ERDoc Posted December 10, 2012 Posted December 10, 2012 Hey Dwayne, what state did this happen in and is the doc an MD or DO? Also, do you know what medical school this med student was from? I'm sure the school would love to know that it's students are not being properly supervised.
DwayneEMTP Posted December 12, 2012 Author Posted December 12, 2012 I'll have Babs check the Bill for the doc's official title...I'm assuming the kid is from a local school...
DwayneEMTP Posted December 12, 2012 Author Posted December 12, 2012 Oops...sorry...Yeah, Colorado Springs.... (Apologies to all for my crappier than usual posts. My computer died so I'm posting on my Kindle...it's a trial..)
ERDoc Posted December 12, 2012 Posted December 12, 2012 If you are really interested in pursuing this, you can start here: http://www.colorado.gov/cs/Satellite?c=Page&childpagename=DORA-Reg%2FDORALayout&cid=1251632503133&p=1251632503133&pagename=CBONWrapper
AnthonyM83 Posted December 12, 2012 Posted December 12, 2012 I'm actually pretty interested to see how this develops. Seems like you have yourself a situation in which they're at fault in so many ways. If the billing company doesn't see it that way, I'm sure you could call the doctor up directly, too...If the billers aren't worried about it, he definitely should be...
Just Plain Ruff Posted December 12, 2012 Posted December 12, 2012 I'm actually pretty interested to see how this develops. Seems like you have yourself a situation in which they're at fault in so many ways. If the billing company doesn't see it that way, I'm sure you could call the doctor up directly, too...If the billers aren't worried about it, he definitely should be... Unless the doctor is complicit in the entire thing as well.
ERDoc Posted December 12, 2012 Posted December 12, 2012 As a doctor, he knows better. There is nothing right about what he did.
Just Plain Ruff Posted December 13, 2012 Posted December 13, 2012 But Doc, I'm sure that you know doctors who don't really care and are just in these URgent care centers for the money right? Or were you referring to the student? We might not be talking about the same individual. I'm saying that the doctor who is running things might not be too concerned about Dwayne's bill. Makes me wonder if this isn't a pattern that is prevalent at this particular clinic? And yes in a perfect world, the doctor should be worried about it but he just might not give a shit
DwayneEMTP Posted December 22, 2012 Author Posted December 22, 2012 According to a message left at home the Dr. is claiming that he saw me and did a full assessment. Babs sent me his bio from the hospital web site, with his pic, and I do remember seeing that doctor sitting in a little computer nook visiting with some nurses or such, but he never spoke to me, and certainly never entered my exam room... But if all involved are willing to lie about it then I don't really see any way that in not going to take a bath on this... In fact, the last thing that the medical student said to me was, "and the doctor agrees with my diagnosis.." but like an idiot I'd assumes he was doing some polite bragging before the doc came in.. Babs is doing the research regarding the steps necessary to file a formal ethics complaint, starting with the link kindly provided by the Doc, but if they are all willing to lie, what can be done? It's so frustrating trying to fight this from another country on a gig so remote that I only have phone or internet foe a few hours per week...but it's gone way past being an issue of money now. I can't really lay down on the ethics..
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