Roy:
I am glad you brought this up. You are very observant. I have patients too- now thinking about that-
pt who works for a hospital owned insurance had fall on hospital premises, hospital made her go to hospital's owned occupational therapy, who did xray, no fracture was found, sent her to hospital owned physical therapy. She kept on getting worse. (This could have happened to any physician, that is different story, I am not faulting the physician working at Occupational therapy, it the hospital at issue here)
I saw her for routine matter. Due to worsening of pain, I asked for xray, she had a fracture. Probably it was hairline fracture missed on first xray. We called her and she had to stop PT and see ortho.
The issue is the predatory practices of insurances and hospitals, taking patients away from PCP and directing to their own OT/PT/PCPs rather than sending patients back to PCP.
This could be a Workmans comp issue- but is somewhat similar to Roy's issue.
I am whining here, but this is my day to whine (7/7/7)- Just happens once in eons.
