Hi (please forgive me if this is a bit off-topic)

Nothing like this has ever happened to me before so I was caught completely off guard and am still really freaked out over it. Has what I'm about to describe ever happened to any of YOU people or someone you know?. Anyway, here it is...

After going to the same clinic for 7-8 years, I received a CERTIFIED letter from them this afternoon telling me that they would be terminating service to me and that I should find another medipass/medicaid provider "without delay". In another part of the letter, it say's that "perhaps another physician will better serve your needs" and that they will be available to treat me for emergencies only for the next 30 days and that no narcotics will be prescribed for me during this period of time.

I just don't believe this. This came totally out of the blue and for no apparent reason. When I called the clinic I was told that I would need to speak to the administrator (who had been out of the office for the last few days) and that yes, my care there had been terminated and they would no longer be seeing me. When I asked if I was the only one who received a letter like this, the lady there said "yes".

This is so strange because nothing unusual happened the last 2-3 time I went there prior to recieving this letter. I had been friendly and polite and everyone was nice to me. I showed up for my appointment on time and everything went pretty normal. I don't gulp down narcotics or "doctor shop" either. Like I said, my visits there are usually pretty normal and uneventful. While I probably DO visit the clinic more often than most people do because of my OCD/hypochondria, I can't see this being the reason for the letter because why terminate my service there just now?.

So I called the main Medicaid office and the guy there said that a doctor or clinic had the legal right to refuse service to a person without cause "just because they want to" and that I had no recourse except to locate another clinic (which I am now in the process of doing). This just feels so weird because it came out of the blue and for no reason whatsoever. My medicaid was'nt discontinued so that certainly is'nt the reason.

Is this highly unusual or does this sometimes happen and why?.

- Thank's again!