10-18-2014, 09:15 AM
Sorry to hear this Nani.
The HMC is supposed to give you a follow medical referral if you do not have a PCP. If they did not do this, make them do it now.
I found this out because I had to go to the ER and had also lost my PCP due to a practice closure, and the followup is how I ended up getting a new PCP. (Of course it might be in Hilo.)
The referral helps because it can get you in for followup only to a closed practice. At that time, there was no one taking new patients it seemed. Sometimes once a doctor sees you and sees you need continued care, he or she will relent and agree to take you.
Kathy
The HMC is supposed to give you a follow medical referral if you do not have a PCP. If they did not do this, make them do it now.
I found this out because I had to go to the ER and had also lost my PCP due to a practice closure, and the followup is how I ended up getting a new PCP. (Of course it might be in Hilo.)
The referral helps because it can get you in for followup only to a closed practice. At that time, there was no one taking new patients it seemed. Sometimes once a doctor sees you and sees you need continued care, he or she will relent and agree to take you.
Kathy