Have you ever come across HealthBot?
It's a messaging tool designed to safeguard your health data and offer tailored guidance. Plus, it sends reminders for appointments and can assist in locating nearby doctors when necessary.
Definitely worth a look!
I was referred by my ENT to a Lung & Sleep care Dr in February for a sleep study. I was told the earliest I could get an in-lab sleep study was in May. Three days before my May appt, I get a call saying they're cancelling my sleep study because my insurance didn't approve it. I ask why wasn't the pre-approval process done months earlier, and the lady laughed and said something along the lines of 'honey we're way too busy to be doing pre-approvals that far out.'
They also prescribed me Modafinil to help with fatigue/lethargy. They sent it to my regular pharmacy on file. My insurance didn't cover it, and it ended up being way too expensive so I didn't get it filled. I then found out that I could use Good Rx and get it through a different pharmacy for much cheaper. On May 1st I called and left a voicemail for the nurse, and also messaged her through the patient portal asking to send it to a different pharmacy. I was very clear in my instructions. After a week of waiting, I got an update that my prescription had been sent in error to the original pharmacy. Since then I have been calling and messaging them every day to get this sorted out. Tomorrow will mark 2 weeks that I've been requesting it be sent to the new pharmacy. It's considered a controlled substance, so it can't be transferred from pharmacy to pharmacy. It needs to be called in directly by the Dr's office. I've only ever received one response by phone, and one response through the patient portal from them. Otherwise it's radio silent. I've also called my ENT's office since they referred me there, and let them know about the situation. I even asked if they could prescribe it for me. They said no, but that they also reached out to the Sleep office on my behalf and I still haven't heard back.
The pre-approval failure is one thing, but waiting for a prescription to be called in for 2 weeks just seems negligent and ridiculous. Is there something I can do? Some regulatory board I can file a complaint with? Any other suggestions on what actions I can take?
I've had a couple of wonderful primary docs in the past, but one retired and one moved away. I don't have a real PCP now but I go to the same clinic where I saw the doctor who moved away in the rare instances I need a doctor. It's a small town clinic with one DO and a PA.
I booked an appointment to get established with the new doc and have a rash on my face checked out. (I'd seen the PA already and he blindly threw darts about the rash.)
The doctor didn't ask me ANYTHING. This was an appointment to establish care. He didn't ask about my diet, lifestyle, alcohol use, health history, didn't even go over my med list (which was on file from before). He shrugged about the rash, prescripted Rx antibiotic cream and Rx topical steroids. That made it worse. I finally diagnosed it myself from the internet (it was perioral dermatitis) and figured out how to get rid of it on my own. But that's not even my gripe.
That was about a year ago and I went in recently for blood pressure and allergy meds. There's a different new DO now. He didn't make eye contact once. He didn't ask me any questions or go over my (fairly long) med list (which hasn't been updated there in years). The nurse didn't go over any of it either. He sent the scripts (even though they had never been prescribed from that clinic before) no problem but what in the world??
I used to be asked some standard questions at the beginning of every visit, there was a depression screening and questions about feeling safe in your home. There's none of that now.
I'd like to find a good primary doctor but I'm wondering if this is just standard now? I've heard people tell similar stories about different clinics. How likely is it to find a doctor who has any interest in you as a person? I have a wonderful relationship with my OBGYN and I wish she could be my primary doc but alas, she cannot.
does anybody see anything wrong measuring with this? maybe air getting compressed (approx 2%)?
I was unexpectedly laid off, and with it lost my health insurance. I wasn’t able to redeem all my rewards I’ve been doing a lot of work for. Does anyone know if I’m somehow able to still redeem those? As you can imagine, I need the money
