Can anyone recommend a primary care physician familiar with T1D in the Boston area? I have a good endo, but PCP clueless.
Thanks.
Are you on Medicare? If on Medicare, a clueless PCP is OK as long as their back office is well organized and can keep your records straight and up-to-date. I am on regular parts A/B/D Medicare and have a great endo in Boston, but I live in Western MA, and my PCP is a Pediatrician. My PCP is basically my record holder.
When I need anything medical, I research the best Dr for what I need in the Boston area and 95% of the time, they accept Medicare. Sometimes, they will not see you before being checked out by a lower-level NP, which is fine because they tell you where to go for that.
If you are not, or not about to be, on Medicare, this does not help.
Thanks very much. No, I’m not on Medicare.
I used to see Dr Ed Weiss at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Health Care Associates (BIDMC HCA). He’s no longer there but the practice (and BID) is affiliated with Joslin, which was the reason I selected them. Very conversant with T1 stuff as well as staying in their lane when it came to my Joslin Endo’s recommendations and treatment decisions. I had to leave when my wife’s employer changed insurance carriers and it was no longer in network alas. Now I’m on Medicare I’d go back except I’ve since moved out of state.
Thank you, Dr. BB, for this solid recommendation. I’ve tracked him down practicing on Washington St. in Boston, with “not accepting new patients” statement. Called anyway, got closed for lunch message. But will try again. Maybe if I say former patient testimonial and my 57 years?
I have really tried to obtain a good number for Dr. Weiss, but he seems to have disappeared. Thanks again for trying to help.
Before I started using an endo, I remember asking my PCP diabetic related questions, & his rely was usually: “That’s a really good question!” And that was the end of the discussion. Now after many, many more years with both an endo & PCP, I basically assume that my PCP is simply not the provider to use for treatment/info re diabetes. If you have a good endo to manage your Type 1 that is optimal. Hopefully, the endo & PCP share data, blood work, clinical notes, etc. I’d be interested to know others opinions, but mine is that you can be well treated with a good endo + a good PCP who may be clueless ( to some degree or other) re Type 1. I’m just guessing here, but I think that it would also be against protocol for a PCP to be seen managing Type 1 if the patient has an endo. I’m guessing that both providers take care not to be seen interfering or treating beyond
their scope.