Posted by blackjack on April 10, 2001, at 16:18:16
Well, I've been looking for a new p-doc. My old one disappeared--really! He doesn't have a receptionist, so I always just leae a message and he calls back eventually (he has ADD :) Well, I've left him 4 messages and had him paged in the last month and heard nothing. When he's been out-of-town in the past, he always left an emergency referral number on the machine, but this time nothing. Weird...
Anyway, I managed to get the list of in-network doctors from the company that does mental health for my HMO (Magellan Behavioral Health for Aetna/US Heathcare) and discoverd that there are only 8 doctors in the entire immediate area, two of whom are not actually in private practice, two of whom are child/adolcecent only, one of whom is being sued by a nurse for shocking her when he was performing ECT, and one of whom is an osteopath. I've still got 1 more refill before I'm out of Wellbutrin, thank god...
So, is my care managed enough yet? I can switch insurence this summer, but theother plans I have at work are just as bad. Are there any group health plans out there that DON'T contract out there mental health to some evil company like Magellan or Valueoptions? I'm going to write the head of Human Resources and request that they look into some other plans.
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thread:5599
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