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What would you choose if it was between New York City or Chicago or Tampa Florida. It’s where they all want to go.
My husband and I have had Medicare Advantage coverage for years. He was hospitalized several times before he passed away and there was never a problem with doctors or billing. I’ve been sent by a cardiologist for nuclear stress and various other tests and never a problem there either.
Also, very odd the hospital would not have their own cardio’s possibly run/ owned by them. Which is not optimal often. Those type of group practices are interventional- cath labs etc. Not knowing history at age 81, that is if there is no to little history- labs, ekg etc like a good internist would/should have done can limit possibilities.
I was going to recommend my Mom's previous cardio Dr. in Temple Terrace, with whom I was quite impressed, however with a little research I learned that the fine Dr. Applebaum has since passed away (may he rest in peace).
What are you talking about?
I take it you’re clueless on the subject.
Correct. FL licensure is along with CA, the toughest. All foreign grads are required to pass the ECFMG (examination for certification of foreign medical school graduates) which is for Federal licensure (and cannot get a DEA number to prescribe/ practice without it in the US. Florida has additional stringent hoops to pass through for State medical Boards.
My suggestion is to find a University with a med school & hospital attached.
Part of my run up to retiring was looking into interesting things to do part-time. Having had a very long science\engineering career. I looked into teaching engineering part-time at the university local to where I was retiring. During the interview process I was constantly warned about the very low quality of students coming into their program. Low quality in terms of both K12 preparation and attitude toward learning. I decided it wasn’t worth the potential frustration.
USF is right there in Tampa.
See if the American College of Cardiology has a physician listing of members in your area.
That is good to know.
They may have foreign names, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t American. I have seen umptillion docs in my time, and my current PCP was highly recommended to me by my nephrologist, whom I trust implicitly; my PCP, with an Asian surname, is fantastic. Thorough, knowledgeable, to the point. No sense of humor, but you take the bad with the good.
I’ll do some digging and see what I can find.
A friend generously offered to care for me following surgery. I planned ahead to go to the hospital nearest them, at Bayonet Point. (Just north of Tampa).
Entering the hospital lobby took me to a counter, behind which were posted photographs of the ~40 doctors employed there.
More than half were wearing turbans!
She never had an out-patient cardiologist. She had a hospitalist cardiologist but he would not communicate with me even after I found his group’s phone number and left messages.
Thank you for the kind wishes.
What kind of insurance policy does an anchor-baby’s parents have that’s so much more bountiful to a provider than my wife’s Medicare and Advantage PPO which we pay almost $200 a month for? After having paid into the Medicare system all our working lives straight out of our paychecks?
An anchor baby is a child born on US soil to parents who have no immigration status. I presume that is what you mean. The Supreme Court may consider this case and rule the child to be a non citizen, but for now, that is the definition.
If those parents are not 65+, there is no comparison comparison to Medicare Advantage policies.
A person with no immigration status (meaning no green card, no refugee or asylum documentation) that is, a true illegal, cannot get federally subsidized health insurance. That means no Medicaid, no CHIP, no Medicare and no Obamacare.
If they have a green card, then they are eligible for those programs because they are not, by definition, illegal.
Now, there ARE some states who fund illegals and that’s separate from federal funding, though the BBB does try to cut off Medicaid funding from those states.
It’s friggin complex, no question, but Medicare Advantage programs are pretty good. It’s not likely an illegal, not allowed to have federal healthcare At All, will have a superior program — unless one of those states somehow does it.
Thank you all for your replies.This thread has been extremely helpful but scary in a way.
Through all of the suggeestions, we found who we were looking for.
Studied at U. Penn and Duke University, in practice over 30 years, connected to the Pepin Heart Institute through Advent Healthcare, five-star rated, is taking new patients, his office is just blocks away from my wife’s rehab facility, and his language is English.
Providential.
Can you go outside your Advantage network?
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