This-Recording9461 t1_jeb3569 wrote on March 30, 2023 at 6:47 PM

My PCP just left Reliant, got a note in the mail she was leaving in a week and that was that.

I called the office to see who could refill my prescriptions and was told I'd have to find someone else.

Problem is, I looked at both Reliant and UMass, neither have anyone taking new patients. I'm assuming that even if I find another PCP, they'll be so booked out I won't see them for a minimum of six months to a year.

dina_NP2020 t1_jecaswu wrote on March 30, 2023 at 11:36 PM

Message your PCP via MyChart and ask for refills on your meds while you are looking for a new PCP. I believe legally, they have to give you a 30 day warning before discharging you from the practice or it’s considered abandonment

This-Recording9461 t1_jecf7x9 wrote on March 31, 2023 at 12:08 AM

I'm not really worried about it, more of an inconvenience. I was getting 90 days at a time in the mail, I have some months left. It wasn't for anything of immediate importance, just bp meds. I had been rotating between the Dr and her NP every six months, but after the doctor left my upcoming NP appointments were cancelled in MyChart. Someone with availability will pop up eventually.

IOUAndSometimesWhy t1_jecmjym wrote on March 31, 2023 at 1:03 AM

Same thing happened to me. The woman I spoke to at Reliant said no one was accepting new patients, she wasn't at liberty to tell me when there would be openings, but to call on Monday and Wednesday mornings.

Not sure if it was a fluke, but FWIW I called the following Wednesday at 9am and they had a couple docs accepting new patients. Unfortunately none in Worcester, but I got one in Westboro which isn't awful.

I figure I won't be making the drive out there often. I mainly just need a name to give BCBS for referral purposes and rx refills.

Worth a shot I guess.