To: E. Pluribus Unum
I have a chronic condition and need a ct scan. I spent 4 hours on the phone last week trying to get it scheduled. Almost the first question I was asked by each person I spoke to was, “are you on hospice?” I have a chronic condition my new doctor thinks can be fixed, I am not dying!!!!!
28 posted on
06/28/2010 11:28:10 AM PDT by
kalee
(The offences we give, we write in the dust; Those we take, we engrave in marble. J Huett 1658)
To: kalee
Don't let the bastards grind you down!
34 posted on
06/28/2010 11:56:41 AM PDT by
E. Pluribus Unum
("The only stable state is the one in which all men are equal before the law." -- Aristotle)
To: kalee
The reason they asked about being on Hospice is that when Hospice takes over a case they typically d/c all treatment orders other than palliative care, and will not pay for diagnostics like a CT scan. Sometimes people survive in spite of Hospice.
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