Very sad news a psychiatrist I have been seeing for like 4-5 years now had a bombshell announcement to make to me at an appointment today and I’ve never heard of this before.
I have Medicaid because I’m on SSI. His practice is not taking Medicaid but since he fits with me so incredibly well I save up the money and pay out of pocket anyway.
He explained to me that the last few months word came down from the top that any people on Medicaid whatsoever paying out of pocket for their services received a warning that Medicaid may be taken away from that individual.
Basically implying that if you can pay to see any DR out of pocket you shouldn’t be on Medicaid to begin with. This is a disaster of a situation as finding good providers and especially Psychiatrists is basically impossible on Medicaid.
So I along with many other patients have been completely thrown from the practice and it doesn’t seem there’s anything I can do. I’m still processing how wild this whole situation is.
Just wanted to share to see if anyone else has heard of this before? I really am crushed to lose such a special provider
I have Medicaid because I’m on SSI. His practice is not taking Medicaid but since he fits with me so incredibly well I save up the money and pay out of pocket anyway.
He explained to me that the last few months word came down from the top that any people on Medicaid whatsoever paying out of pocket for their services received a warning that Medicaid may be taken away from that individual.
Basically implying that if you can pay to see any DR out of pocket you shouldn’t be on Medicaid to begin with. This is a disaster of a situation as finding good providers and especially Psychiatrists is basically impossible on Medicaid.
So I along with many other patients have been completely thrown from the practice and it doesn’t seem there’s anything I can do. I’m still processing how wild this whole situation is.
Just wanted to share to see if anyone else has heard of this before? I really am crushed to lose such a special provider