I work for ExamOne, which performs exams for insurance policies, and I asked them about who can do the more extensive exams. Physicians do them, BUT then she said the only problem will be that they only accept exams performed by MD's! Not even PA's, and not even a DO. I can't understand this at all. The DO nation and even the PA nation should be a little disturbed. I know it isnt a central line of future employment, however, I think it is a shame the insurance companies see it this way. No respect. Hopefully their attitudes change.
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im going to assume that this lady didn't know what she was talking about and didn't know what a DO was.....otherwise there would have been a lawsuit on their hands at some point in time...
It's called being uninformed. Just like everyone on here was at one point.USArmyDoc said:Although I must admit, sometimes they are funny to learn how ignorant people are.
Hey I thought you guys might want to see this, that lady obviously doesn't know her head from her a$$
http://www.examone.com/downloads/Physician Information Form.pdf.
http://www.examone.com/downloads/Physician Information Form.pdf.
gotta love when I'm right...jk......it was spelled out pretty plainly on the form....
beastmaster said:
ig·no·rant
adj.
1. Lacking education or knowledge.
2. Showing or arising from a lack of education or knowledge: an ignorant mistake.
3. Unaware or uninformed.
USArmyDoc said:
and ignorant too!!!
It's also illegal for insurance companies to discriminate MD vs. DO.
Yeah, the lady must have been wrong. She probably thought a DO was a chiropractor or something (believe me, it happens). I work for an insurance company, and our policies specifically defined a physician as a licensed MD or DO -- I'm guessing that's an industry standard.
USArmyDoc said:Okay relax everyone. There was just a confusion with semantics. 🙂
(nicedream), thanks for backing me though!
Alright....good to know. She does however know very well what a DO is. We have talked my medical school aspirations. She probably just isnt as well versed as I thought about policy. So I will let her know. This thread will help me sleep at night knowing that the world isnt as unfair as I have been led to believe.
drdw said:
wow..that takes it a little far....anyway just show her the form that her very own company puts out for docs (earlier in this thread)....
Taus said:
Sarcasm does take things pretty far. I told her and she is happy she was wrong. Still trying to figure out why PA's cant do the more extensive exams, I can understand that one a little more than the DO situation. Well, I guess this thread is done. Thanks for the help. Oh wait....does anyone here work for them? I like it alot and it is good money, just curious about others' experiences....
DCDAWG said:
Yeah i agree. The doctor whom i work for is a DO but all the lab results and other documents that he receives from the local hospital have MD next to his name. Infact, a certificate of excellence offered to him by the hospital has MD next to his name so people just know doctors as MD's even if they're DOs.
drdw said:
This person was just uninformed. It's a common misconception because DO sounds close to DC (Doctor of Chiropractics) or OD (Optometric Doctorate). If that is the case I can understand that a DC or an OD would not be able to do extensive exams because of their limited scope of practice. However, you would think an insurance rep would have this kind of knowledge. It's a little scary. That's only a possibility though. I know a lot of my friends mix up the abbreviations so I guess there is a possible that this is the case, and the person has just never heard of a DO, which is also unjustifiable considering the individuals line of work.
