Hi!
I've tried 4 or 5 times to get an appointment in Mayo, they keep turning me down. I am on Medicare and BC/BS. The benefits are great. As of last week, they still won't take me. Could be that it might be a smaller facility and will take less patients. At one time my hubby and I actually thought about going to Rochester. For some reason, Rochester comes up in discussion during the winter. Not the best time to go. I am not rich by any means, but we are both desperate to try to get the old me back.

What do they say when they turn you down.

For those in California I just heard there is a clinic in Newhall Calif.Does anyone know about this?

I am also on Medicare with BCBS. I know that the Mayo has financial help if needed; I have a friend right now applying for financial assistance. I have never heard of the Mayo Clinic turning anyone down. Are you talking about one of their systems smaller hospitals or clinics where they can’t actually treat all alignments? My friend went to one of the Mayo Health System facility and they could not help her. Her doctor wrote her a referral for Rochester where she presently is being taken care of. Mayo’s main philosophy is “the patient comes first”. I know it can be very hard sometimes because they have no open appointments for months. I live in MN and visit Rochester every year. Many people don’t like MN winters and don’t want appointments in the winter so it might actually be easier to get an appointment at that time if you were willingly to put up with our weather. Keep trying.

Thanks for the great marketing for MN. I live there in the spring and fall. I never thought about the winter being more accessible for appointments. Unfortunately, I was turned down for treatment by the Mayo Rochester physician group that meets to review cases and makes these decisions. The reason I received was that there was nothing more that Mayo could do for my chronic myofascial pain syndrome, idiopathic polyneuropathy and small fiber neuropathy. At the time I was only taking gabapentin and experiencing progressive suffering. They did tell me that I could try again at a later date. I will say that the "patients come first" philosophy is very evident throughout the entire Mayo organization. My partner was there for surgery one year ago and the entire experience was amazingly supportive and professional. It probably helped that he had a patient number given at the age of 9 mos which guarantees access for life. He needed no referral and they saw him within a week. So if any of you have such a number hanging around in a file cabinet, it is golden. And then....don't give up! Turn the next corner and set your sights high!