NOW..answered//How do you get Dr. to sign for Great Plains lab tests? NOW

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This year, Great Plains Lab has sistered with another lab type agency, forgot

the name, but find on Grt.Plains site, you order through this sister agency and

They have Dr's on Staff who will sign your forms for you, no need to 'mess' with

your local ped. dr.This agency may charge a lttle more -for their services- but

they take the orders, send you the kit, tell you about the labs they deal with

for collecting the samples for the tests, and also info about requesting for

their physicians siganture, The samples are sent to Great Plains who does the

test. This agency sets up an online page for you alone with the results of the

tests, and also send out a hard copy. There is some interactiveness with the

website set up for you. But go to the Great Plains Lab web site for the link and

full info.

This last time, our reg. Dr. said he'd sign them as, in the other case here, his

lab's didn't have an IGG test, so it went off easy. And yes, we did pay for it.

The requests for the tests were made before this other agency came in and it was

due to a long series of misinformation that delayed our getting the test kit so

we kept it with Great Plains direct. Next time... we may go with the agency as

one of the labs it deals with has come into being in the grandkids hometown

shopping area... and no need to wheedle the reg. dr. if he doesn't like the

tests. So far, tho', he's been amicable about lab things as long as it was

understood that he wasn't signing to try to get the state Insurance to pay

charges for labs they don't approve.

There is another lab that will do

testing by blood drops on a blotter and their in house physician will also sign

for you. It's the old York Nutritional lab, now called Optimum Health. don't

have the url off hand but can get it on request..to make sure you'd get the

right lab from online searching... Generally, tho', they charge about $100 more

per test but if you're in a situation that you need the less streesful blood

sample collecting, this is the way to go.

They are a well known lab in alternative therapies.

grandma peg

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> Subject: How do you get your doctor to sign for Great Plains lab

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> Date: Thursday, June 18, 2009, 4:48 PM

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> How do you get your doctor to sign for all the Great Plain lab tests? Or are

there tests they offer that DON'T need a doc's signature.I saw our primary care

doctor and the only thing she would sign for was an Allergy Specific IgG test

done through our insurance co. selected lab. When I told her I also would like a

celiac test she said lets try one thing at a time. I've had GI

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issues for over 10 yrs now and she knows that. She claims that insurance co's

don't always cover tests that " we " as patients want to rule out self diagnosed

illness.

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> I'm hoping my pediatrician is a bit more willing to sign for things as I think

my son has yeast issues.

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> P.S. I'm posting this in another group so I apologize to those in both

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