They refused to send out letters, claiming no necessity and excess cost. The CHC didn't want me to tell anyone either so the patients would still come to that clinic. I was a cog in a machine and perceived as readily and easily replaceable. They also had me see NEW patients up until the very last day and then I would tell the patient I wouldn't be there next time and they were rather cheesed. My corp job would NOT tell patients I was leaving and kept scheduling them under the assumption they would see me next visit. Several, (handful) were very angry about that.Ĭorporate medicine doesn't want you to tell the patients you are leaving so they don't try to follow you away from their income base. Despite our attempts to notify them, some were not reached. I had about a three-week notice and had my MA reach out to all 2,000 of my patients by letter, e-mail or phone call. If you are in a large practice that can easily accommodate your patients or you have a replacement, a courtesy letter is still standard to advise them that you will no longer be in that practice but so and so will now assume your practice. Usually, you send a letter say as of day X, you will be gone and you have arranged for Y to take your patients, If you have no such arrangement, you then say you recommend them going to Z practice for their care. For example, if you offered the only care in an area or the only specific care within a practice and you left without notifying them, they could (unlikely though) sue you for abandonment. The only legal requirement is to avoid a sense of abandonment. It is customary to notify them as well as to give them a contingency plan for their care.
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