GOOD POINT - lots of our Family Medicine docs and RESIDENTS moonlight at
Doc-Inna-Box and are NOT ED trained. If you have an emergent issue, go to
the ED or call an ambulance. If you just need a couple of stitches or
something minor, then make a decision.

Carl Eugene Moore, MBA

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FWIW, the doctors at the urgent care clinic I went to
are not trained in actual ER medical specialty. They
were family practice physicians. But that was OK with
me because I knew what was the matter with me and I
just needed a prescription for really strong
antibiotics.

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The one 1/4 mile from where I lived didn’t go things
like major heart attacks for something (that is
hospital fodder) but it handled all sorts of stuff
from camp physicals and small lacerations to dog bites
and bee sting reactions. It had a cast room, a little
"surgery" and several offices and always had a couple
of doctors and a Nurse Practitioner on. The doctors

loved it because they had regular schedules and the
patients loved it because it was always open and
always there. They were often the primary doctors for
locals who did not have the ability to travel in to
the areas of the city where the doctors offices were
located.

In the case of our little clinics they were all
connected directly with the Emergency Rooms in the
hospitals and if they got a bad case they could
stabilize until the paramedics got there (we had real
paramedics, too) and then send the patient on with the
E.R. at the hospital directing the treatment and fully
informed as to what was coming in. It was actually a
very good first responder sort of situation.

I’ve never seen a clinic like this in MA and am rather
disappointed because the service we got from our
neighborhood clinic meant that we rarely hit up our
local doctor for that 2 a.m. nosebleed that would not
stop.

I do medical billing for a not for profit organization that has urgent cares.
The urgent cares here will see most things that you would go to a doctors
office, plus small emergencies. The lacerations and broken bones. If anything
is really major they will direct to the ER or call an ambulance to transport.

Tracey

I’m not sure our insurance (Unicare) would cover that. Does anyone
here have experience with those and can fill me in on the difference?
We are in our late 50’s and since those have popped up the past few
years we just aren’t familiar with them. Although we don’t want any
more emergencies here, I’d like to be better prepared "next" time.

Thanks for your input.

Carl Eugene Moore, MBA

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FWIW, the doctors at the urgent care clinic I went to
are not trained in actual ER medical specialty. They
were family practice physicians. But that was OK with
me because I knew what was the matter with me and I
just needed a prescription for really strong
antibiotics.

Carl Eugene Moore, MBA

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Klyla, we have those where I live. They are called by different names,
and our insurance covered their visits when we needed to use them. I
can’t remember if they were "preferred" or not, but definitely less
expensive than a trip to the ER.