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Originally Posted by oldtimes
In a later post the OP mentioned they had BC/BS. There are only a small handful of doctors in TV Healthcare who accept that and those are probably unable to accept new patients.
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Actually, it depends on whether he/she has Medicare or is under 65. I'm 64 and have BC/BS, and if my doctor leaves they will find a place for me. I still think the OP needs to pursue this further. While they limit patient profiles to 1,000 per doc, they still have to accommodate patients when a physician leaves. If they just say "good-bye" without a plan for a new doctor to assume care and transfer records, that is felony patient abandonment and doesn't fly well in the courts. When a physician left our group, we were extremely meticulous about assigning a new doc or transferring records to a physician of their choice, since the consequences, at least in New York, were Draconian.