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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 703440" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>Thanks all. We HAVE insurance. One that actually has a very good rep with the doctors here for paying them on time and fairly well. We actually had fewer problems finding doctors back when hubby was in grad school and we had medicaid for the kids. </p><p></p><p>As for the application and 'patient model', my neurologist shares a waiting room with one of the docs who had an application. I think he is looking for people who are in good health who are very physically fit who have very few health problems and need very little from him. I got this impression from hearing his staff talk. They were wondering why he went into medicine if he doesn't want any patients who actually need anything more than a yearly physical or a company physical, and why he wanted a private practice instead of going into corporate medicine where all he did was insurance physicals or something. It was enlightening to say the least. We had already called and sent in the application and been denied, so I didn't go up to them and say anything. </p><p></p><p>Docs can treat any kind of patient they want. One of the docs in town who is now supposedly in 'Internal Medicine" still has a sign up saying he is in pain management and his son's sign says that they are both in dermatology. But the hospital listing has them both as being in internal medicine, aka primary care, so I think they don't have a clue or maybe they just fix computers now. The father has a VERY scary reputation for handing out pain medication like Skittles, so he wasn't a real option anyway. I will drive to the big city before I see him and especially before I let my child see him!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 703440, member: 1233"] Thanks all. We HAVE insurance. One that actually has a very good rep with the doctors here for paying them on time and fairly well. We actually had fewer problems finding doctors back when hubby was in grad school and we had medicaid for the kids. As for the application and 'patient model', my neurologist shares a waiting room with one of the docs who had an application. I think he is looking for people who are in good health who are very physically fit who have very few health problems and need very little from him. I got this impression from hearing his staff talk. They were wondering why he went into medicine if he doesn't want any patients who actually need anything more than a yearly physical or a company physical, and why he wanted a private practice instead of going into corporate medicine where all he did was insurance physicals or something. It was enlightening to say the least. We had already called and sent in the application and been denied, so I didn't go up to them and say anything. Docs can treat any kind of patient they want. One of the docs in town who is now supposedly in 'Internal Medicine" still has a sign up saying he is in pain management and his son's sign says that they are both in dermatology. But the hospital listing has them both as being in internal medicine, aka primary care, so I think they don't have a clue or maybe they just fix computers now. The father has a VERY scary reputation for handing out pain medication like Skittles, so he wasn't a real option anyway. I will drive to the big city before I see him and especially before I let my child see him! [/QUOTE]
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