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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 I.D. card and referral to the receptionist.
- The following plans will not cover x-ray tests in our office: HIP, MDNY, Oxford, Cigna POS & HMO, and Aetna U.S. Healthcare HMO & POS GHI, Commercial United Healthcare, Vytra, BCBS HMO & Blue Choice Senior Plan. Subject to individual plan regulations, please contact our 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
- Affordable/First Health- All UA Physicians (except, S. Girardi, C. Johnson)
- AmeriHealth- All UA Physicians (except G. Goldberg, S. Girardi and C. Johnson)
- Anthem- All UA Physicians (except C. Johnson)
- Atlantis- All UA Physicians (except C. Johnson)
- Beech Street- All UA Physicians (except S. Girardi)
- BC/BS- All UA Physicians
- Choice Care/Humana- All UA Physicians (except C. Johnson)
- Cigna- All UA Physicians
- GHI- All UA Physicians (PPO), All UA Physicians (HMO- except S. Girardi). All do not par with GHI Medicare
- Great West- All UA Physicians (except C. Johnson)
- HIP- All UA Physicians (except L. Fish) par with HIP Prime, HIPA Access and HIP HMO. Do not par with HIP VIP, HIP Medicaid, Child Health Plus, Family Health Plus
- Horizon Healthcare- All UA Physicians
- 1199- Only F. Badillo, G. Goldberg, and S. Girardi
- Magnacare- Only G. Goldberg, S. Girardi, and C. Johnson
- MDNY- All UA Physicians (except G. Goldberg, S. Girardi, C. Johnson)
- 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
- UHC (Including The Empire Plan)- All UA Physicians. Do not par with UHC Medicare or UHC Medicaid
- Vytra- All UA Physicians (except C. Johnson). All do not par with Vytra Smart Start
Note: Dr. Bloom is currently being enrolled in health insurance plans. Please call to inquire about insurance carriers he participates with.
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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