Comments on: Is your Doctorate in Douchebaggery?

By: East Bluff Barbie

East Bluff Barbie — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 01:08:35 +0000

I am still waiting to hear from the guy who runs the MedPointes. I was going to do a follow up call but we all got extremely sick with the stomach flu. I plan on calling this week to find out the status of my complaint.

By: diane

diane — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 18:31:07 +0000

Any news on how this turned out, Barbie?

By: East Bluff Barbie

East Bluff Barbie — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 17:43:58 +0000

I don’t know me,
Methodist does have reason to care because they are due to negotiate with our insurance for preferred provider status. We are “self insured”, our company has an account with a third party that pays all the claims. I definately agree that there needs to be more competition for our health services. One example is Lasik. Lasik is not covered by most insurance yet the technology has gotten better and the price has gone down. If only that was true of the rest of the medical industry.

Larry,
I am stating facts about how I was treated at the doctor’s office. I’m being totally sarcastic about my 8 year old being a pickpocket, running a gambling/strip club out of the basement, my 8 year old doing cocaine and having to fight dogs for food. I was completely professional in the doctor’s office even though I really wanted to tear the doctor a new one.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 17:23:42 +0000

EBB,
I hope your son is feeling better! And I’ve seen your kids, they are slender, thin, but not unhealthily so at all!
Good luck with your complaint. I hope the Dr. takes it seriously and thinks more about how she treats her patients. No one likes to be talked down to.
Jennifer

By: Jaded

Jaded — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:32:54 +0000

Geez…EBB, I am sorry that the doctor was such an asshat.
But, I have been to the Medpointe in Pekin and in Morton, and was treated very kindly. I actually like going there better than I do my own Gen Prac. I was always an OSF girl until my insurance said that I HAD to use Methodist, or I would still be at the OSF clinic.
Keep us informed if anything productive happens to this beotch…I’d like to see the outcome.

I hope the boy is feeling better.
)

By: larry fordham

larry fordham — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 18:12:32 +0000

Jesus Loves You and so do i. You claim your blog is “purely sarcastic”.

So does your walk match your talk?

By: S2010

S2010 — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 16:06:16 +0000

Well ain’t that the happy crappy! Sorry you had to go through that.
I do think some of the replies are onto something when they talk about Methodist wanting to have “happy customers,” but that doesn’t change the fact that an individual Dr. can be an ass! It is also true that the environment may dictate behavior and we don’t know what this Dr. has been told by her bean-counting superiors. Hopefully informing this person’s superiors of her detrimental use of a presumptuous and condescending attitude will receive her a swift kick in the ass!
Once I went to Proctor First Care and once i had to send my mom, 2 diff. locals; we were both happy with our limited experiences with them.
What were the “appropriate” channels?

By: Vanilla Bean Counter

Vanilla Bean Counter — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 03:56:17 +0000

Methodist does give a crap about patient satisfaction, most health care providers do. Methodist wants to be on every insurance plan possible. Poor patient satisfaction and poor outcomes will not let them remain competitive with the other providers in town. Methodist wants as many people to be on plans that include Methodist, receive outstanding healthcare, and tell as many people about it as possible.

By: idonotknowme

idonotknowme — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 03:09:26 +0000

To whom do you pay the ridiculous premiums and copays? To the actual medical service provider (Methodist Medpointe in this case)? No. Ergo, Methodist Medpointe has no reason to give crap how much your premiums are. You are not their customer, your insurance company is their customer because the insurance company is paying the bulk of the bill, not you. Our whole mentality about health care is screwed up. We call patients “recipients” instead of customers and doctors and hospitals are called “providers” instead of suppliers. Medical care will not improve, nor will its cost ever go down unless we establish a customer/supplier relationship and that will remain difficult with insurance companies and employers getting in between doctors and patients. It will be impossible with the government controlling the whole situation.

By: Laura

Laura — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 01:36:32 +0000

I have had very good experiences at the OSF Prompt Care by the Metro Center and at the one on Route 91 by the new mall. There is usually no waiting at the one on Route 91.