[Dave n Sue]

We received a call yesterday to say that we have been accepted to the new Colony facility. Informed that once we receive our new patient packet in the mail we can call to schedule our first time visit. Person who called also stated 300 ppl were selected, and selection was made geographically.

[NotGolfer]

Originally Posted by Dave n Sue

We received a call yesterday to say that we have been accepted to the new Colony facility. Informed that once we receive our new patient packet in the mail we can call to schedule our first time visit. Person who called also stated 300 ppl were selected, and selection was made geographically.

Did you do anything prior to this...like participate in a survey or program at the GHP (or whatever it's called) office in Lake Sumter Landing???

I'd LOVE to be a patient at the new clinic!!!

[skyguy79]

I haven't seen the letter yet, but when The Villages held the government day at Colony Rec, USF Health in The Villages was set up there. I got to speak with the director and in the conversation was told that if your provider was going to work in the new USF facility at Colony, you will be given the opportunity to continue with that same provider.




... especially with my provider moving there and the difficulty I experienced in finding a provider I liked!

[Moderator]

2 Separate threads were merged into one.... posts get merged in chronological order.

[bike42]

Originally Posted by NotGolfer

Did you do anything prior to this...like participate in a survey or program at the GHP (or whatever it's called) office in Lake Sumter Landing???

I'd LOVE to be a patient at the new clinic!!!

Several months ago there were articles in The Sun saying to call or write the USF office in Sumter Landing if you were interested in becoming a patient, to get put on their waiting list. I did that. Yesterday I received a letter (separate from the Gary Morse letter) saying that the Colony Care Center is not in my neighborhood so I would not be a patient there, but should wait for a Center to be built near us.

[NotGolfer]

Originally Posted by bike42

Several months ago there were articles in The Sun saying to call or write the USF office in Sumter Landing if you were interested in becoming a patient, to get put on their waiting list. I did that. Yesterday I received a letter (separate from the Gary Morse letter) saying that the Colony Care Center is not in my neighborhood so I would not be a patient there, but should wait for a Center to be built near us.

I went to the office in person not all that long ago..just a handful of weeks in fact. The woman at the desk was not helpful. ALL she said was you will have to wait until an article comes out in the Sun...so watch for it which I've done. There has been nothing in that article. My provider is stated by one name...I saw a nurse practioner (always) so her name wasn't on the insurance card that I have. Guess I'm out in the cold then.

[NotGolfer]

to add to comments...

I tried looking in The Villages Phone Book but couldn't locate The Villages USF office's phone number to check with them on all this information. Can anyone here help???

[Dave n Sue]

I called the Doctors of Belleview ofc several months ago and they placed me on a wait list.

[NotGolfer]

Thanks....I made my call(s) today! So will wait to see "if" we get the letter that folks speak of here!!!

[gomoho]

Originally Posted by Dave n Sue

We received a call yesterday to say that we have been accepted to the new Colony facility. Informed that once we receive our new patient packet in the mail we can call to schedule our first time visit. Person who called also stated 300 ppl were selected, and selection was made geographically.

Interesting, when we signed up in June we were told it would be done on a first come first served basis. Will have to call on Monday and see what's up.

[NotGolfer]

LOTS of different stories going around here. Phone calls that I made give one set of information and the posts here somewhat different. We still didn't get our letter(s)....we live in the vacinity of the Colony Clinic. Sooo guess we'll have to wait and see what happens next week.

[bpinsly]

Got our letter today but it didn't tell us how to sign up. It said to be patient and more information would be following. If anyone knows the number to call to be put on the wait list, please post it.

[applesoffh]

Got the letter today. One thing mentioned a number of times is the word JOIN. Is this a membership? Will it be open to everyone? What sort of pre-exisiting conditions will be "allowed"? Will this be available to Medicare-age people only?

IMHO, it was a very vague letter, and left many questions of ours unanswered. It also makes me wonder just how bad the quality of health care really is here in TV. Guess we've been lucky so far...we've got a good PCP, and a good opthamologist. The only downside has been the long (5+) week wait for the spinal neurologist. We didin't have a "boutique" doctor in NYC, but it sounds like that's what is starting here...IMHO.

[bxmt54]

That is what we were led to believe as well. Everything that Amy Wixted told us made it sound like when they were ready to accept patients they would go down their list and call people in the order they signed up. We received the letter yesterday as well and are told that we won't get in either due to our location. We are in St. James...really not that far from Colony, if you ask me. I called the number on the letter and was told today they were accepting patients by demographic areas, not the order of registering. We have put off for 8 months getting established with new doctors here because we were waiting for this and now we find out we won't be in the initial group. There are going to be seven centers built..theoretically it could be seven years before they are built and up and going. They could not commit as to which center would be built next but I was told that one will be close to Brownwood and one will be by the Sumter Cty. Offices/Library on 466A. Neither of those will be any closer to us than this one.....I called Amy today, left a message and never heard back. I am very disappointed and really don't know what to do next.

[RVRoadie]

Just remember, the successful doctors here in The Villages have to figure out how to survive on Medicare reimbursements. Comparing medical care here to a place like Boston, where doctors see a relatively low number of medicare patients, just highlights the problems with low Medicare reimbursements.

We have had good luck so far with PCP. However, my wife recently had a hospital stay at The Villages Hospital. The bill was $28,953.68. We paid a $200 deductible and PCP paid $6,206.76 which I assume is the Medicare reimbursement rate. I guess the hospital ate the rest.