Have you been denied medical care from a doctor? Did you know why, and were you able to repair the relationship? Or did you have to move on to find another doctor? Please share your story with others to help them understand what behaviors to avoid. Share Your Experience
CODED SNAKE BITE
- tO MAKE A LONG STORY SHORTER, I am being blackballed by doctors. I was sent for a cat scan of my lung This last doctor, an oncologist, listed my condition as snake bite, I looked up the code. I know it was intentional as he had to find out the code from the office front desk person. Reason for blackballing is I was going to sue a doctor because I ended up disabled after a neck surgery. Attorney wrote to each doctor asking for copies of my medical records.Since that time I have been unable to get care, even when I have records (TEST RESULTS) that show there is a problem, no one will treat me, they say I am fine. They will not acknowledge any problems that I have. I have used "life screening" to get tests done, abnormal results, yet still doctors refuse to acknowledge. I have resorted to trickery to get tests I need, then I go back and get results asap. Not nice to be in such a position....I often think that I should just hire a thief to steal all my records from doctors offic
- —Guest MEMBERNAME
Fired by my OBGYN!!
- I went to see my obgyn due to abdominal pain. They scheduled my appointment, but when I got there I was taken to another room where I waited for 1/2 hours before I was told I could not see the doctor unless I paid my account balance of $500, which I couldn't at that time. I asked for a statement and I would mail them the check and I will call back to reschedule. A letter dated two days after this visit was sent to me stating that they would no longer provide me with care and I needed to find another physician. Absolutely no explanation was given. They will forward my medical records. I wrote them back along with my medical records release asking why. After seven years of being their patient I was dismissed like that with no explanation.
- —assinna
Registered Discharged Notice
- I just received a registered letter from my doctor's office stating I've been discharged from their 10 doctor conglomerate corporation. I am hurt, but not totally surprised. The doctor wanted me to take Bencar (BP med) and I insisted several times I needed a generic. Bencar is a new BP med being pushed by pharm. companies. It makes me nauseous. I did my research and also charted my twice daily BP rate. 65% of diastolic fell into normal range and systolic and remaining diastolic fell into pre-hypertension. While researching I found an article from Mayo Clinic stating pre-hypertension without any other medical needs didn't need to be treated with BP meds. I wrote my doctor a letter telling him all this including my excel chart/BP record and he discharged me. I am hurt a little, but more upset believing he wants to sell his drugs more than take care of his patient.
- —tnbbyers
blacklisted by doctors
- I am a patient blacklisted by doctors. Throughout my medical records it says that I am a pleasant person. So why am I blacklisted? I have done nothing wrong. They failed to diagnosis several life threatening illness and said that I am mentally ill. It was a difficult diagnosis, but why discredit me. They were afraid I would sue. Later two excellent doctors made the correct diagnosis, but this negative information continues to be forwarded to new doctors preventing me from getting treatment. Several doctors said that I was trying to get money. I had already been approved for disability. Medicare immediately approved my disability claim. Their comments caused my private insurance carrier to close my claim. Then My private carrier, after 18 months of background checks says I am dying, but I am still blacklisted, lied to, and denied care. When my doctor retired the new doctor refused to treat me for the illness that had been previously diagnosed. They prevented me from seeing doctors
- —Guest Veritas
Denied care because of past bankruptcy
- I can’t believe that I was put on restrictions to see my doctors at a clinic because of a past bankruptcy. I had an appointment with a doctor at the clinic cancel. I called them to ask why and they referred me to their business administration who told me that because of a past bankruptcy for which they were on the list, they decided to expel me from seeing any doctors unless I pay them on that past bill. Yes, they probably can do this if it is not an emergency but the strange thing about this is that bankruptcy took place six years ago for which it is my ex-wife’s bill but I been seeing their doctors for the last four years, so why all the sudden they can bring this up?
- —Guest Warren
A Doctor's View
- Let me tell you that as a doctor I am frustrated with the behavior of rude, unreasonably demanding, deadbeat, drug-seeking or no-showing patients on a daily basis. I bet that when these people are fired by me as a physician because of their behavior, they probably go to websites like this and complain about it. As a doctor, we have to keep patient confidentiality so we have no way of defending ourselves when we are maligned by these people. Let me give you an example. A patient demands to speak to me immediately about normal cholesterol result that I have already sent her a lab letter and answered 2 telephone calls to her about it. She starts calling every 5 minutes about it. I call her back in between seeing patients that same morning and she does not answer, so leave message explaining her result is normal. This does not satisfy her so she shows up in my lobby irate, demanding to see me. I am seeing scheduled patients, so we offer her appt and she refuses, writes nasty, angry email.
- —Guest x
Rejecting patients
- One reason doctors reject patients is because patients doctor shop in the attempt to obtain opioid (controlled medications) prescriptions from several doctors and "claiming" they needed to do this for one reason or another - so it's not always the doctor's fault when a patient is fired.
