Mayo is not the only provider becoming more "fussy" about services, payments and coding. Mayo like any other provider is at the mercy of the Government and insurers' coding systems. Employees make mistakes, procedures are similar, but different....and on and on. If you are looking for "i don't have to do anything", times have changed. YOU and only you are responsible for your health, health care delivery and the "exercises" that go with it. If you are looking for "easy", you will get poor care, mistakes will be made and ultimately you will be worse off.

For us (primarily my wife), Mayo is worth any inconvenience thrown our way. We travel 6 hours 4 times (or more) a year and park for a week in our motorhome in JAX so we can accommodate any schedule Mayo throws our way. Have there been coding issues, yes, have there been billing issues, yes, has Traditional Medicare challenged us, yes.... But, we "manage" the situations and the reality is both Mayo and CMS have always been helpful at resolving the issues.....but YOU have to be an active participant!

As two very famous doctors with a great YouTube channel from Canada say at the end of every podcast....."You are in charge of your health".....!!!!!