03-19-2018, 06:28 AM
(03-18-2018, 05:40 PM)MoJim Wrote: Great thread Rafterman. My only experience with tele doctors was with MMJ. I had to go to the clinic and was put in a room where I talked to the Dr. on the tv and then got my card. It never occurred to me that it was possible to get scripts for bezo's in a similar manner. I currently make a two hour round trip to see my regular Psy. Even if insurance didn't pay, it might be worth it.Thanks, MoJim
Wow, a two hour round trip. Maybe you should ask her if she would do tele-visits with you, after you see how your insurance company feels about it. My wife was making a similar length trip to see her Psy and then she started on tele-psy about 8 months ago. They use a program called "Facetime", but Skype is also available. Sometimes, they skip the visual and just do a phone visit. The insurance is totally cool with it. In fact, now that have begun to encourage it. And her Psy continually writes for ALP and two AD's for her. My wife never even sees the scripts. They are sent by computer to the local pharmacy. We first looked into this about 5 years ago and only about half of insurance companies were covering it then. Now, I believe that number is around 80%. There is such a rush by different healthcare companies to set up tele-health programs that many are offering visits for as low as $35 (the typical price is $49, all over). That may even go lower as the competition heats up. And it is my own personal opinion that docs giving tele-visits might be slightly more prone to write for benzo's and other popular meds as the look to lock down their share of this new market. They all want to secire new customers to help make their start-up's a success. I hope that you will be able to move over to that because I think that you will really like it. Cheers. RM