I got an approval letter from Cal-optima regarding William’s doctor request for speech evaluation; which surprised me because I thought the doctor office should send the approval request few weeks back when they requested for hearing test. So I called Magnolia Medical group, where William’s doctor is (Dr. Huy / YenChi) ; it turned out that last time they only requested for HEARING test; which means I need to make another appointment with Providence Speech and Hearing center for William to have a SPEECH evaluation.
So I called Providence, the next available appointment is Thursday Oct 26, which is 1 month away! Looks like it’s the average appointment time with Providence because last time it also took about a month to have hearing test appointment too.
This time I chose the location in Fountain Valley (17075 Bushard, Fountain Valley, CA 92602). Last time I didn’t know they have a location in FV so we went to Orange location).
I wish the doctor’s office ordered both hearing and speech test last time so that we don’t have to wait another month for speech evaluation; then wait about 2 weeks for the report to ready; until then the doctor office can initiate speech therapy request to Cal-Optima for my 3 year old son. This process is just taking too long.