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charlestonsouthern wrote:
Deb and Ed, I'm guessing that you two are on Medicare. My husband and I drive to Florida for one or two weeks a year from SC and are now on Medicare. Years ago, my parents' next door neighbors decided to move to Tampa to be near family, and because Florida administers the health plan, they were required to become part of a State Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) which does not allow a new resident to openly choose any primary care physician; Ellie really hated that because she did a lot of research on candidates here in SC before she chose her primary care physician. Personally, I was surprised when she told me this since Medicare is a federal program, but each state seems to administer Medicare its own way. Ellie and her husband have passed on now, and possibly the Florida rules could have changed. However, since that discussion with Ellie, we vowed never to move to Florida; nice place to visit often but never spend months there if not feeling well.
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BarbaraOK wrote:Yosemite Sam1 wrote:
I thought doctors now accept consultations by phone in case you are out of town.
Have not tried this ourselves since we are reasonably healthy and would set an appointment only for regular physicals twice a year.
But our PCP would assure us we can call her anytime, consulting hours of course.
Dave has done two 'office visits' with his nephrologist this spring. He went and had labs drawn a week ahead, then did the visit via Face Time. I had to make sure I had his weight that morning, as well as blood pressure, medication list, etc., for the nurse who called ahead of the appointment - all of those things that they go over with you before you see the physician. He can't do that with the cardiologist because they need to listen to his heart. And for our primary care physician, we update via the patient portal. Medicare will now pay for telemedicine visits just like regular office visits.
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Yosemite Sam1 wrote:
I thought doctors now accept consultations by phone in case you are out of town.
Have not tried this ourselves since we are reasonably healthy and would set an appointment only for regular physicals twice a year.
But our PCP would assure us we can call her anytime, consulting hours of course.
Barb & Dave O'Keeffe - full-timing since 2006
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