You’ve certainly had your share of (mostly unpleasant) dealings with them.
My only experience has been with the Phoenix branch of Mayo. An endodontist referred me to their neurology dept. for recurring facial/head pain.
I called admitting and was told that she’d check, as it was a department-by-department decision WRT accepting Medicare. I was then told that the neurology dept was not accepting patients with “government-funded insurance”.
Apparently it’s based on their financial need at the time you inquire, as I’ve been told by some with Medicare that they were accepted as patients.
I certainly can't blame everything on them. The heart guy and the pancreas guy got dealt a damned poor hand.
The scoundrel of a shoulder man is still on the scene, in fact I think he is a department head now. I looked him up while I was last there but didn't want to dwell on him, recall him much at all.
Bad guy. Thought it was all funny.
I found the best shoulder guy in the world right in my back yard...I. He is the only doc I have spend lots of time with, who promised me certain goals by certain dates and he nailed every one of them, 3 months, 6 months, it didn't matter.
He believed and I did too.
My dear old dad, he was a great one, fought those heart battles day after day.
He was a self-made man, worked like a dog, played like one too...when he was on his back he refused to avail himself of government insurance, didn't want to ask them for anything.
In those days you could actually think about paying your way, which as far as I recall he did.
Lord, I miss him now.
Good luck in the future, you take care.