Referrals

Health
1

I have traditional Medicare which doesn’t brequire a referral to see a specialist. On Friday my ophthalmologist told me I need to see an ophthalmologist who specializes in uveitis and gave me his number to call for an appointment. When I called to make an appointment that office told me they need a referral before they can book an appointment for me so I asked my regular eye doctor to send them one

If traditional Medicare doesn’t require referral to see a specialist why would the specialist require one?

2

It could be just their practice, not an insurance requirement.

3

I wonder since I was sent to an orthopist and a low vision specialist. Have not followed up yet

5

He’s probably a specialist and wants to focus on a small subset of patients that have been diagnosed.