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Medicare Patients

If you have Medicare, we will bill them directly for you.  You are only responsible for charges applied to your deductible, any co-insurance, or charges not covered by Medicare.  Some Medicare secondary insurances are known as Medigap policies.  With a Medigap policy, Medicare automatically forwards your claim to your secondary insurance carrier if they have a contract with the carrier.  This is known as a "crossover" or "medigap."  We do not directly bill all supplemental secondary insurance carriers.  Therefore, if your secondary insurance does not crossover to a Medigap policy, you are responsible for that portion of your charges at the time of service (which is typically 20% of the covered charges). 

For example, if a standard office visit costs $100, Medicare will cover 80% or $80.  If your secondary insurance does not crossover, you will be responsible for the remaining 20% or $20 at the time of service.  You may then submit your receipt to your secondary insurance in order to request reimbursement.  We will help you expedite this process by providing you with a Health Claim Form with all of the necessary information and codes required by your insurance company to process the claim.

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