Should a patient ever seek medical care outside their health plan even if it means paying out-of-pocket?
A patient should get outside help if they’re not getting the choices they need or seeing improvement in their condition. For two years, one patient with chronic pain tried a variety of care including surgery on her foot and several different orthotic devices. Yet her condition continued to worsen. She was frustrated with the time and money invested, not to mention the pain. She came to our practice and after being evaluated with Computerized and Video Analysis of walking and construction of proper orthotics; her condition began to improve immediately. Within two weeks she experienced almost complete improvement. Although her insurance failed to cover the treatment, she said her relief from pain was well worth the expense.
