Anyone ever been sent outside Kaiser for their hematology referral?
My referral (that I didn’t know I had) just got approved, but the next in Kaiser appt is 8 weeks away, so they are sending me out.
I asked them if there was any downside to having an outside referral and they said no. I’d just do any treatment at the outside provider.
Any labs, etc, would be ordered inside Kaiser.
It feels a little weird.
Any experiences?
In case it matters, I’m fairly certain (although I don’t know for sure bc no one told me they were going to do a hematology referral) that the referral is because I have both iron-deficiency anemia and a b12 deficiency.
I also had a severe reaction to the first iv iron they tried to give me and was unable to complete the series.