My husband goes to Dr. Pinnanamaneni, who is excellent; however, it has been our exprience that you must get a prior referral from your primary care physician to see any pain management doctor. Referrals are not required by our insurance company, but the pain management doctors usually require this from your primary doctor before they will see you. One doctor's office will send a referral to the other doctor's office, and THEN you are called to make an appointment. I don't know if every pain management physician works this way, but anyone we have used (and the ones our friends have used) work this way.
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