The endo I’ve been seeing is ok for routine stuff, but seems to be at a loss when anything outside the routine happens. They are definitely more than a few years behind when it comes to someone using CGMs and pumps who has surpassed the AACE/ADA targets.
They keep doing things that may have made sense once but no longer do - like a robodoc. They seem to have no interest in advancing their knowledge, skills or workflow, even if it would improve their patients health and reduce their own work load.
I appreciate how and why this can happen, but I don’t feel comfortable entrusting my professional support to someone who works like this. I’ve seen this in people who I worked with, and in doctors. Most of them left, the others retired. None of them gave advance notice, and we always had to scramble to find replacements.
So I’m starting to look for a different endocrinologist with more recent education and more actively managed patients using modern pumps. I’m fortunate that there are several endos in my area in a group practice.
Before I proceed, I was wondering what impact changing to a different endo would have on the supplies I receive under Medicare Part B, my insulin pump, CGM and the supplies.
Has someone here gone through this, when your endo left, you moved, or you changed between Medicare plans with different networks? If so, I’d appreciate it if you would share with me what your experience with Medicare was, and what year it happened.
In particular, was the new different doctor able to simply write new RXs for the same supplies from the same suppliers, or was there a need to do something else?
Thanks in advance for any information you can provide.