right to the point. The way it should have been, more than an hour earlier. הרחפת שלי מלאה בצלופחים | |||
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| Non-Miscreant |
Aw, we need to give him a little slack. He's said he's 78 or 80. He might have forgot the necessary questions to begin the process of getting them off her.... Or what to do after he does!  Unhappy ammo seeker | |||
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| אַרְיֵה |
Thanks, but that's not the problem. The initial assumption was dry-eye, but that was ruled out quickly. The problem is actually not with production of tears, the problem is drainage after the tears have been produced. There is duct-work, nature's own sewer system, to drain the tears. Evidently, I have a blockage, so instead of draining, the tears are backing up and causing watery, somewhat blurred vision. Things start out clear in the morning, but as the excess tears accumulate during the day, things get a bit blurry. Conceptually, the cure sounds simple. We'll see what the new doc, the specialist for this, says, one week from today. I'm hopeful that I won't have the song-and-dance routine with the new doc; her office has requested the notes from the dry-eye doc, and the cataract doc, so they should have a good handle on things when I get there. הרחפת שלי מלאה בצלופחים | |||
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| אַרְיֵה |
Yup, I'm 80, but that doesn't mean I forgotten a ... what were we talking about? הרחפת שלי מלאה בצלופחים | |||
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You need to spend some time with millennials and see how little patience they have. I have read enough of your posts to recognize patience and inability to tolerate bullshit. You are doing much better than the average patient who is put through the stupid paces to satisfy bureaucracy. | |||
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| Only the strong survive |
So it looks like you have problems associated with Glaucoma. Here is an explanation of some of the things that can happen to cause your problem. http://www.lifeextension.com/P...Ear/Glaucoma/Page-01 41 | |||
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So which was better? #1 or #2? #1 or #2? The Enemy's gate is down. | |||
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| Eye on the Silver Lining |
 Seriously, did your voice your complaint to the doc or offc Mngr on your way out? I'd be curious to see how they billed it? As a comprehensive exam or as a medical visit...being a pilot, I'd spect you'd have been pretty regular in your eye appts, so I can't imagine they were trying to catch you for an exam just because it's been sooo long since they last saw you.. __________________________ "Trust, but verify." | |||
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| Too old to run, too mean to quit! |
BTDT!! I am 79, and my tolerance of useless BS (is there any other kind) has degraded to the millisecond range. I have had new lenses in both eyes, and corneal transplants in both eyes. Fortunately, my doc seems to have mastered the system. His primary office has one receptionist. He recently opened 3 more offices in different locations to make access for patients easier. He has ONE "clerk" that travels with him from office to office. Our GP works pretty much the same way, but only has one office and limited staff. The doctor enters all patient info on his portable computer which further limits staff. Elk There has never been an occasion where a people gave up their weapons in the interest of peace that didn't end in their massacre. (Louis L'Amour) "To compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves and abhors, is sinful and tyrannical. " -Thomas Jefferson "America is great because she is good. If America ceases to be good, America will cease to be great." Alexis de Tocqueville FBHO!!! The Idaho Elk Hunter | |||
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Striker in waiting |
Yes? -Rob I predict that there will be many suggestions and statements about the law made here, and some of them will be spectacularly wrong. - jhe888 A=A | |||
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| אַרְיֵה |
Nope. No glaucoma. That test was done multiple times at the cataract doc's place. הרחפת שלי מלאה בצלופחים | |||
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| אַרְיֵה |
Did not discuss this with the doc. With him, it was all business, very efficient. Funny, how his time if valuable, but mine not so much. No office manager in sight. Just the two desk gals. Discussing it with them would be about as effective as having a conversation with a shelf-stocker at Walmart re top-level boardroom stuff. Yeah, it has been a long time since my last visit. Let's see, it was, um, wait, let me think ... oh yeah, that's right. I was never here before. This was my first visit and I was very specific about the reason for the visit. NOT a general exam, let's please just look at the problem. Blondie is not medically trained, she has no clue, none whatsoever, she is just checking boxes that do not need to be checked. I'm not convinced that it is a nefarious scheme to milk insurance for everything they can get. It might be that, or it might be that they just blunder down the same path with everyone who walks in the door, with no thought at all to preliminary triage in order to eliminate wasted time and effort. הרחפת שלי מלאה בצלופחים | |||
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Since you didn't discuss with the Doc, things won't change there. Office procedures aren't unilaterally put in by staff, the guidance came from the Doc and he had final approval. I bet if prompted, an experienced staff member can tell a story about a time they skipped steps and it blew up in their faces. They see it as due diligence, you see it as wasted resources. They see a litigiousness society, you only see it from your perspective. I hate getting weighed in at the doctor when I just did it at home. My BP is checked, "never" changes. Why bother? You can bet someone is alive today because they do bother. Perhaps if you watched your meal intervals, you might be less cranky. Don't let the sugar drop. The CMS comments are valid but I believe there is more to it. They never know when they will be in court over you. They would be foolish to show up with a file devoid of the basics. | |||
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| Eye on the Silver Lining |
Huh. Truncated my own post somehow. I was keying in that "btw burton was absolutely correct, imho, per his post regarding this.." Ok, sorry to drift! __________________________ "Trust, but verify." | |||
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I'm Fine |
I'm willing to bet a small amount of money that the specialist won't go through nearly as much stupid stuff as the general practitioner did. He'll already have a proposed diagnoses in hand when you show up. He may run some tests, but I'm hoping they will all be applicable. ------------------ SBrooks | |||
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It has nothing to do with wasting resources. It has everything to do with bilking your insurance company for every single thing they can bill for. Just wait till you get the bill and see how many different line items and how much the insurance paid them. | |||
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