Okay so maybe I'll get flamed for this but I've pretty much had it.
I don't know if it's a mental health doctor thing, but almost EVERY doctor I see, therapist or psychiatrist, gets me 10-15 minutes late for my appointment and wants to end it right on time.
Not only do I find it really rude but very unprofessional. It's bad enough when a medical doctor is late, but at least they are not charging by the hour just however long your appointment needs to take.
I've gotten to a point where if my provider is late, I don't make a next appointment. As a result, I seem to be going through a lot of them lately.
My time is important to me!
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Vette, you should confront the doctor about. Tell them well I am paying for 1 hour so I either get the full hour or discount for every minute under. It sucks what our health care system has become.
My rant is why cannot hospitals and doctors be forced to post the cost of each test on their websites?
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I had an appointment with a doctor that scheduled appointments and hour before he saw you. If you were not there an hour before he would see you, he charged you, would not see you, and removed you from his care.
If he was late, oh well. You waited.
I told that receptionist they were insane and cancelled my appointment.
I can see a doctor being late now and then, but not consistently.
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I had an appointment with a doctor that scheduled appointments and hour before he saw you. If you were not there an hour before he would see you, he charged you, would not see you, and removed you from his care.
If he was late, oh well. You waited.
I told that receptionist they were insane and cancelled my appointment.
I can see a doctor being late now and then, but not consistently.
Exactly
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IVY. If they are charging by the hour they need to provide an hour of service, otherwise it seems really unethical. If your insurance is paying, I wonder if they can look into it.
My new PCP is fantastic but is chronically behind even early in the morning. Not sure how that happens. He's the best I've had though so I plan for the wait time.
I would not pay for a full hour with a doctor and not get the full hour. That's ridiculous.
If I were paying for an appointment I would expect the full visit. The office will cancel you and charge a fee if you are late. We all deserve the same consideration.
Vette, you should confront the doctor about. Tell them well I am paying for 1 hour so I either get the full hour or discount for every minute under. It sucks what our health care system has become.
My rant is why cannot hospitals and doctors be forced to post the cost of each test on their websites?
We have this new thing here called MDsave. You purchase a voucher for an office visit, test, procedure, etc. It's a set discounted rate. Only downside is you are prepaying and have to file your own ins claim.
Nobody waits in my waiting room. I sometimes have to reaaaaly push clients out the door so that the next appointment starts on time. The next time the client comes in we make a plan for it not happening again. If it happens again I will end their appointment early so they can get themselves together to leave on time. Ongoing problem? Transfer.
Thanks for all the support guys! I feel better now that I've vented. I've wanted to say something to the doctors about it but I'm too chicken
-- Edited by Vette on Saturday 27th of October 2018 06:54:00 PM
Vette you are so normal you have no idea. You bring up great topics that we all have the same issues with. We ALL need to stand up to the health community.
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Insurance pays for therapy at a 45 minute "hour". Most "hour" therapy sessions are not actually an hour, so when looking for a therapist, you need to ask them how long their therapy hour actually is.
For the longest time, it was a 50 minute hour - the other ten minutes was supposed to be for the therapist to wind up their therapy notes, deal with billing issues, go to the bathroom between appointments, etc.
Kind of like college - hour long classes are actually only 50 minutes.
-- Edited by Lawyerlady on Monday 29th of October 2018 09:42:26 AM
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Personally, I think a good therapist should run late occasionally b/c what if you are having a really good session and need it to continue? But they should have a system in place to make up for that.
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