Mom's family doctor wants to administer regular PT-INR testing to adjust coumadin dosage for mom instead of referring her to a specialist. I didn't know any better and mom didn't understand what that mean.
Mom complained that the lab took too much blood and it took several days before she know what dosage to take. At first, I just thought that this old lady complains too much! Upon further research, she's right. It should be done like diabetic testing where only a drop of blood is required and the operator let you know the coumadin dosage right away.
After some searching, I found that Medicare allows you to do request referral and pick your own specialist. I made one last request to mom's family doctor to give her a referral to a cardiologist and I found her another family doctor.
My mom is please with the treatment by the cardiology office (Advanced Cardiac Specialists). They do it the right way.
Lesson learned: do more research for each condition to be treated by doctor. Specialist is probably better than family practice.
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