Pain Management Doctors In And Around The Baton Rouge Area That Prescribe Meds To People Who Really Need Them & Accepts Medicaid (Page 14)
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Does anyone know of a doctor in and around the Baton Rouge Louisiana area that will prescribe pain meds that takes Medicaid? I'm seeing a doctor now in Maryland but I really need to move back to Louisiana very sad that your pain keeps you from moving. I have a sister that is terminally ill and sad to say dying...and meds are keeping me from going to take care of her in her final days. Please help

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If your Louisiana Medicaid Healthcare Plan is with one of the two Sahared Saving Plans, you need to check and see if your current dr will still be covered after the changes kick in Feb 2015. Be sure and call your drs office and ask them as well as calling your health plan.

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Pat, I was also a patient of Dr. Ellis and given my walking papers. I've been unable to find a doctor willing to help me since, and unfortunately have been having to get relief elsewhere. Do you think Dr. Johnston might be able to help me?

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I stand corrected. The letter to providers doesn't specify Shared Savings Plans, but the website does.

As far as Louisiana Medicaid paying for the management of chronic pain, it doesn't. If the dr is a member of a clinic, their services are billed under the clinic or another drs name.

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Medicaid is not limiting hydrocodone to 720 a year. Different bayou health plans may be limiting it. But i am with amerigroup Medicaid and just spoke with them and they said they do have a daily limit but it's six a day. I asked about the 720 limit so i wouldn't be get surprised at the pharmacy when filling my prescription because my doctor and the pharmacy never warned me about the limit. And they said it could be another company under bayou health that sets a limit like that but they don't. I would suggest calling your insurance company and asking about these limits during open enrollment(which it is right now) and switch to a better one if they set such a crazy limit. And don't limit your search for a doctor to just pain management doctors. Because Medicaid has them listed but i know when i call them they don't take Medicaid so I'm sure they do that everywhere. Neurologists and orthopedic surgeons also have pain management doctors in their clinics. Not all clinics, you will just have to look. I know this because i started seeing an ortho that just lost his pain management doctor to another clinic. And so i decided to try a neurologist next, because i started having a lot of neurological symptoms, and was lucky to find a clinic that also had a pain management doctor.

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Put Louisiana Medicaid AND Pain Management in your search bar. One of the first searchs is for the Louisiana Medicaid Providers Manual. Go to that page and put pain in the find feature of your browser.

Louisiana Medicaid will only pay for 720 hydrocodone combination doses in a rolling 365 day period.. After that you have to pay for it if you want the rx. This went into effect several months ago.

Medicare and Medicaid are not the same thing. They do not cover the same things. If you need a dr who is with Community Health Solutions go to their website. There should be a list of drs that accept it there. If not, you can call them and ask.

A Neurologist or any other dr who chooses to treat chronic pain is not the same as a Pain Management Dr.

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I am on medicare , my primary dr sent me to Pain Management Dr. associated with neurologist . I get 100 Oxycodone a month. I am in Gretna , LA. A lot of the drs will give you this .I need to find a Community Health Solutions,Medicaid, dr. that will issue this med. or something like it. This is for my daughter. If you ask your dr. will be able to tell you . Thank you , Maw Maw Di

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Louisiana Medicaid does pay for chronic pain management. It's finding a Dr that will take it that's the problem. I found mine in August of this year in Metairie and last month he told me he is moving to a different location and will no longer take Medicaid. He said since I'm only on hydrocodone right now that the other Dr that will start seeing me might continue treatment. Hope so cuz it took me three years to find him and was stuck on tramadol for forever. Not much help for everything wrong with my back. And i heard that Medicaid will only pay for two hydrocodone a day but he started me on three and i had no trouble getting it filled.

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Pat:
My husband was also recently discharged from their practice (barrow), as well as another friend ours who was seeing dr. Clark. Are you seeing Dr. Johnson? We are having hell finding a new dr! It's been about 2 mos now

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Being this is a yr later you've probably found one by now. But anyone else...just go to yellow pgs under pain mgment. Until 5 yrs ago I had best doc in town. Dr. Grey Barrows. he started me on roxy 30 mg & ms contin er 30 mg...240 oxys a day...and then suddenly he starts cutting me back on my oxys and then bang...he won't do anything but procedures. Those of us with scripts were given 1 mth meds and a kick in the booty. Fortunately I found dr next door. Get this...5 yrs later and half the meds I use to take...1 day walk in & dr. Walter Ellis hands me mth script & says hes retiring. Yea to the joint. His assistant Terry Braud was writing scripts for fake patients and selling it on the street. Due to this & being their patient no one wanted to take me on. It took a mth &s half to gind doc. I went into withdrawal...even had to go to street. I didn't do anything wrong but was persecuted for their crime. Go figure. Try Interventional pain Institute. ..dr barrit Johnson.

