Approximately 6 weeks ago we had to move my Father into an assited living facility. The facility requires the person's doctor to fill out several (nine to be exact) pieces of paper with the patient's medical history, lists of medications, etc. Dr. Pennelle filled out these papers so my father could move into the faciclty.
Now my Mother has decided that she wants to move in with my Father at the facility. The same set of 9 papers was taken to Dr. Pennelle's office to be filled out and returned to the assisted lving facility.
I was informed that Dr. Pennelle now requires $197 BEFORE he will fill out the papers. The reason I was given is that it is time consuming to fill out the papers and the doctor could be seeing other patients during that time...
When the papers we filled out for my Father, there was no mention of a $197 fee. I was told that was on oversight on the part doctor's office and we were lucky.
My OPINION is that the doctor is trying to get an extra $197 to fill out papers that he could easily have a staff person fill out, he could verfiy the information, then sign the papers and fax them in to the assisted living facility so we can let my Mother live with my Father for the last few years of their lives.
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