Anonymous wrote:This is shocking. Dr. Kathleen Nadeau is an exceptional clinician with an outstanding reputation. It's odd to essentially just throw that all away without a clean hand off. Where are they referring patients to? There are ethical concerns regarding continuation of care that the practice is responsible for. I believe clinicians have a responsibility to at the very least provide their clients with a list of providers that are taking new patients so care can continue. They also have a responsibility to maintain records. Typically when a practice closes they share this type of information. Did they literally just close doors and say "good luck"?

Chesapeake just had an incident less than a month ago discusssed on this forum where they shared the emails of all their patient contacts accidentally with every patient--whoops HIPAA yeah, not so much. Clearly if they shut down so suddenly and their providers are posting here that they weren't paid for services rendered, you shouldn't be expecting much from them in terms of being responible towards their patients and ensuring continuity of care.

Does anyone know where Dr. Chase is going? We haven't heard from him.

Has Chesapeake even notified patients directly or are we all just hearing from our providers?

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Anonymous wrote:If you paid them on a credit card in Dec, dispute the fees as fraudulent.

We had our medication visit in Dec, sure wasn't fraudulent, and I want my kid's provider to be paid.

Their provider wasn't paid. Chesapeake stole the money. I would dispute the payment, get a refund, and send the provider a check directly.

Oh no, really? My kid had a med management check on 12/30, and a therapy appointment on 12/23. And my credit card was definitely charged. Which now gives me another worry -- my credit card is on file with these folks. What other shenanigans are they going to pull.

This is shocking. Dr. Kathleen Nadeau is an exceptional clinician with an outstanding reputation. It's odd to essentially just throw that all away without a clean hand off. Where are they referring patients to? There are ethical concerns regarding continuation of care that the practice is responsible for. I believe clinicians have a responsibility to at the very least provide their clients with a list of providers that are taking new patients so care can continue. They also have a responsibility to maintain records. Typically when a practice closes they share this type of information. Did they literally just close doors and say "good luck"?

Def sounds newsworthy.

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Anonymous wrote:Probably handing out too much Adderall.

This is no joke. It will take weeks, if not months, for clinicians to find new practices or to open their own. Meanwhile, hundreds of patients will be left stranded, no therapy, no meds. ADHD or not, the owners should've done better for everyone. They are not sick or retiring. To open a brand new practice elsewhere while you did this to everyone is so unethical. I too have ADHD and I own my own business. I would never do this to my employees, let alone my clients.

This. I actually wondered if this is newsworthy and looked up the address to send tips to WaPo. There's got to be a bigger story here. I am no longer with the practice--I actually thought our pricey psychiatrist was nuts himself--but if anyone wants to contact the Post the address is lockbox@washpost.com

Anonymous wrote:This is crazy and unsettling. Several providers (including ours) moved to Alvord Baker & Associates. My son was seen for group there in the past and they are great.

Agreed. We had a great experience there too.

This is crazy and unsettling. Several providers (including ours) moved to Alvord Baker & Associates. My son was seen for group there in the past and they are great.

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Anonymous wrote:22:49, odd, that's our kid's doctor, and she sent out a letter saying she could not continue with her!

What was the status reason?? Seems unethical to stop treatment without ensuring patient has care in place

In an ideal world, it would be different, but in America, doctors close practices and/or switch practices, sometimes on very short notice, and patients just need to find other arrangements...

As a provider it feels weird- when someone leaves the practice I work at they offer for patient to follow or help them arrange alternative option

Exactly. My Obgyn practiced closed their practice and informed patients 6 months in advance, providing referrals to other doctors. This is just unethical.

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Anonymous wrote:22:49, odd, that's our kid's doctor, and she sent out a letter saying she could not continue with her!

What was the status reason?? Seems unethical to stop treatment without ensuring patient has care in place

In an ideal world, it would be different, but in America, doctors close practices and/or switch practices, sometimes on very short notice, and patients just need to find other arrangements...

As a provider it feels weird- when someone leaves the practice I work at they offer for patient to follow or help them arrange alternative option

This isn't special needs related, but I once had a surgery scheduled 6 months in advance--arranged for family to come and help watch my kids and help me recover, scheduled leave from work and they arranged coverage for me while I was scheduled to be gone. Three weeks before the date, the surgeon left the practice and moved to a different practice. My surgery was cancelled, the departing surgeon said she could not honor existing committments given her new job and to ask the practice when they could reschedule. Not only did the other surgeons refuse to cover the surgery date of the person who departed, they tried to schedule me for dates that were 4-6 months out (and one of the surgeons said they wouldn't accept my insurance which the practice website said they did accept). Luckily it wasn't for something lifethreatening that couldn't wait til I found a different practice, but it taught me that in America, doctors can disappear on you at any time and no one will take any responsibiilty for it.

That said, an entire practice disappearing that is as large as Chesapeake ADHD is a special kind of medical unprofessionalism.

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Anonymous wrote:22:49, odd, that's our kid's doctor, and she sent out a letter saying she could not continue with her!

What was the status reason?? Seems unethical to stop treatment without ensuring patient has care in place

In an ideal world, it would be different, but in America, doctors close practices and/or switch practices, sometimes on very short notice, and patients just need to find other arrangements...

As a provider it feels weird- when someone leaves the practice I work at they offer for patient to follow or help them arrange alternative option

Anonymous wrote:Probably handing out too much Adderall.

This is no joke. It will take weeks, if not months, for clinicians to find new practices or to open their own. Meanwhile, hundreds of patients will be left stranded, no therapy, no meds. ADHD or not, the owners should've done better for everyone. They are not sick or retiring. To open a brand new practice elsewhere while you did this to everyone is so unethical. I too have ADHD and I own my own business. I would never do this to my employees, let alone my clients.

Probably handing out too much Adderall.

Anonymous wrote:Meanwhile, how can Nadeau and her daughter or whoever was running the practice get punished? You can't just close one practice abruptly and then go on to open another one, in another state, like nothing happened.

You probably can but there is something bigger going on.