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Mark, Louisiana Medicaid won't pay for Chronic Pain Managament, That is why you can't find a Pain Dr who will accept it. They want you to either have surgery or deal with the pain. I don't know what pain meds you take, but depending on what they are, there are limits of how many doses Medicaid will pay for. The rate of abuse and diversion is very high with Medicaid Receipents. Higher prescribers face disciplinary action in every state.

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I'm in the new Orleans area and can't seem to find a Dr that accepts Medicai d to hhelp me with a herniated disc. I've been in pain for a month and can't find anyone that can help. Keep getting sent back and forth between orthopedic and my primary. Never had a problem with my back until now. How can it be chronic if it's the only time I've ever had a problem? Will to drive at least 100 miles if necessary.

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It will be very difficult if not impossible to find a dr that takes Medicaid and who will also rx pain meds. Your best bet is to pay out of pocket to see a Pain Management Dr. Some PCP's will prescribe pain meds for chronic pain, but you will usually need to be a long time patient. You can try an ortho dr, but finding a private one who accepts Medicaid, may be impossible. Even if you find one, them rxing the pain med is doubtful. Sorry.

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I am 31 I was in a bad car accident in 2004 while being 3 months pregnant, I shattered my hip, broke my arm (which had to have a plate put in to fix ) my hip has a metal bracelet with pins) km also diabetic with neuropathy in my feet legs and hands along with bulging and herniated disk in my lower back....I have been on pain med since 2004 and now with louisiana medicaid not covering pain management I am stuck without a doctor...If anyone knows a doctor that does take it...or a not so expensive doctor around the the hammond/ baton rouge area (would even drive a little further) plz plz let me know thank you!!!

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Teresa, Louisiana Medicaid will not pay for Pain Management. So you won't find a Pain Managament Dr who will take Medicaid there. Finding a PCP who will prescribe pain meds for you will not be easy. I recommend you pay out of pocket if you want something for your pain. You will need copies of your medical from your previous drs if you want any dr to prescribe the pain meds.

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please help point me in the right direction {edited for privacy} because I don't want to bother with nerve blocks, etc., as I am getting older and have a husband with cancer and a special needs child. I just want one prescription a month, without any abuse here.

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Medicare Part D is for prescription only. You just need to ask if the dr take Medicare.

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You use Medicare Plan B for drs office visits. Go to Medicare.gov website and put in Physicians Compare. That should take you to the page where you can find out what Pain Management drs in Houston accept Medicare.

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Similar to another question asked earlier, I would like to know where there is a pain management clinic in Houston Texas that takes Part D Medicare. Most places I have contacted do not accept it?

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Good thing you aren't on Louisiana Medicaid. Beginning May 1, 2014 Louisiana Medicaid will limit the payment of hydrocodone containing drugs to 720 units in a rolling 365 days.

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I had broke my lower back and had to have a lumbar fusion that failed almost 15 years ago. My current pain doctor / neurologist lost his ability to write Percocet and I'm struggling on just lortab daily. The Percocet 10 mg ten a day handled my pain adequately. To keep having "something" the best my doctor could do was Lortab 10mg 270 a month. I had MRI's and nerve testing that indicates almost 100% nerve damage in the lower half of my body. I have Fibromyalgia, arthritis all over my body. I have diabetes type 2, high blood pressure, high cholesterol. I am on a Nutrisystem diet and want to be able to exercise to help me lose weight and better my health the right ways. I am on Alabama Medicaid and having an extremely difficult time finding a pain management doctor. I could try to do a cash basis if it wasn't too great. My primary physician doesn't have a problem with giving me a referral but I have to find the doctor. I would love if the ability to "fix" my back so I could go back to work and not have to take pain medication was a reality but it is not. I have been searching for many months and need sincere help please. I deserve the right to thrive in life instead of just exist. I have a difficult time driving for periods of over 25 miles so it would be great if I could find a doctor that was close to me. I need help please to be as healthy and a productive member of society as I possibly can.

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