re: Pediatrician Visits Re: Wait Times

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I'm just genuinely curious why they're all so unpunctual.

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Not a pediatrician but we all deal with some of the same issues:

-pt insurance requires preapproval for a prescription

-same thing for labs/imaging/referrals/etc

-you ordered a CT scan with contrast. The pt is there to have the study done but the imaging center insists on a creatinine lab, even though the pt has zero kidney problems. They won't take a verbal order. So you fill out the order right then and have it submitted.

-meanwhile you get a message from one of your nurses that a patient has a 103 degree fever, increased pain, etc etc and won't go to the ER without speaking to you first.

-then your phone rings. It's Dr Williams. Yall have a pt in common and you've been playing phone tag for days trying to get that pts treatment coordinated.

-CVS calls your office: won't take the prescription you wrote because its written for Amoxicillin tablets and they only have capsules. So you have to redo it.

-You finally get into the room with your next pt, a new pt. They have a stack of records and 3 CDs with images, not a god damn one of them will load on your computer.

-next pt. Brayden's mom wants to argue with you about vaccination, and shes requesting/insisting that you write him an excuse--ie fraud-- saying he's medically exempt from the vaccines his school requires.

-another pt has 8 different complaints/issues, 7 of which were not mentioned when they made the appt.

-family member who has been taking care of your next pt needs FMLA paperwork and 23 other forms completed for her work. She has to submit them today.

-then you have to waste 7 minutes on a phone call with some dumbass at an insurance company to appeal a denial for one of your patients. Usually they've denied a study or treatment that is 100% medically indicated and standard of care AND covered by the pt's policy. Why? frick you. Thats why.

I could go on for quite a while.