Thank you so much, Ike, for sharing that. It is an excellent example of how - sometimes - no matter how diligently you are complying with all there is to comply with, you still can get accused of being non-compliant.

I feel validated by your post. I have had a strong skepticism that this whole new system works smoothly. (Well, what in life ever does?)

I've heard that physician's offices do worry about getting into trouble (as in "fined".) I suspect the doctor knows better than his nurse about what's okay to do. As his S/O, I'll bet she is all invested in that office's financial bottom line. Evidently, she doesn't even trust him to know how to avoid getting fined. Good luck to him in that relationship.

You provide a good cautionary tale about how different people IN the system have different ideas about how the process is supposed to work. I'll probably be wanting people to write out and sign their name to everything they tell me. I probably wouldn't withstand a tongue-lashing as staunchly as I'll wager you did.

I hope that is the last of the renal stones. From what I've heard, it's rough to go through.