(12-01-2017, 11:27 AM)Rico Wrote: How could they take me back 20 minutes late for a 9:15 appointment when the doctor's office opens at 9:00?

Seriously though, the time they give you is your arrival time, not your appointment time. The paperwork requirements are so massive that they need you there 15 minutes before your appointment to do the paperwork, update your registration, verify your eligibility, check you in, get your vitals and get you to a room before the doc comes in. A 9:15 time for you is usually at least a 9:40 on your doc's schedule. And then Grandma Jones is ahead of you with her 3 chronic conditions, today's acute problem, list of 14 medications to review, and 20 minute rambling detail-laden narrative of her third grandchild's potty training adventures that tie the doc up for more than the 15 minute appointment slot. Then the doc has to document 8 to 10 different quality measures in the chart to keep his RAF score accurate,  explain to Grandma why she has to come back next week for her AWV when she won't be sick, and write the orders for labs, a script, and a med for the MA to come back and administer.

And then he gets to check your prostate right after breakfast.

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