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DonandBonnie · 03-09-2014, 11:20 AM

We have our full timing domicile in South Dakota. When we signed up for our Medicare supplement through Humana we had to select a primary physician. We could not select our long time doctor in Ohio, but had to choose on from South Dakota, one that we have never seen.

We got worried recently when a friends father was hospitalized in Florida. Medicare would not pay for several areas of his treatment unless they were authorized by his primary care physician. Pop was a new resident of Florida and like us had never visited the primary care physician that he had chosen. Lucky his doctor was in the same town and arranged for a bedside exam to get the Medicare procedures authorized.

Our worry is that Bonnie is probably facing surgery on her knee. We are headed to Ohio in a couple weeks to see a long time friend who happens to be an orthopedic surgeon, the only guy we want working on her. What happens if Medicare won't authorize the costs unless authorized by the South Dakota doctor? Are we locked into having to travel to South Dakota for all but emergency medical issues?

03-09-2014, 11:20 AM	#1
DonandBonnie Montana Master Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Madison Posts: 1,239 M.O.C. #5906	Medicare question We have our full timing domicile in South Dakota. When we signed up for our Medicare supplement through Humana we had to select a primary physician. We could not select our long time doctor in Ohio, but had to choose on from South Dakota, one that we have never seen. We got worried recently when a friends father was hospitalized in Florida. Medicare would not pay for several areas of his treatment unless they were authorized by his primary care physician. Pop was a new resident of Florida and like us had never visited the primary care physician that he had chosen. Lucky his doctor was in the same town and arranged for a bedside exam to get the Medicare procedures authorized. Our worry is that Bonnie is probably facing surgery on her knee. We are headed to Ohio in a couple weeks to see a long time friend who happens to be an orthopedic surgeon, the only guy we want working on her. What happens if Medicare won't authorize the costs unless authorized by the South Dakota doctor? Are we locked into having to travel to South Dakota for all but emergency medical issues?