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@woodedareas the acceptance of out-of-state medicare differs between the MN, AZ and FL campuses. You can read more about Mayo and Medicare on these pages:
https://www.mayoclinic.org/patient-visitor-guide/billing-insurance/insurance/accepted-insurance/medicare
https://www.mayoclinic.org/patient-visitor-guide/billing-insurance/insurance/accepted-insurance/medicare/more-on-medicare
Mayo Clinic accepts new Medicare patients. Mayo Clinic is one of the largest Medicare providers in the country. Unfortunately, Mayo Clinic cannot honor all requests they receive from Medicare patients who want to come to Mayo Clinic. Medicare patients are accepted in all practice areas where there is capacity (appointments available) to accommodate them and most importantly, as the medical needs of these patients require.
@woodedareas it must be very frustrating to not be able to continue the care you received at Mayo Rochester at the Arizona campus when you go to Arizona this fall. How long will you be in Arizona?
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I go to Arizona for about 6 months but periodically return for business reasons.Most seniors in the Phoenix area have given up on Mayo and there are some very hard feelings. I tried again and they usually respond by saying they are not taking any new patients, then if pressed it really is that they will not accept government insurance (Medicare).There are a few departments that will accept but very very few. Further when I reviewed their staff physicians they do not have the same high quality educational backgrounds in residencies and fellowships as the major health care facilities in Chicago where I live or as in Mayo Rochester. Ironically for $6,000-$10,000 they will accept you as a concierge patient.So I will continue to be treated in Chicago where we have far larger and more comprehensive health care providers including Northwestern, U of Chicago, and Rush. I will simply fly back as needed. I respectively disagree with you comment that Mayo takes patients based on capacity as my past 12 months of research and numerous telephone calls, and emails proves that to be incorrect. It is predominately cash flow. If you lived in Arizona you would hear the same thing from allonym senior neighbors.