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How many times in 2023 did you have an appointment with your main T1D healthcare provider?
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2 I had two in person appointments, but I also used the computer and phone three times besides the appointments.
I am required to see my Endo every three months by Medicare. Otherwise, I’d probably go 2 times per year.
Medicare requires me to see my endo every 90 days if I want them to approve my insulin pump supplies….despite my very good control. Otherwise, my endo would be happy to see me twice a year. An example of Medicare being “penny-wise and pound-foolish” by paying for “medically-unnecessary” office visit costs.
Medicare requires me to see my diabetologist every 90 days to continue receiving pump and CGM supplies.
This past year my doctor appts were my new social life!
Last month on the 8th
Schush! I know it’s supposed to be 4 but since my Endo follows my Dex and I hit an A1c of 5.4 with 0 Hypos I’m happy. Just lost my wife and will be moving further from my Endo and hope TeleVisits will do as I will also start visiting a Gerontologist.
@George Lovelace. {{{{{Hugs}}}}} to you, sir. Are you getting support after the loss of your wife? I do hope so.
I answered one, but I intend to make a recurring six-moth appointment when I see my endo in January. It is SO hard to get an appointment without waiting months….
I would prefer to see my endo twice a year. But insurance requires a visit once every 90 days to obtain an insulin pump and CGM, which is completely illogical. Insulin pump allows for better control soo….
Four, because Medicare. I was fine going 2x/yr for decades before that. But Medicare doesn’t care what your Dr thinks. Rules is rules.
Twice. My dr. Schedules out six months every time.
While I only saw my endocrinologist 2 times, I’ve also seen a nutritionist a couple times, a social worker and an exercise physiologist, extremely helpful members of the team
I see the endo 2 times and the NP the other 2 times. So it’s 4 but I marked 2.
I saw my endocrine provider 6 times this year instead of the usual four because I was having pump insertion site absorption issues so she saw me two extra times for problem solving resolution.
I think it was 3 but could have been 2.
I alternate appointments between endo and diabetes educator every three months. This year I’ve had 2 appointments with the MD.
Only one with the Doctor, and that was a video consult. Another seven videoto do with training/transitioning to a closed loop system. A face to face with the consultant in 15 days.
Every 3-4 months depending on how busy their schedule is.
After 40 years, I do not see an Endocrinologist. I know what I need when I need it and let my PCP handle the paperwork. Last A1C was 5.6.
I am my own provider, though I have a primary doctor for general care, and a colleague endo who I maintain a paper trail w in order to get supplies, since I can’t prescribe myself