I'm there with you. It totally hacks me off when an apppointment is made for me and I don't even know about it.

I'd be defensive about it as well, Dotmom, what right is right and she should never have admonished you. It's pretty evident as to what transpired, whoever took the call from you inadvertently noted that date in the system. The gal that checked you in should have checked the system, seen when the appointment was made, realized the error and apologized. If anything, you should have been inconvenienced, not them.

That pisses me off, people telling you that you are wrong when (especially) you have the appointment card to prove it.

I would contact the office manager and straighten everything up, she is obviously doing something wrong and also, shouldn't you have gotten the courtesy call to confirm the appointment? That makes you feel like crap in front of other patients and I am sure she didn't reprimand you quetly!

Good for you for complaining! I would have done the same thing. Even if you DID miss your appointment, reprimanding you is out of line. I would have asked, at the time, for the name and telephone number of the supervisor and the name of the person reprimanding you.

But- yesterday was the 17th! Sounds like a real mix-up! :)

I bet that woman won't do that to you again, though, I imagine she heard about it after you called.

Good for you for standing up for yourself! But I doubt the person will hear anything about it. And good for you for not letting it get to you either. When you're right, you should stand up for yourself. (And I also believe when you're wrong, take responsibilty and be adult about it, but that's OT). Too bad that person didn't accept responsibility like they should have.

When I checked into the hospital they had moved back my surgery 5 hours so I wound up sitting in the waiting room. I *did* get an apology from the hospital admitting person (but it wasn't her fault and I told her so) and when the Dr saw me I told him about it too. "They didn't call you? I'm sorry!" But I told him too that it wasn't his fault, so I can't hold him responsible. He (and the admitting clerk) owed no apologies - it was just a slip up by someone else. Yes it would have been nicer to wait at home rather than be bored in the waiting room, and even get a few hours more sleep but I didn't want it to stress me out.

I've been doing this since I first started interviewing for jobs. Any time I have an appointment, or make an appointment for someone,I always repeat it at least 2-3 times to confirm day, date and time, if it's the next time this day comes up, I'll emphasize next Monday, Tuesday or whatever and also specify am or pm. It's helped a couple times to clear an error and I like to think it's helped avoid trouble for both of us.

And you bring up a point about the insurance. One prescription (for cholesterol control) I got they'd pay for a 34 day supply. Another (for pain), they'd pay for a 60 day supply. A different pain pill was a two week supply. Where do they come up with this stuff? At least most of the pharmacies will work to save the consumer money. Or mine have.

Yup, Flamingo...I got my dates wrong......but not about the appt. Hubs had a Dr appt on the 14th and I tried to get the shot appt for that day, but we couldn't get in for the shots on the 17th. The thing is, we aren't eligible for shots until 1 month & 1 day after the last appt, and the 10th when they said our appt was, we weren't eligible because insurance wouldn't cover it, until after the 12th. Oh, well, hopefully we will get in on Monday, get shot and that will be done until December.

I went to a vascular surgeon regarding my fistula (entrance on my arm for dialysis). He sent me home, told me to come back tomorrow for an ultrasound test. Why not today, I'm already here? Because Medicare won't pay for the testing if it's done as part of an office visit, it has to be billed on another day. So I drove home and then back the next day. He was right, Medicare did pay for both visits. Sometimes rules are just plain dumb.

Jannie--am surprised about having you come back the next day because several times we have testing done the same day as a office visit. It is the way it is coded-or maybe they do not time to do the test--but to blame it on Medicare seems strange.

Jannie is absolutely right about Medicare not paying for tests on the same day as a Doctor's appointment. I just had to go back to get an allergy shot today, because Medicare would not pay for it on Thursday when I had my check up.

Like I said, some rules are just dumb. When I make doctor appointments, they always call me the day before to remind me. I kind of like it- like a "double-check".

Golly - I better worry - a couple of weeks ago I drove over 60 mi. (one way) to a fowl supper at a church where I was minister over 30 years ago (1980 was over 30 years ago, wasn't it?).

A guy who was on the Board then told me that he wanted to talk to me before I left ...

... and said that they're celebrating their hundredth anniversary next summer and want me to be there - on the second Sunday in June.

Where do I write that down? Does anyone know where I can find a 2012 calendar (preferably a free one)?

Oh, I know - my garage. I've had a bit of trouble getting the car to start recently, but got it going on the second try. Last night on arrival home I did a couple of other things, then opened the garage door - and the car refused to start, even after several tries ... so I pushed it into the garage.

Today, when I tried to start it ... no dice. I tried to push it out of the garage, for there's a slight incline near the door and I expected that I could start it then. I'd installed a line of bricks along the doorway to stop the rain getting in, and could just barely not quite get it to move over the bricks.

Fortunately, the landlord was in his shop and he and son gave me a push, thinking that we could let it run downhill ... but just as they were pushing it beyond the door, it was in gear and it started when I let the clutch out.

So I visited the garage and was to go in on Monday, as there wasn't time to order parts today.

Car quit a few miles from there (en route to the library to access a computer) and I had to get CAA to tow me back to the garage.

A loaner car to be available in the morning ... to return at the end of today, so instead of hitchhiking home and back in the morning ... I waited, and now have replacement wheels.

And ... the little yellow light on the dash with the outline of a gas pump is showing ... I wonder what that means? Will have to ask them, I guess.

So - instead of being a "no-show" at the garage today (and without an appointment, yet) ... it appears that I was a double show.

Oh, yes - their calendars for next year are out on the counter.

In the confusion over plans, etc. - I neglected to pick one up!

ole joyful

Joyful, don't you just feel like banging your head on the wall in frustration on days like that?

I have regular health insurance, not Medicare. I went to the dermatologist to get some spots removed (also known as pre-cancerous lesions, thanks to a youth spent basking in the sun). She can only take off two at a time, thanks to my insurance. I will be going to the doctor once a month for the rest of my life to get rid of the spots. She could have done a lot of them in one visit. They only take a couple seconds to remove. What a crazy world.

Dotmom, I'm glad you called the office to tell them that you were annoyed. They needed to know that!