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[Timma]

LOL reading this is like watching monkeys trying to fuck a football.

[Bouncer]

tell me which option you would choose rado.

wait 2 months for the specialist that your primary referred you to. or wait 10 days for a different specialist and have the primary change over the referral that day or next.

[Bouncer]

Ok...But if the the PMC writes the script to see Johnny Jones and he's booked for two months....Guess what asshole...He needs a new referral!!!!!!!!!!!!! For fucks sake man, give it a rest...

correct. and all he has to do is call his primary and tell him he found a specialist who has an opening in 10 days and he would rather go there. he would have the new referral that day. thus my point of not waiting around.

[Bouncer]

sorry, but no I'm not. Again, I've worked years in the field. How many years have you put in?

you obviously misunderstood the field for all those years.

a primary care doctor cannot force you to see one specialist over another if they both specialize in the same thing and one has an opening sooner then the other.

[Bouncer]

MOST insurance companies will not let you see a specialist or pay for it without a referral...The Dr does need to give you the referral....Fuck the radius, no shit....But you need your PMC(primary care phys)to give you the referral...

he already has the referral to see a certain kind of specialist. there is more then 1 of that kind of specialist on his insurance plan. the doctor cannot dictate who you see. all he has to do is tell his doctors office to write the referral to the specialist that he chooses.

[FitnessBrat]

sorry but your wrong. this is how insurance and referrals work.

sorry, but no I'm not. Again, I've worked years in the field. How many years have you put in?

[FitnessBrat]

MOST insurance companies will not let you see a specialist or pay for it without a referral...The Dr does need to give you the referral....Fuck the radius, no shit....But you need your PMC(primary care phys)to give you the referral...

Thank you

[Bouncer]

You keep saying this, that's what I'm telling you is wrong.

sorry but your wrong. this is how insurance and referrals work.

[Bouncer]

If an appt is even available...Otherwise, then yes, I would call the Dr again for another one to go and visit...

why do you people keep saying "call the doctor to find another one". YOU DON'T NEED THE DOCTOR.

the doctor will only refer him to the closest specialist and call it a day. he has the option to go online or call his insurance company to get a full list of specialist under his insurance plan.

if he is searching a 100 mile radius like he said he was there are probably 100 specialist between boston and NYC.

art of war, YOU DO NOT NEED TO "TELL THE DOCTOR" TO SEARCH THE 100 MILE RADIUS. You can easily look for yourself.

[FitnessBrat]

doesn't matter. he has a referral now. he makes the appointment with the specialist. when you call the specialist to make an appointment the receptionist doesn't check to see if its urgent. they simply make the appointment when there is an opening. "his doctors" have nothing to do with future appointments of specialist.

You keep saying this, that's what I'm telling you is wrong.

[Bouncer]

The point is, his doctors are okay with the wait time, so nobody is going to "rush" anything. I've told him to be the "squeaky wheel", but otherwise, he can't do a lot on his own.

doesn't matter. he has a referral now. he makes the appointment with the specialist. when you call the specialist to make an appointment the receptionist doesn't check to see if its urgent. they simply make the appointment when there is an opening. "his doctors" have nothing to do with future appointments of specialist.

[FitnessBrat]

nothing like that in jersey. or maybe i just have good insurance or something i dunno.

The point is, his doctors are okay with the wait time, so nobody is going to "rush" anything. I've told him to be the "squeaky wheel", but otherwise, he can't do a lot on his own.

[Bouncer]

When my friend tore his knee it up he had to wait to wait 4 weeks to see the surgeon, then two more weeks for surgery, in Mass everything takes forever. Only reason I got all my shit done with my foot surgery fast, was the risk of bones healing together improperly.

nothing like that in jersey. or maybe i just have good insurance or something i dunno.

[Konitz]

When my friend tore his knee it up he had to wait to wait 4 weeks to see the surgeon, then two more weeks for surgery, in Mass everything takes forever. Only reason I got all my shit done with my foot surgery fast, was the risk of bones healing together improperly.

[Bouncer]

In art of war's defense, it is next to impossible to even find a Doctor in Mass. with mandatory health-care, this state is all fucked up it is flooded with patients., I tried to get a new doctor and just gave up after 5 straight-up turned me down.

maybe thats the issue then. in nj/nyc i have never had to wait anywhere close to the time frame thet are telling him.

hell, i saw my primary, saw a surgeon, had an MRI, went back to the surgeon to read the MRI, and scheduled the surgery all in the course of 7 days. surgery was 10 days after that.

the way art of war makes it sound, it would have taken him 5 months to do all that.