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Blood Test Discussion
The LabCorp Experience: Then and Now
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<blockquote data-quote="Re-Ride" data-source="post: 101399" data-attributes="member: 8395"><p>Or, LabCorp: You think it was fun last time? Wait until you see what we have in store for you today!</p><p></p><p>Or. So you miss the Greatest Show on Earth, the now defunct Ringling Bros Barnum and Bailey? No fear LabCorp now operates a Circus in nearly every town available daily and replete with different shenanigans at every show. </p><p></p><p>Once upon a time well trained LabCorp techs greeted you with a smile. You were in and out in 10 minutes. If by chance the doc wrote the wrong diagnostic code they picked up the phone and got it corrected. </p><p></p><p>The New Way:</p><p></p><p>Go on line and create an account. Check.</p><p></p><p>Make an appointment on line. Check.</p><p></p><p>"Pre Register" by entering your insurance and verifying your address, phone number, puppy's name and favorite treat. Check</p><p></p><p>Have your doc fax over your lab orders in advance then call to verify they've got them. Check </p><p></p><p>Show up at your appointment and spend 30 minutes providing all of the "pre-registration" information all over again. Check</p><p></p><p>Now go over to the neat new Kiosk and enter the same information all over again this time letting it take a your photo and fingerprints after you have inserted your driver's license and your insurance card because the Kiosk isn't smart enough to have captured what the tech entered at his terminal or what you entered on line or what it read from your license or insurance card. </p><p></p><p>So you think you're ready for a draw? Ha. You have two lab orders from two docs and your P,C. doc would like to have the results as well. Oh My! Lets spend another twenty minutes discussing how we might accomplish resulting all three docs. Check. </p><p></p><p>Wait a minute. Both docs asked for a CBC! Should we draw twice and repeat the CBC for each doc? You know we have to "because those are the rules." </p><p></p><p>O.K. sir it will take me 10 minutes to enter these tests in to out computer and print out the forms. I look around. The waiting room is empty. No other patients have come in for the past 45 minutes. I can't imagine why not. </p><p></p><p>Please sign here , here and here after you read all seven pages and initial all the boxes. Will that be master card or visa? </p><p>WHAT!!!</p><p></p><p>"Yes sir, your co-pay with Medicare and Secondary comes to $1,700. " </p><p></p><p>Look man, I know Medicare covers CBC, the pee test, my lipid panel and the few other things you've got on there.</p><p></p><p>"Well they might. Why not call them when you get home?" "I'm happy to do the tests now you just have to pay up front"</p><p></p><p>"I see. Makes perfect sense... to the bean counter on Pluto perhaps but not me. May I see the computation?"</p><p></p><p>"Look, these tests are pre-approved!!!" </p><p></p><p>"Well perhaps, but not all of them are." </p><p></p><p>'Did you enter the proper diagnostic codes?"</p><p></p><p>"That's not my job"</p><p></p><p>I left without any draw at all. </p><p></p><p> Last week at another location they drew the tubes but somehow "forgot to run the tests"</p><p></p><p>O.K. It's more than a year since I've managed to pull a set of labs. It's always something different. At this location last year their "system wouldn't accept the test codes." They spent an hour on the phone with the doc who looked up the codes on the labcorp site for the clown yet some labs were still not run. Incomplete series, a complete waste of time. </p><p></p><p>Blood pressure up from 120/60 to 198/201. Any connection here?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Re-Ride, post: 101399, member: 8395"] Or, LabCorp: You think it was fun last time? Wait until you see what we have in store for you today! Or. So you miss the Greatest Show on Earth, the now defunct Ringling Bros Barnum and Bailey? No fear LabCorp now operates a Circus in nearly every town available daily and replete with different shenanigans at every show. Once upon a time well trained LabCorp techs greeted you with a smile. You were in and out in 10 minutes. If by chance the doc wrote the wrong diagnostic code they picked up the phone and got it corrected. The New Way: Go on line and create an account. Check. Make an appointment on line. Check. "Pre Register" by entering your insurance and verifying your address, phone number, puppy's name and favorite treat. Check Have your doc fax over your lab orders in advance then call to verify they've got them. Check Show up at your appointment and spend 30 minutes providing all of the "pre-registration" information all over again. Check Now go over to the neat new Kiosk and enter the same information all over again this time letting it take a your photo and fingerprints after you have inserted your driver's license and your insurance card because the Kiosk isn't smart enough to have captured what the tech entered at his terminal or what you entered on line or what it read from your license or insurance card. So you think you're ready for a draw? Ha. You have two lab orders from two docs and your P,C. doc would like to have the results as well. Oh My! Lets spend another twenty minutes discussing how we might accomplish resulting all three docs. Check. Wait a minute. Both docs asked for a CBC! Should we draw twice and repeat the CBC for each doc? You know we have to "because those are the rules." O.K. sir it will take me 10 minutes to enter these tests in to out computer and print out the forms. I look around. The waiting room is empty. No other patients have come in for the past 45 minutes. I can't imagine why not. Please sign here , here and here after you read all seven pages and initial all the boxes. Will that be master card or visa? WHAT!!! "Yes sir, your co-pay with Medicare and Secondary comes to $1,700. " Look man, I know Medicare covers CBC, the pee test, my lipid panel and the few other things you've got on there. "Well they might. Why not call them when you get home?" "I'm happy to do the tests now you just have to pay up front" "I see. Makes perfect sense... to the bean counter on Pluto perhaps but not me. May I see the computation?" "Look, these tests are pre-approved!!!" "Well perhaps, but not all of them are." 'Did you enter the proper diagnostic codes?" "That's not my job" I left without any draw at all. Last week at another location they drew the tubes but somehow "forgot to run the tests" O.K. It's more than a year since I've managed to pull a set of labs. It's always something different. At this location last year their "system wouldn't accept the test codes." They spent an hour on the phone with the doc who looked up the codes on the labcorp site for the clown yet some labs were still not run. Incomplete series, a complete waste of time. Blood pressure up from 120/60 to 198/201. Any connection here? [/QUOTE]
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