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Originally Posted by MandoMan
You are supposed to have your primary care physician make a referral. Quite often, your physician’s appointments manager can get you the appointment in a few days or weeks instead of months. That’s how it is supposed to work. Ideally, you look for a primary care physician who is affiliated with the hospital you want to use. I deliberately chose a primary care doctor affiliated with AdventHealth/Waterman because that’s the only A rated hospital between here and Orlando, but I’ve just found out that the cardiologist across the hall from his office to which he’d referred me has switched to UF Leesburg. I may need to switch cardiologists.
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The point perhaps missed by some is my opening sentence "...after physicians referral...".
Referral made by my primary care doc....one week in review by Shands...then onto scheduling.
I asked if it made a difference if the primary care doc would request an appointment...."no". I also asked if I was paying cash not using insurance...."no".
The above offered for clarification.