It seems that Umpqua Health and it’s clinical and administrative staff have big secrets to hide. First they close their office on Harvard Avenue WITHOUT informing patients . . . no letter, no phone calls, etc. I have patients reporting that they have shown up for scheduled appointments only to be told that their provider no longer works there. But that’s where the conversation ends . . . no information about where the provider went, or how to contact them, etc.
Sure sounds like patient abandonment to me. Patients never informed their provider is leaving. Never told that their visit is cancelled. Never told where their provider is going. Never told about how to get their records or prescription refills, etc. What would you call it if it happened to you?
What makes it even worse is that Dr. Choate has done this very same thing again and again. It seems he really doesn’t care about his patients, only what works best for him? Probably just goes where more of the money is?!
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Per a letter I wrote awhile back, I see that the Oregon PDMP is finally reporting the refills properly per my suggestion.
If they want to claim religious beliefs, then they need to be willing to pay the consequences of such beliefs too.
Pulled out some records to check some things and refreshed myself with something I had been meaning to post earlier but got distracted.
I find it amazing that so many clinics, especially pain clinics are ignoring the requirements of having pain agreements and Material Risk Notices with their patients.
Here is a letter that I sent to the Office Manager of Oregon Cardiology, located at Peace Health Sacred Heart Medical Center, by fax on 12-10-19.