- —mabelicious
I thought it was just Medicaid Patients
- My son has been called a drug addict, alcoholic and cussed at by doctors. He is very responsible with his medications and does not over use them. I thought it was just because he's a Medicaid patient but I see it happens to all sorts of patients.
- —Guest Madcreek
Fired from Doctor
- I have suffered spinal problems for years but never missed a day of work. I have had two surgeries, most recently a spinal fusion. I was told by the surgeon I would need to be on pain medication for two to three years post fusion. I received my medication from my primary care physician, we had a major disagreement that lead to her "firing" me. When I attempted to locate a new doctor, I was denied medical care and treated as an addict- my surgeon refuses to help me and despite my medical records from him that clearly state my medical need for medication, he tells doctors something completely different when on the phone. Doctors talk to each other all the time and instead of saying nothing at all, they offer innuendo and downright lie to keep you from getting medical care, just out of spite. I never thought this kind of thing could happen to me- an accountant for 15 years!
- —Guest Lisa B
Why a doctor rejected me
- I tried to see a new doctor after having reported another doctor to my insurance company for what I considered completely inadequate care - to the point of ignoring me when I was in dire straits. I believe this new doctor contacted my insurance company and was given the name of the old doctor. Since he, too, did not want to be reported for malpractice, he was EXTREMELY rude to me, and I ended up stomping out of his office, com-pletely justified in my behavior. Somebody ignored the "patient confidentiality" rule. Doctors talk amongst them-selves. Be sure of that!!!
- —Guest edwards29
Dr. denies help to sick daughter
- I was paying my dr.bill for my delivery of my daughter The Dr Was a Family Practioner. I owed him just $200.00, and my daughter became ill and needed to be seen. He turned us down and my daughter developed pnenmonia. I took her to another Dr. he was upset. He told me that he would take care of her.
- —Guest dropdead64_44
Denied, Discriminated, Damaged
- To: TrishaTorrey Posted: Apr 17 09 10:30 PM Message: 93.3 (3 of 3) Reply to 93.1 There are three ways I have been abandoned. 1. My conditions are not easily explained or diagnosed and cannot yet be fixed. My doctor friend says that doctors don't like dealing with patients like me because they can't fix me - either easily or not at all. I received a letter from a practice of internists declining to take me on as a patient and every doctor in the practice signed it. 2. Telling the truth. Admit I've read about it on the internet. It seems to turn doctors off. Hurt egos I suppose. I haven't found a gentle way of saying some important things that appear corrective in nature. 3. Getting doctors mad at you. It was not done intentionally, but offense was taken. You can read about it at http://hubpages.com/hub/medicalerrors When doctors get mad, I've learned the hard way, they get nasty. It just happened to me again and I have no clue what I did.
- —featherme
Too smart for doctor?
- I have had multiple problems...like the doctor's office which asked me first if I had insurance before they would schedule an appointment. And since I didn't have it, they refused to see me. I was fired by one doctor for being 'difficult' after I repeated something the receptionist told me and the doctor said that I was lying. I was fired by another doctor for repeating information that I had learned from Mary Shomon's article about thyroid disease. The doctor had never heard of this info. and told me that it might be better if I saw another doctor. Was I too smart for the doctor. Many of them seem to be very insecure when dealing with people who look things up on the internet or read books about their condition. I have also found that doctors are very jealous of each other and will play the patient against each other in some type of power play. Scary when you think that this power struggle might put you at risk of dying!
- —carolinacountry
Yes, my docter broke up with me
- I have thyroid cancer, treated by surgery in 2003. My thyroid specialist called me after hours last summer on my cell phone to give me the bad news. I missed one appointment, so maybe that was the reason. He told me the 'relationship' was not working out and I should stop by the office and get some referrals to other endo's. The 'relationship' was marred by some of the reasons you listed such as internet research, and communication issues. His nurse was "Big Nurse" to me, the bouncer. I had horrific issues with getting information during my first radioactive scan treatment. There are few choices for other endo's due to living in the sticks. I have decided to go to a local PA instead, as she is a good communicator.
- —Guest ayn
Patient Dumping
- I live in one of the largest cities in the US. I have been patient dumped at least 4 times. After the first time I asked my husband (I may be outspoken, but he is the opposite) to go with me to make sure I wasn't doing or saying something that would cause this. Then it happened 3 more times while my husband was with me during the visit. He could not believe his ears. His theory is that why treat a patient with multiple problems, (I have more than a thyroid condition,) when you can treat 3 or 4 simple cases and make 3 - 4 times the money. Also I too have great insurance that pays within 30 - 45 days. OBTW, when I need surgery or a major medical procedure, I now go out of state to another large city and get treated extremely well.
- —Guest Debbie
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