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| Feds plan stealth calls to doctor's offices |
| 2011-06-27 |
| Obama administration officials are recruiting a team of “mystery shoppers” to pose as patients, call doctors’ offices and request appointments. According to government documents obtained from Obama administration officials, the mystery shoppers will call medical practices and ask if doctors are accepting new patients and, if so, how long the wait would be. The government is eager to know whether doctors give different answers to callers depending on whether they have public insurance, like Medicaid, or private insurance, like Blue Cross and Blue Shield. Dr. George J. Petruncio, a family doctor in Turnersville, N.J., said: “This is not a way to build trust in government. Why should I trust someone who does not correctly identify himself?” Doctor's office need to screen the callers better, ask every one "Are you working for the government? Are you a genuine patient or a stealth caller?" Ever since the Emancipation Proclamation, it's been hard to get good cheap help. The Mass. Med. Society found a slight majority of internists & family physicians not accepting new patients. This new Obama initiative should push that figure much higher. |
| Posted by:Anguper Hupomosing9418 |
| #4 got charged out the enamal Must be a combination of dental & medical procedures that are anatomically impossible. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2011-06-27 16:18 |
| #3 Doctors have time to talk to strangers about medical procedures over the phone? Picking a fight with the folks who run the medical system sounds like a winning strategy. |
| Posted by: Skunky Glin**** 2011-06-27 15:48 |
| #2 Is this even a question? I had a full meal deal at one point, dentist couldn't wait to see me, got charged out the enamal. I would bet my jaw that out of all the people in the waiting room I was the only one not only with insurance but who would pay. No wonder in my mind why I got the red carpet and experimental techniques, had to make up that lost revenue. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2011-06-27 14:32 |
| #1 Doctor's office need to screen the callers better... Watching COPS etc, the first question out of a working girl's mouth is "Are you law enforcement?". We're certainly in the proverbial toilet when our medical practitioners have to ask the same question. So much for 'consenting adults'. /sarc |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2011-06-27 09:50 |