How Do I Transfer Doctors?
Instructions
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Contact the new doctor. Check whether he is accepting new patients. Obtain a fax number to which you can send any medical records.
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Contact your insurance provider. Ask whether your policy allows you to select a primary care physician. Verify with the representative that your policy covers the doctor to whom you wish to transfer.
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Inform the insurance member service representative that you wish to list a new doctor as your PCP. Ask to have the effective date for your PCP selection set to a point in the future if you anticipate going to see your old doctor before beginning with the new PCP.
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Call your old doctor's office. Request that they send a complete copy of your medical records to the new doctor's office. Ask for a copy of your complete medical records for your own files. Take your copy with you to the first appointment with the new doctor in case their copy has not arrived.
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