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| NOTICE: It is the policy of this office to call each patient personally with abnormal test results. Patients are expected to call to obtain all other results. |
Billing and Insurance Policies
Medicare Patients:
- We will be collecting your 20% Medicare coinsurance at the time of your visit (if you do not have a secondary carrier to Medicare). A paid bill will be printed for your submission to your secondary insurance carrier.
- Please be prepared to present your Medicare insurance I.D. card to the receptionist.
- Please let the receptionist know if you have recently joined or are planning on joining a Medicare/Managed Care Senior plan.
Managed Care Patients:
- As required by your plan, please be prepared to pay your co-payment at the time of your visit.
- Please present your insurance ID card and referral (if required by your plan) to the receptionist.
- The following plans will not cover x-ray tests in our office: Oxford, Cigna HMO/POS, Aetna/US Healthcare, and HIP (Subject to individual plan regulations, please contact the office for further information)
Private Indemnity and Non-Participating Managed Care Patients:
- Payment for services will be due at the time of the visit. You will be provided with a printed itemized (paid) bill for your submission to your insurance carrier.
Participating Insurance Carriers:
- If your insurance requires a REFERRAL, you are responsible for obtaining one from your primary care physician.
- If your insurance requires you to use a specific lab, please indicate the name of the lab on your insurance information form and inform the nurses.
Fee Policy:
- Patients are responsible for all unpaid fees regardless of insurance coverage.
- Payment is required at the time services are rendered unless other arrangements have been made in advance.
- You are responsible for payment in full for all coinsurance and deductible costs, as well as any doctor's services which are determined to be non-covered or denied.
- If your Secondary Insurance fails to pay within 60 days from date of service, you will receive a notice for these unpaid services and a HCFA (billing) form so that you can submit directly to my Secondary carrier.
Participating Managed Care Plans:
- Aetna/US Healthcare- All UA Physicians
- Anthem BC/BS- All UA Physicians
- Atlantis- All UA Physicians (except L. Mondschein, K. Bloom, J. Silletti)
- Beech Street- All UA Physicians (except S. Girardi,)
- BC/BS- All UA Physicians
- Choice Care/Humana- All UA Physicians (except, K. Bloom, J. Silletti). Do not par with Humana Medicare
- Cigna- All UA Physicians
- First Health/Coventry Network- All UA Physicians
- GHI- All UA Physicians- PPO. All UA Physicians (except S. Girardi,)- HMO. All UA Physicians- GHI Medicare
- Great West- All UA Physicians
- HIP- All UA Physicians HIP VIP-only L. Mondschein , J. Silletti & K. Bloom par. All UA Physicians do not par with HIP Medicaid and HIP Smart Start
- Horizon BCBS NJ- All UA Physicians
- Local 1199- All UA Physicians except J. Silletti
- Magnacare- All UA Physicians
- Medicare- All UA Physicians
- Multiplan- All UA Physicians. Do not par with Healthnet (Multiplan)
- Oxford- All UA Physicians (Freedom Only) Do not par with Oxford Liberty or Oxford Medicare
- PHCS- All UA Physicians
- United HC (Including The Empire Plan)- All UA Physicians. Do not par with UHC Medicare or UHC Medicaid
- Vytra- All UA Physicians . Do not par with Vytra Smart Start
PLEASE NOTE- OUR PARTICIPATION WITH THE ABOVE PLANS IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE AT ANY TIME. PLEASE CONTACT YOUR INSURANCE CARRIER FOR A COMPLETE LIST OF PARTICIPATING PROVIDERS.
For your convenience, we accept: Visa, MasterCard, AMEX, Discover, personal checks, ATM cards, Debit Cards.
We hope the above policies do not cause you any inconvenience. Thank you for your continued cooperation.
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Procedure Information
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Medication Information
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