yes, I have offered to pay for records...Doctor stated I MUST pay 270 for the charge of my last appointment day(the day he discharged me) he also state I am allowed one copy of my records for free and he will have no problem giving me my free copy once my back balance is paid. I am aware he is allowed to charge me max 1.00 per page max 200.00 for entire file.
again, Ive had no issues with him at all till this point. not one.

paying him plus the new dr isnt an option for me right now considering the dr's abrupt discharge cause me to go into severe withdrawl and loose the new job i only had for two days. I also requested my records about a month or 2 prior to all this because my dr kept mentioning other dr's getting locked up and the cdc...and he was looking pretty nervous. plus my appointments are always on the day i run out of meds, and the dr left me a voicemail saying he had a family emergency on tues(day of my appt) and could resched me for Wednesday if someone cancelled or come in the following monday. i came in thursday (2 days without meds) and sat there until he made time for me. he said he was too busy(overbooked) however, i sat there for 2 hours and only 2 people came in and one was a walk in first timer. that was what caused me to ask for my records....(forgot about that....the was the first issue i had other than current issue) I felt like something funny was going on and didnt want to end up screwed....he never gave me my records though. he said it would be on cd. pdf file. never happened.

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What does your contract say about your duty to update your contact information, and to respond to messages? Was the letter not mailed to you?

Even if you have no access through friends or family, why don't you check your messages from a public location with free Internet access, such as the public library?

You either got the message or you didn't. If you got the message and didn't understand that you needed to respond, you can argue that the doctor did not make it sufficiently clear that you needed to respond in a prompt manner. But you say that you didn't get the message, so it doesn't make a difference whether or not you would have understood the urgency of your need to respond before you were terminated as a patient.

As you note, he successfully left a message for you at a number that you provided, and you did not check your messages. He did not get a notice that your Internet was down or that you hadn't paid your cell phone bill.

Again, you either received the message before you were terminated, or you didn't. You say that you didn't, so it makes no difference what he could have said.

You found a new doctor, and... the new doctor would not prescribe additional medication or a taper?

Acute withdrawal symptoms should have passed within three or four days.

You are stating that you have an acute pain condition. You spent two days in the hospital. Why didn't the hospital place you on a taper or provide pain management? Why can't you find a pain management doctor who can work from the hospital records?

To me, your story is missing some important details, and it seems that the root of your problem finding a new pain management doctor is not associated with any difficulty in obtaining your medical records from your former doctor.

One way or another, your original doctor should have been willing to provide enough records to your new doctor to ensure continuity of care. If the new doctor did not accept you as a patient, as would appear to be the case from your suggestion that you were not able to get a continuation of your pain medications or a taper from that doctor, then that would not apply.
The dr DOES have multiple numbers for me.
the dr DID know my phone was off.
the dr also DID know this was a google voice number because i told him plus offered to set one up for him because at the time he was having phone issues.
The NEW dr cant even see me until my old dr released my records. the called me and said he acknoledged the request but said hes not sending the records and i need to call him. i called and he said i cant have records until back balance is paid.
i dont know what to tell you about (i SHOULD be done withdrawl) tell my body that. i felt a tad better in hospital, within 2-3 hours of leaving boom, right back into withdrawl.
again, me mentioning the dr shouldve mentioned pill count instead of say(when you get a chance) was just a side note.....he knows im going threw divorce fighting a custody battle and half way homeless and just started a new job that i lost 2 days after getting it because of this. he couldve called my emergency contact. or another number....or even emailed. they had no problem emailing and calling other numbers other times. why now plus the vague email.
not right.

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Dogmatique, some doctors are rather unusual. . LOL. I made a Federal Complaint regarding being charged the search fee for a copy of medical records. I spoke to someone before I made the complaint. I was told the seach fee didn't apply to copies of medical records or retrieving and viewing. Search fees are much more than the cost of copies. Search fees can also be in addition to the cost of copies.

I don't know about the OP's state of New Jersey. Where I am, doctors don't usually charge other doctors for copies of patients medical records when they are sent from one doctor to the other.

I agree with Mr. Knowitall. There is more to the story. The OP not showing up for a pill count, can be the same as failing it. A lot of doctors will work with patients when things happen and some won't. Chances are this may not have been the first time the OP didn't do what they agreed to do when they signed the pain contract.
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Dogmatique, some doctors are rather unusual. . LOL. I made a Federal Complaint regarding being charged the search fee for a copy of medical records. I spoke to someone before I made the complaint. I was told the seach fee didn't apply to copies of medical records or retrieving and viewing. Search fees are much more than the cost of copies. Search fees can also be in addition to the cost of copies.

I don't know about the OP's state of New Jersey. Where I am, doctors don't usually charge other doctors for copies of patients medical records when they are sent from one doctor to the other.

I agree with Mr. Knowitall. There is more to the story. The OP not showing up for a pill count, can be the same as failing it. A lot of doctors will work with patients when things happen and some won't. Chances are this may not have been the first time the OP didn't do what they agreed to do when they signed the pain contract.
THERE IS NO MORE TO IT!!
I also did mention, I've been with this D.R. for almost two years and have never been asked to do a pill count.
The fact that a few of you are saying its more to the story is sort of answering my question. basically, something aint right. and I also have a discharge letter stating that the reason for discharge was because the dr left a message and i never called him back. AGAIN.....NEVER HAD A PILL COUNT....NEVER FAILED OR MISSED A URINNE SAMPLE....NEVER MISSED A PHONE CALL UNTIL NOW. THATS ALL TO IT.
i was charged full freight for discharge and final urine sample (even tho he told me never mind about urine sample after i asked for a bottled water so i could build up some urine)
I spoke to receptionist yesterday, pleading about releasing my recs. she stated that it was my fault im going threw withdrawl. because i didnt fill saboxine script!!!WHAT SABOXINE SCRIPT????? I NEVER GOT ONE!!! she said, the dr said he gave you one and maybe thats why you were charged. I SAID NO....I DIDNT GET ONE, THATS NOT TRUE. I'm guessing she found out that dr didnt give me that, because she shut down on me and said i have to speak with dr directly.

So, i owe 270. and can not...... get/forward/nor view....... my records until i pay 270.00
my new dr cant schedule me an appointment until my old dr sends my med recs to new dr.
In my contract I was told if i was discharged i would be given saboxine or dose would be lowered to taper me down. but dr said because of new cdc laws he cant even do that.