GI docs are interested in procedures not management. Follow the dollars.
Any time a fellow doctor calls you personally asking for help, one should try to help. On the other had, I can think of a few "dismissed" patients I would not take take back no matter how personal the call.
Remember med school and residency when we realized that we are fellow members of an elite club and need to look out for each other, not just making $$$.
Larry
Solo IM
Cincinnati