Center for Joint Surgery & Sports Medicine Financial Policy

We are dedicated to providing you with the best possible care and service while keeping costs to you from increasing at an unreasonable rate. We ask for your help by understanding and cooperating with our financial policy.

INSURANCES
We participate with most major insurance companies. Please check with our staff to see if we participate with your insurance company.

IF WE DO PARTICIPATE WITH YOUR INSURANCE COMPANY, all services performed in our office and at the hospital will be submitted to them, unless we have received prior notification on non-covered services. All co-pays and deductibles are your responsibility and are expected at the time of the service.

Most insurance companies, including HMO's require referrals for the service. It is your responsibility to obtain the referral prior to the time of the service. If a required referral is NOT presented at the time of your visit, you will be responsible for payment in full for the services received by the Center for Joint Surgery & Sports Medicine. You are always responsible for co-payments at the time of service.

It is important for you to understand that your health insurance coverage is an agreement between you and your insurance company.

Your physician's bill for the services provided to you is an agreement between you and the Center for Joint Surgery & Sports Medicine.

Payment for services performed:
For your convenience, our office accepts cash, check and credit cards. All patient payments, whether past or current, are due at the time of service and any outstanding balances are due within 30 days, unless prior arrangements have been made with the Office Manager. All balances that become 90 days past due may be sent to a professional collection agency. Should your account be sent to a collection agency, you would financially be responsible for all collection fees and legal fees that our office incurs through the process utilized to collecting the outstanding delinquent balance.

Payment in full of any past due balance is expected prior to being seen in our office in the future. In addition, payment in full will be expected at the time of service of any future services.