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Originally Posted by Perna
I would talk to him/his staff and see what accommodations can be made and talk to your insurance, see if they will still pay (that your doctor does not deal with the insurance company anymore does not mean that your insurance will not deal with the doctor! You may just have to do the paperwork yourself is all). I think you have to talk to him. I do not think he knows off the top of his head that "you" have that insurance and, as you point out, the practice may have quit taking it, not him, personally. Doctors' are notoriously unfamiliar with insurance issues, they have staff that are in charge of that, they have to work hard at keeping up with being a doctor.
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They do have a completely separate billing department and he does not talk about money issues with me, ever. If you have a balance it is this woman who invoices you and it represents the practice, not him personally. So I doubt it is a conversation he will want to have with me. But, I think it's only fair if their ends up not being anything my insurance company is willing to do regarding coverage as out of network. I don't want to be that problem patient, but I won't go see someone else either.