| golfing eagles |
08-25-2025 03:02 PM |
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Originally Posted by retiredguy123
(Post 2456580)
As I understand it, if you pay for a test, you have a right to the results. Most tests, especially blood tests, are available on the provider's website. Quest and Lake Medical Imaging will always release test results to the patient. But I am happy to make an in-person visit for the physician to discuss test results. But, in the past, the office has wanted to schedule a phone call, including a full office visit charge and copay for the physician to call me. I agreed to that once, and the physician called me more than 2 hours later than the scheduled call time. No apology and no refund, even though I wasn't home when he called. Years ago, I had a physician who would call me with test results and didn't even think about charging me for the call.
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All my partners and myself would usually spend at least 1/2 hour after appointments ended to make call just like that. I don't know when some doctors started to charge for that or require an office visit to "discuss" the result, but personally I find that cheap, mercenary, and revolting. Only if there was something serious, like a malignant biopsy result, would we find an excuse to bring the patient in. You don't know what someone might do if they got that news over the phone, especially without a chance to fully explain it |
