Appointment question

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Can a person get an appointment at a colon & rectal specialist because of hemmorhoids without getting referred by their family doctor?

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Specializes in Peds, PICU, Home health, Dialysis.

Depends on your insurance carrier and the physician. There are some specialists who will not treat non-referral patients and there are others that will. And some insurance companies will not pay a specialist without a referral and others will. Thus, it all depends.

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Specializes in School Nursing.

It all depends on your insurance. If you have a PPO, most likely you can go to whomever you want without a referral from your primary, but each plan is different you will have to check. If you are self-pay then this is not an issue and I would think you could just call and make an appointment wherever you want to go have it checked out.

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What they said......

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