DrugBuyers.Com: My doc is changing medical records

The one that says that he can't treat you. If you look at some of my old posts, you should see mention of 'The letter'.

That happened about last August.

I had no idea this was coming and I have seen this guy sine 1999. He did mention going to a pain specialist. The guy i see is a GP. But I have been through all the hoops . The pain doc just wanted to give those back shots that don't usually work on most people and are actaully damaging in the long run.

So I told him (again) that I have seen a pain specialist and he dropped the matter.

This letter came on a Thrusday and this was a day that he normally does not see patients. This is a day that he does paperwork and that day, was hosting some kind of seminar at his clinic. I barged in his clinic and waited until he had a free minute since I wanted to know what was going on. With another doctor loking on, he admitted the letter had been a 'mistake'. He mentioned some issues we were having a few months earlier and just supposedly thought to one or more of his staff if he was helping me. This is his version.

Could be his staff becasue I recently found out that his second office manager has left about August. I was friends with his orginal one. The one that is in charge now does not like me but I have done nothing to her. Just one of those types.

He is into anything that can make a buck these days, workers comp, and he breifly had a web sit that listed things I never even knew about but had also tried some like accupunture.

His staff are a-- holes to put it mildly and they are so incompentent, that they ran off a friend that I referred.

Long story short, There was not explanation and legally he violated several areas. The least is I can report him for violation of ethics. He stopped treatment without warning and he did not sign the letter but his office manager did.

I suspect with the second manager leaving, the one that does not like me thought that she could terminate me and I would just go away. This is what I think is the truth. My doctor sure looked sheepish when that other doctor was watching us.

Someone who has a relative as a doctor says that is not legal for an office manager or anyone else other than the doctor to sign the letter.

He is supposed to refer a patient he terminates acording to this other doctor and using common sense.

At an ethics committe, I know would be stacked with his peers but several questions would be asked by me.

1. Why have you prescribed lortab for 4 years and continued that as break though pain and class 2 drugs for primary pain control for over a year and suddenly stopped treatment and did not offer a referral?
2. I am going to be polictially incorrect and say these are addictive drugs and you just don't make someone go cold turkey . People have a way of dying that way. (I would have considered suing over this point for mal practice)
3. If you thought you were so ineffective, why was I a patient for over 5 years? I never stuck you with an unpaid balance and paid when my insurance comapnay was slow at one time.
4. I have never called and asked for a new scrpt like the orginal got stolen in all these years and have gone to bat for my insurance comapny to get payment to him ASAP. I monitor this online and it takes about 1 month. Not bad. I even straightedned out his staff's billing by getting two visits paid for that they miscoded. The woman doing the billing insisted that they sent the correct billing. She was wrong . I gave her the number to my insurance company and about 20 minutes later called ME (a first from his ofice except to cancel an appointment). She had been kind of snotty while I was trying to get things corrected and Miss know it all but was now was 'friendly'.

These are just the points I can think of. I could think of more but another year and a half and I find a doctor more local or I can head where ever since I am retired with no strings except an aging mother who can come with me if she wants.

I am not flaming you on your reply and I thank you and anyone who does reply to a thread of mine.

But I am still angry about how I have done nothing and endured routine 3 hour waits and two times I had the flu so bad that I felt like I was dying. Over two weeks to see him. I could go to the charity ward and get better care 9actaully the hospital is world calss in this area but I won't name it-I do not want the gulity to be identified with a post) Used to, I got in that day or the next at the latest. Now its two weeks if I am lucky and his practice has decreased since I became a patient.

I know that he is having money issues at the business and my insurance is very good and I don't think many new ones are on the horizon. Actually, I am worried he won't be around for that year and a half.

But I posted this also because it is time that we quit begging for what is a RIGHT. These people go to medical school and are screened. How so many A-holes make it into med school confonds me.

Sorry for venting and again, don't take this personally.

Edited by kimbell1 (01/15/05 01:46 PM)