Regarding your consultation appointment:
All consultation and x-ray fees are due on the day of your appointment.  As a courtesy to you we will file these charges with your insurance company so that you may be reimbursed for any covered procedures.  Before your surgical procedure, a treatment coordinator will meet with you to answer any questions you may have and to assist you in determining an ESTIMATE of your insurance coverage for your surgical procedure.

Maximizing Your Insurance coverage:
Please understand that your insurance policy is a contract between you and your insurance company.  We do not have the ability to determine the exact amount of your coverage. However, we will provide you with an ESTIMATE of coverage based on the information you bring with you to your appointment.

Your payment due on the date of surgery will be based on our estimate.  To receive the most accurate estimate of benefits, you will need to bring your benefit books for medical and dental insurance (many of the procedures performed in our practice may be covered by medical insurance.)  Please highlight your deductibles and percentages of coverage.  If this information is not available to us on the date of your consultation, you may be asked to pay the entire amount due for your surgical procedure.  Your insurance would then reimburse you for any amounts your are entitled.  If you are unable to locate your benefits booklet, please request this information from your employer.

To relieve immediate financial burdens, we will allow sixty days for your insurance company to make payment on your estimated balance (providing your insurance carrier honors assignment of benefits.)  After sixty days, you will be responsible for paying any remaining balance.  Again, please remember that we file and accept insurance payments as a courtesy to the patient.

If you have a question regarding your particular insurance coverage, please call our insurance coordinator at 275-3681, extension 3010 before your scheduled appointment.

We hope that you have found this information helpful.  Should you have any further questions, our treatment coordinator will assist you at the time of your consultation appointment.