I would take it to mean as some other posters suggested, that they are a physician that is associated to the practice, but not in any position of leadership or ownership.
In addition to what Qadgop said, it’s more correct to say that most primary care doctors are either family medicine or internists. “General practitioner” is an old term referring to something that basically no longer exists: a doctor who did only a one-year internship and then went into practice. It’s virtually impossible to do that anymore. Family medicine and internal medicine are each 3-year residencies.
I don’t know about that, but yes I mean the same thing as primary care practitioner.
Thanks.
That is what I suspected - they just started labeling MD’s as the military labels soldiers/sailors.
Look at their shoulders and know where they fit on the pecking order.
I think I may be looking for a new PCP…
Thanks again.
i had really hoped I could just tuck that bit of sad news into memory.
I now have it bookmarked.
in 2009, this person replaced my hydromorphone with morphine ER. Knowing I have a massively defective kidney.
I found out on 2/16 that the morphine caused my kidneys to stop entirely.
By rights, I should be dead.
It took 5 days for the remaining kidney function to burn off the crap.
I was just told that she is off for 3 weeks, even knowing I am going to be out of meds 15 days after discharge (2/21).
yes, another entry in my pity party.
no, I do not have a blog, never wanted one.
I do know enough about IS to know to get these notes online where they will live eternally.
You are starting to sound more like yourself.
There must be another doctor at the clinic who is assigned to cover for her. Can you schedule some time with that person? I would also attempt to get another doctor permanently assigned while you’re at it.
If I remember correctly, there were insurance type/distance to care type reasons that mandated that you use this clinic. Is that still the case? Would something towards Marin be at all practical? When I left the area not that long ago, one of their large hospitals advertised all the time.
Bless you - somebody cares! (sniff, sniff)
I first hgad a major economic reversal, then 2 medical crises.
My old, much-loved PPO went from 25% of my new income to 1/3.
Since I am disabled, I could get Medicare. I hoped the ACA would come through, but part of the price for its passage was a requirement that anyone eligible for Medicare would not get a subsidy.
After all those fun times (go to an ER and flash real insurance), the PPO is dead and I am now a Medicare patient.
Who are rejected out of hand by the docs good enough to book real patients.
The teaching hospitals will take Medicare as a “make work” for the up-and-coming docs.
So I get the 3rd string MD’s. and the nephrologists are Fellowship seekers and transients.
After the last disaster, I actually got a call from the nephrologist’s office wanting to bump me again to make room for a real patient.
and this nephro is the guy who spent 10 minutes trying to find me on the computer instead of admitting he did not know my name.
I finally took out my clinc ID card and placed beside the keyboard.
The head nephro is one “Dr. Don”. Whoever I am seeing, he gets dragged into the room tospent 3 minutes doing what the trainee had tried to do.
I once had a doc like that as PCP…
As I have been saying for 30 years: never become old and poor in the USA.
yes, I was looking for a new PCP in the Internal Medicine group. For Medicare patients, there were exactly 4 available, and I got nothing but business cards by way of introduction.
No, I can’t see any of them unless I first make them my official PCP.