Co-paid to death

[judecorp]

Somehow (probably because almost all of my cases are closing right now and it takes a while to build up new ones) I ended up with pretty short days today and tomorrow. Good for me, not so good for productivity. I found out last week that I'm definitely well in the clear for my prorated productivity requirement (since I started after the beginning of the fiscal year, and they give you a couple of weeks to build up a caseload, I don't have to meet the entire year's productivity to collect a partial bonus), but that I'm closer than even I could have possibly thought for the entire year's productivity. My supervisor left me right before the wedding with the little tidbit that if I billed a little over 25 hours a week for the next 6 weeks, I'd have enough for the full bonus.

While that was exciting, I also know that it's pretty impossible, seeing as I'm taking a day off this week, a day off next week, and the Monday after is Memorial Day. But it was still a nice thought.

Today I have three back-to-back home visits, then a doctor's appointment, then staff meeting. I swear, I spend more time in this doctor's office than I ever have before. I am so sick of these med follow-ups! I thought I was in the clear when I went and met with the NP and talked about the meds and got a bunch of blood tests. But when I called to get the results of the blood tests, the nurse casemanager told me that the doctor wanted me to come in to go over them. CURSES, FOILED AGAIN.

They are going to nickel and dime me to death with those dang co-pays.

Comments

[dch4.livejournal.com]

Completely unrelated to your post, I realized in the shower this morning that I hadn't said congratulations to you and Jen as of yet.

So congratulations and my apologies for not doing so earlier. :)

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much!

Coupla things

[keelamonster.livejournal.com]

1-I haven't said congrats yet either. I meant to. And congrats, you old married lady. :)

2-Sometimes if you're feeling a bit of a financial pinch with the whole co-pay thing, just tell your doctor's office that you're feeling it. That you can't keep paying $15 a week to come in there, and if there's anything they can take care of over the phone, you'd prefer it. They can say no way and make you come in or sometimes they'll deal with it over the phone.
You know, we don't always get what we want, but we definitely don't if we don't ask for it.

Re: Coupla things

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

1. Thank you!

2. I told my doctor today that I couldn't go to the doctor again for a while because I'd spent too much on copays! She didn't seem to care much.

[biophile6.livejournal.com]

I wonder, has any woman ever said after getting highlights: FOILED AGAIN! Or is that guy geek humor?

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

Dude, that pun was terrible!!