About Nagging...

When you post 'go nag' nag some more; keep nagging, etc; are seeing the Dr. more than 1 time in 3 months?

My insurance dictated that I could not see the cardiologist (insurance would not pay for the visit) until 3 months after the pm surgery.

At the 3 month appointment, there were problems and I was told to come back in 6 months. At that point, I may be able to start dialing in for the pm interrogation and see the Dr 1 time a year.

Are you seeing (nagging) the cardiologist or the pm company?

2 Comments

Nag away

by ShadowWeaver - 2009-04-30 04:04:29

Either one, but mainly the cardiologist or the EP. If the insurance will only pay for so many visits to the cardio doc...well...write down your questions in a book or something so that you can ask all of them when you see him/her. Also, call them if something is wrong and you need an answer. Often their office won't charge for a phone call, where they would for an office visit. In the end, it is your body and you have a right to know and a NEED to know what is going on with it. Make sure to get the most out of your visits and don't let them leave you while you still have questions. Hope this helps.

Michael

question for insurance

by Tracey_E - 2009-04-30 05:04:05

Usually if I have a problem that won't wait until my next regular visit (every 3 months), I go to their once a month clinic when the mfr rep is there. If it's really bad, like last year when I started to pass out at the gym, the rep will come in just to see me. My record is 7 or 8 times in a three week period. I only saw the doctor once in all that, the rest of the visits were with the St Judes rep (who conferred with the doc) and stress tests. They'd make a small change, have me wait a day then test it out at the gym, if it still wasn't right they saw me the next day to try something else.

My insurance doesn't limit my visits so I've never had to deal with this. I know our Canadian friends have this problem all the time, appointments are hard to get up there. Call your insurance company and see if there are any exclusions, like maybe a pacer check with the mfr rep is considered testing rather than an office visit. Or ask the billing person at the drs office if she's run into this before and knows a way around it. If not, you may want to consider paying it out of pocket. Three months is an awfully long time to go not feeling well.

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