This doctor was my doctor for a while. He was a nice guy, personable, knowable, showed genuine empathy for my wellbeing until Medicare and the insurance companies changed how the bill was processed. The amounts paid to the doctor did not change, only the processing of the bill was changed.
The doctor's insurance person billed Medicare who paid a portion of the amount and sent the remainder to the patient's Secondary Insurance who paid the rest. Then came the Medicare Advantage Policies where the bill is sent to the insurance company and not to Medicare. The insurance company then pays the Medicare portion and their portion if the doctor is in-net. If the doctor is not in-net, then the patient would have to pick up the difference with a co-pay and the doctor got all of his money.
Dr, Christensen's insurance person sent these bills to Medicare, as usual, but Medicare rejected them. Based on this action his Insurance Person convinced the doctor that these policies will not be paid, so he dropped me as a patient. No warning, just dropped. His office refused the take a message from me to discuss this because the insurance person said, "you would need to make an appointment for him to call you back and you can't pay."
I have Diabetes and and heart problems. I learned that I was dropped as a patient when I tried to refill my diabetic medication prescription and he refused to allow it. because of the money that his Insurance person told him he would loose the money.
My last contact with him, he hung up on me. Wow. I am truly sorry for you.
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