We're going to Mayo - Rochester in 3 weeks. They've set me up for (yet another) echo - third one this year, EKG, chest X-ray and blood work. I checked with Aetna and it's no problem, it's covered.
I'm not excited about the blood work, as I just had a full workup in March. My contact at the valve desk at Mayo is insistent that it MUST be done within two weeks of our visit. Now this is for a consult, no surgery planned yet. I guess I'm finding the apparent inflexibility on this to be surprising. I've pushed back and she's agreed to talk to the Dr.
I don't know that it's worth making a big deal about, but the principle of this is important to me. I expect more of an answer than - "that's just what we do". Hopefully, I'll find more out soon.
I'm not excited about the blood work, as I just had a full workup in March. My contact at the valve desk at Mayo is insistent that it MUST be done within two weeks of our visit. Now this is for a consult, no surgery planned yet. I guess I'm finding the apparent inflexibility on this to be surprising. I've pushed back and she's agreed to talk to the Dr.
I don't know that it's worth making a big deal about, but the principle of this is important to me. I expect more of an answer than - "that's just what we do". Hopefully, I'll find more out soon.