re: General PSA to patients from healthcare providers: What we want you to know

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I just want them to stop crying "look at what I did" like teachers do.

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Im facebook friends with many of both. Facebook is the den of these type "look at me" discussions. The pic of three nurses standing outside a room stifling tears with the quote underneath about all they endure while you are on the call bell. I have fought the urge each time to chime in and comment. That pic also looks like three nurses standing outside of a room after cleaning a MASSIVE shite and laughing. Or tearing up because the stench is such that you can't help it. Like cutting onions.

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nobody in healthcare talks about their frick ups.

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I will talk about it.

Hell. I will tell you mine....

I'm fricking good though. I can only recall 2 or 3.

Don't those high volume practitioners have Nurse Practitioners and Physician's Assistants that pick up a good part of the load?

so why is it when you get there for an 8 oclock apt you dont see the doc till 9 or 10?

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Although some very rare emergencies necessitate presenting for healthcare dirty or disheveled, there is no reason at all to forego basic hygiene like bathing within 2 days prior to the appointment, wearing deodorant, knocking the mud off your shoes, wearing clean clothes or at least ones that do not smell of animal or human excrement, or brushing your teeth sometime in the preceding week.

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My mom always told me when I was young to wear clean underwear just in case I was in accident and had to go to the ER. Momma was looking out for you OP.

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why can't my health insurance work the same way?

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you're comparing two completely different industries and acting like they are structured the same way

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We don't expect thanks or accolades but a little respect and paying your bill would be appreciated.

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How about you tell me before you do something that I will get charged extra for? If you had told me it was going to be an extra $400 for the blood work, I would have said no. Don't expect me to do whatever you say just b/c you're a doctor and not tell me the cost associated with it, then expect me to pay for it. When I go to the doctor and I have a copay, that's what i'm paying. If you want to do anything to me that will cause me to pay anyting more, tell me before you do it and let me decide if I want to do it, not you. And don't tell me you dont' know what it will cost. I filled out all the insurance crap, you know what i'm covered for and what will cost extra.

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Arriving at the office in time to fill out paper work, verify insurance, and get into room (especially for patients with mobility disabilities) will help assure you and everyone else is seen on time.

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My time is valuable as well. I understand shite happens, but there's no reason it should take an hour for you to check me out.

And another thing. Quit asking me on a scale from 1-10 what the pain level is. If 10 is slowly burning alive, then just about everything else is a 1, there is no inbetween.

and another thing, you bitch about people wanting whatever drugs. I've been to two different doctors that wanted to prescribe hard pain meds b/c of minute crap. idiot doctors handing out drugs like candy is just a big of a problem as idiot patients wanting them for no good reason.


and another thing, quit asking me to follow up just for shits and giggles, so you can get more money from me. My kids ENT wants to look in his ear every 2 weeks. yeah he's having issues, but the 5 visits in a row where we spent 30 seconds with the doctor and got nothing out of it wasn't worth the $250 in copays, so don't get mad at me when you call me for the follow up and I tell you no, and we'll likely be looking for another doctor since I dnot' feel this particular one cares about my kid, just my constant flow of money.

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Just so I'm understanding clearly, are you saying that docs will submit a claim to a patient's insurance, get paid by the insurance then bill the patient for something greater than the co-pay or deductible owed? If so, that's generally illegal (unless the doctor doesn't have a contract with your insurance company, i.e., out of netw

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I used the word "difference". I mean the remainder of an 80/20 plan. The "20" is 20% of a meaningless pie in the sky number.

I see what you're saying. The total charge is essentially set by the government. I don't know how they come up with the rates of reimbursement for each service, but most insurance companies reimburse similarly to Medicare rates, at least in my specialty area. When you say that the "difference" is more than the insurance company would've paid anyway, that's not true. If you had 100% coverage instead of 80/20, the doctor still gets the same amount. He just gets it all from the insurance company instead of having to collect 20% from you. I understand your grief with that number though...it's not set by any sort of free market.