tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-678403253301408572.post3848395119632731253..comments2024-03-19T01:30:26.037-07:00Comments on Thank heaven for insurance companies: CFO Lynette Seid and Dr. Eugene Rhee, chief of urology, at Kaiser Permanente in San Diego, are up to their old tricksMaura Larkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16800561169406889185noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-678403253301408572.post-9680855395897452272014-06-02T06:29:08.112-07:002014-06-02T06:29:08.112-07:00CFOs certainly know what they are talking about, e...CFOs certainly know what they are talking about, especially with<a href="%E2%80%9Cwww.sfaradvisors.com%E2%80%9D" rel="nofollow">FAR cost accounting standards</a>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-678403253301408572.post-63333673967848134882014-05-01T23:16:22.104-07:002014-05-01T23:16:22.104-07:00 Some hospital outpatient radiology departments, ... Some hospital outpatient radiology departments, such as the one at Fountain Valley hospital in Orange County ask you at the time of your form filling if you would like a CD copy of your images. If you do, you have to wait up to a half hour after your procedure to get one, but, if you wait, you do go home with the copy. Unfortunately, this is an example of why everyone should make a point to ask for a copy before the procedure to avoid this happening to them.<br /><br />However, if you meet with refusal upon request or end up needing the records later on, you are likely to experience what the author has. It seems that hospitals jump to the conclusion that the only possible reason you could want them is to sue them. This paranoia has caused many patients, like the author, needless unwarranted frustration.<br /> <br />The going in person and stating you will not leave until the images are located tactic may work. Another tactic, if you are at all friendly with your doctor is to ask his staff to order them from radiology for you. If a doctor orders something, it is amazing how records suddenly become available.<br /><br />However, all this being said, getting something you own should not be such a hassle. You DO technically own those records--not the facility. <br /><br />The web of incompetence the author experienced is not only possible paranoia but sheer incompetence. Forget the form the images are in. All she apparently really wanted was for them to locate the images and hand them over! But, then again, she is not the only one caught up in this kind of needless hassle!<br />Be forwarned and take steps to minimalize the risk of it happending to you!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com