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Attending Civilian Surgeon Opinion verse Corpsman
Has anyone had experience with a civilian surgeon performing surgery on a sailor, ( because there is not a Naval Hospital in the area)?
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Permalink Reply by Angie on
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The Sailor MUST have a referral to get that done. If they do not, it will be 100% out of their pocket and they will pay the full cost of the surgery, unless it is an emergency surgery
While I was active duty I had three surgery's done by civilian doctors, no issues, no payment, just had my primary care doctor put in the referrals and waited for TriCare to approve the.
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She was referred and TriCare preapproved. Surgery was completed. My question actually concerns the recovery process. The civilian surgeon recommended 45 days off from work to recover, so she put in for convo leave. Corpsman at command said the civilian doctor did not have any authority over her and he, ( corpsman) would only allow her 7 days of convo ( to be taken in her room and not allowed to leave the command). She was order back to work on limited duty after the 7 days, and they are already saying she will return to full duty by next week. ( Only a total of 12 days since the surgery). How can the corpsman make that call? All he can do is visually look at the incision. We have been concerned that she will not heal properly. Does the corpsman have the right to make these uninformed decisions?
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Permalink Reply by Anti M on
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Yes, the military can override civilian doctors. She should be certain it all is in her medical record.
She can ask for a second opinion, but I'd need to look up the procedure. Not sure how she'd go about it if not near a naval hospital though. She should talk to her COC.
The max convo I ever had was 30 days. 45 is more than the Navy can authorize in a normal situation.
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